CHARACTERIZATION OF UNDERLYING LAYER STABILIZATION MATERIAL FOR MECHANISTIC-EMPIRICAL DESIGN OF RIGID PAVEMENTS
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https://doi.org/10.4314/jfas.v11i1.3Keywords:
Pavement; MEPDG; Stabilization; Cracking; Faulting; IRI.Abstract
The Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG) is applied to calculate pavement responses against the cumulative damage over time, taking into account the general properties of materials, traffic, environmental conditions and pavement structure. The procedure described in the guide was used in this paper to provide appropriate design alternatives for the existing conditions. The two most common types of rigid pavements for highways, Continuously Reinforced Concrete Pavement (CRCP) and Jointed Plain Concrete Pavement (JPCP) were considered in the design. The base layer material was chosen in such a way that a reasonable design life and distress level can be obtained. For each type of chemical stabilization techniques of the underlying layers, the satisfactory design cases were proposed based on the M-E design procedure. For CRCP, the results were also compared with those obtained from the procedure suggested by Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) pavement design manual.
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[8] Rogers R., Plei M., Aguirre N., Taghavi Ghalesari A. Optimizing structural design for overlaying HMA pavements with a concrete pavement using critical stresses/strains. In Proc. TRB 11th University Transportation Center (UTC) Spotlight Conference: Rebuilding and Retrofitting the Transportation Infrastructure, Washington, D.C. 2017.
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[10] Hesami, S., Ahmadi, S., Ghalesari, A. T., Hasanzadeh, A. Ground surface settlement prediction in urban areas due to tunnel excavation by the NATM. Electr. J. Geotech. Eng, 2013, 18, 1961-1972.
[11] Rashidi, M., Ashtiani, R. S. Characterization of the Moisture Susceptibility of Cement-Stabilized Base Materials Using the Tube Suction Test. In International Conference on Transportation and Development, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2018, 153-164. https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784481554.016.
[12] Modarresi M., Rasouli H., Taghavi Ghalesari A., Baziar M.H. Experimental and numerical study of pile-to-pile interaction factor in sandy soil, Procedia engineering, 2016, 161, 1030-1036, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2016.08.844.
[13] Taghavi Ghalesari A., Barari A., Fardad Amini P., Ibsen L.B. The settlement behavior of piled raft interaction in undrained soil. In Proc. IACGE 2013, ASCE GSP 232, 2013, 605-612, https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784413128.071.
[14] Taghavi Ghalesari A., Barari A., Fardad Amini P., Ibsen L.B. Development of optimum design from static response of pile–raft interaction. Journal of Marine Science and Technology, 2015, 20, 331–343, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00773-014-0286-x.
[15] Asadi M. Introducing an optimized intelligent model for evaluation of bearing capacity of shallow foundations over granular soil. In Proc. ICITG 2nd International Conference on Information Technology in Geo-engineering (ICITG), IOS Press, Durham UK, 2014, Vol. 3, pp. 219-225.
[16] American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. AASHTO guide for design of pavement structures. Washington D.C. 1993.
[17] Ha S., Yeon J., Choi B., Jung Y.S., Zollinger D.G., Wimsatt A., Won M.C. Develop mechanistic-empirical design for CRCP, Report 0-5832-1, Texas Tech University, TX, 2012.
[18] Rashidi M., Ashtiani R.S., Si J., Izzo R.P., McDaniel M. A practical approach for the estimation of strength and resilient properties of cementitious materials in the laboratory. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 0361198118769900.
[19] Nivedya M.K., Mallick R.B., Tirado C., Saremi S.G., Nazarian S. An evaluation of moisture induced structural damage of pavements with cold recycled layers. In Proc. Transportation Research Board 97th Annual Meeting CD-ROM, Washington, DC. 2018.
[20] Rasouli H., Takhtfiroozeh H., Taghavi Ghalesari A., Hemati R. Bearing capacity improvement of shallow foundations using cement-stabilized sand. In Proc. International Conference on Material Science and Engineering, Guangzhou, China, 2017, doi: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.723.795.
[21] M-E design website: http://me-design.com/MEDesign/ClimaticData.html.
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2018-11-17
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SAADATINEZHAD, M.; HASANZADEH, A.; KATEBI, M. CHARACTERIZATION OF UNDERLYING LAYER STABILIZATION MATERIAL FOR MECHANISTIC-EMPIRICAL DESIGN OF RIGID PAVEMENTS. Journal of Fundamental and Applied Sciences, [S. l.], v. 11, n. 1, p. 25–39, 2018. DOI: 10.4314/jfas.v11i1.3. Disponível em: https://www.jfas.info/index.php/JFAS/article/view/99. Acesso em: 18 oct. 2025.
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