DOI: https://doi.org/10.15368/theses.2011.85
Available at: https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/528
Date of Award
6-2011
Degree Name
MS in Civil and Environmental Engineering
Department/Program
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Advisor
Ashraf Rahim
Abstract
Research was performed to analyze the performance of the crack, seat, and overlay (CS&O) roadway rehabilitation technique in the Central Coast and Northern regions of California. This technique was evaluated through literature review to determine the state of practice and their conclusions. California highway sections rehabilitated using CS&O were selected for evaluation based on age and location. Pavement distresses and traffic data for these sections were collected and analyzed. Prior to beginning analysis this data was checked for errors, outliers, and omissions. The analysis consisted of checking the data for correlations among distresses and regions.
The focus of this research is to develop performance prediction models for pavement distresses in CS&O sections. Using data collected from Caltrans’ Pavement Condition Reporting Software, performance models were developed based on dependent (distress) variables: alligator cracking, transverse cracking, longitudinal cracking, and International Roughness Index (IRI). And independent (explanatory) variables: age, traffic in the form of equivalent single axle load (ESAL), thickness of hot mix asphalt (HMA), thickness of Portland Cement Concrete (PCC), and cumulative traffic in the form of cumulative ESAL. Prediction models were then analyzed for preciseness and sensitivity to the variables included in each model.