SHRP-LTPP Specific Pavement Studies


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The Specific Pavement Studies (SPS) portion examines specially constructed pavements, which will help develop better understanding of the effects on performance of a few targeted factors not widely covered in General Pavement Studies (GPS). SPS also explores options for construction of new pavements, the application of maintenance treatments to existing pavements, and the rehabilitation of distressed pavements. This report summarizes the status of SPS as of June 30, 1992.




Focus


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SHRP-LTPP Overview


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This report provides an overview of the first 5 years of the Strategic Highway Research Program Long-Term Pavement Performance (SHRP-LTPP) program. The background, LTPP history, activities and approaches, and decision-making processes of the program are detailed. Included are summaries of the studies initiated for general and specific pavement types, the characterization of pavement materials, monitoring activities, the LTPP database and Information Management System, data analysis, traffic data collection and analysis, as well as a summary of the contributions made by international participants. The general LTPP program is described and the expected results, products, and benefits are also outlined.




SHRP-LTPP Materials Characterization


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The Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP) developed two materials characterization programs: one for field sampling, and another for laboratory testing. The SHRP field materials sampling and laboratory materials testing program encompassed all 50 states; 10 Canadian provinces; and Puerto Rico. This report documents the development and execution of these programs for both the General Pavement Studies (GPS) and the Specific Pavement Studies (SPS). These topics are described separately here, although they are linked inherently. Suggestions are given for future materials characterization within the Long-Term Pavement Performance program as it continues under the Federal Highway Administration.










SPS-6


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Nineteen test sections were constructed by the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) as part of Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP) Specific Pavement Studies (SPS)-6 experiment. The SPS-6 program addresses the rehabilitation of jointed portland cement concrete pavement. The objective of the SPS-6 experiment is to develop improved performance prediction models to be used for determining the additional pavement life that can be expected from the application of a variety of JCP pavement rehabilitation methods, ranging from minimal to maximum investment. Construction of the 19 SPS-6 test sections was successfully incorporated in ADOT project IR-40-4(123) on I-40 at Flagstaff. Eight of the 19 test sections meet the basic SHRP requirements for the experiment. The additional 11 sections were designed by ADOT to evaluate features that are not included in the SHRP experiment design.




Pavement Design and Accelerated Testing 2004


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"TRB℗s Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 1896 examines a mechanistic-empirical model to predict transverse joint faulting, a multilayer boundary-element method for evaluating top-down cracking in hot-mix asphalt pavements, and one-way and two-way directional heavy-vehicle simulator loading in this four-part volume on education tools, rigid pavements, flexible pavements, and accelerated pavement testing. The K. B. Woods Award-winning paper on design and construction of transportation facilities, ©Computer-Based Multimedia Pavement Training Tool for Self-Directed Learning,♯ by Stephen Muench and Joe Mahoney of the University of Washington, also appears in this TRR: Journal volume."--TRB website.