scholarly journals Pavement performance assessment using a cost‐effective wireless accelerometer system

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (9) ◽  
pp. 1009-1022
Author(s):  
Ravneet Bajwa ◽  
Erdem Coleri ◽  
Ram Rajagopal ◽  
Pravin Varaiya ◽  
Christopher Flores
Keyword(s):  
Performance Assessment ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Pavement Performance ◽  
Wireless Accelerometer

The Great Unsealing: A Perspective on Portland Cement Concrete Joint Sealing

1997 ◽  
Vol 1597 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen F. Shober
Keyword(s):  
Portland Cement ◽  
National Level ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Transportation System ◽  
Pavement Performance ◽  
Portland Cement Concrete ◽  
Cement Concrete ◽  
Wisconsin Department ◽  
Crack Sealing ◽  
Contraction Joints

The general mission of most transportation agencies is to ensure a customer focus in the development and operation of a safe and efficient transportation system. The customers desire comfort, convenience, safety, and cost-effectiveness in a transportation system. Agency research must have the objectives of addressing customer-related issues and measuring benefits of importance to them. Accordingly, any joint and sealant research must answer the questions, Why do we seal? and Is it cost-effective? Joint and sealant studies of portland cement concrete (PCC) pavements must address whether joint sealing enhances total pavement performance and is cost-effective, and, if so, what sealant system should be used. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) has been studying the effect of PCC joint/crack sealing on total pavement performance for 50 years. By 1967 there was substantial documentation that filling and refilling of contraction joints had no beneficial effect on pavement performance. By 1984, it was concluded that pavements with unsealed joints had better overall performance (distress, ride, materials integrity) than pavements with sealed joints. In 1990, WisDOT passed a policy eliminating all PCC joint sealing, in new construction and maintenance. This "no-seal" policy has saved Wisconsin $6,000,000 annually with no loss in pavement performance and with increased customer safety and convenience. The entire PCC sealing issue is beginning to be addressed at the national level, ensuring no false assumptions and with the customer’s needs in view.

Experimental Research on Road Performance of Natural Asphalt Modified Asphalt Mixtures

2011 ◽  
Vol 287-290 ◽  
pp. 762-766
Author(s):  
Liang Fan ◽  
Xiao Jin Song ◽  
Yu Zhen Zhang
Keyword(s):  
High Temperature ◽  
Asphalt Mixture ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Asphalt Mixtures ◽  
Asphalt Binders ◽  
Pavement Performance ◽  
Modified Asphalt ◽  
Modification Technique ◽  
Road Performance ◽  
Natural Asphalt

This report mainly evaluated the pavement performance of natural asphalt from Albania. Firstly, base asphalts were processed with natural asphalt by “wet method” modification technique to obtain modified asphalt; and mixture are produced with these modified asphalt binders, and then high temperature performance and moisture stability properties are evaluated by some standard methods. Analysis shows that this natural asphalt can remarkably improve the high temperature and moisture stabilities of asphalt mixture, and own cost-effective advantage.

Pavement Performance Research on Fine Volcanic Ash Modified Asphalt Mastic and Mixture

2011 ◽  
Vol 255-260 ◽  
pp. 3382-3386 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhi Guo Chen ◽  
Zi Ning Chen ◽  
Jian Tao Wu ◽  
Hai Chen Yao
Keyword(s):  
Volcanic Ash ◽  
Asphalt Mixture ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Test Methods ◽  
Pavement Performance ◽  
Modified Asphalt ◽  
Asphalt Mastics ◽  
Particle Sizer ◽  
Performance Research

In this paper, based on advanced test methods such as laser particle sizer, scanning electron microscope, DSR and BBR,studies on physical properties of fine volcanic ash are carried out and the effect of single and composite modification on asphalt mastics and concrete by fine volcanic ash are also studied. Cost-effective of asphalt concrete modified by fine volcanic ash are analyzed as well. Results indicated fine volcanic ash can be qualified as a filler modifier for asphalt mixture and it significantly improves asphalt pavement performance and reduces project cost. Fine volcanic ash has favorable social and economic benefits and a broad application prospect.

Performance-based specifications for pavements

1991 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 1054-1061 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Kuzyk ◽  
R. C. G. Haas ◽  
R. W. Cockfield
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Current Practice ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Pavement Performance ◽  
Substantial Portion ◽  
Actual Performance ◽  
Long Term Performance ◽  
Term Performance

Pavements represent a very substantial portion of the public's investment in infrastructure. It is essential that this investment be preserved through cost-effective planning, design, and maintenance. One way of achieving this is through the use of long-term performance-based specifications. This paper first describes the current practice for pavement specification. For the most part, these specifications are "recipe" orientated. Very specific requirements are set for procedures, such as compaction, or as constructed properties such as density. With the proposed system, the contractor would be required to warranty the actual performance of the pavement over an extended term. The paper describes the overall scope of the system, its key elements and advantages, and the major risk factors. As well, the measures that can be used to characterize performance and a model for estimating performance are identified. A stochastic formulation of the model is used to present a method of determining the risk to the contractor based on a design example. Finally, the paper explores some of the concerns associated with the implementation of the system and how these concerns might be addressed. Key words: long-term warranties, pavement contracting, pavement performance.

scholarly journals A Framework for Irrigation Performance Assessment Using WaPOR data: The case of a Sugarcane Estate in Mozambique

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abebe Demissie Chukalla ◽  
Marloes L. Mul ◽  
Pieter van der Zaag ◽  
Gerardo van Halsema ◽  
Evaristo Mubaya ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Performance Assessment ◽  
Performance Indicators ◽  
Water Productivity ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Absolute Error ◽  
Irrigation Performance ◽  
Irrigation Method ◽  
Spatially Distributed ◽  
Response To Water

Abstract. The growing competition for the finite land and water resources and the need to feed an ever-growing population requires new techniques to monitor the performance of irrigation schemes and improve land and water productivity. Datasets from FAO’s portal to monitor Water Productivity through Open access Remotely sensed derived data (WaPOR) is increasingly applied as a cost-effective means to support irrigation performance assessment and identifying possible pathways for improvement. This study presents a framework that applies WaPOR data to assess irrigation performance indicators including uniformity, equity, adequacy and land and water productivity differentiated by irrigation method (furrow, sprinkler and centre pivot) at the Xinavane sugarcane estate, Mozambique. The WaPOR data on water, land and climate is near-real-time and spatially distributed, with the finest spatial resolution in the area of 100 m. The WaPOR data were first validated agronomically by examining the biomass response to water, then the data was used to systematically analyse seasonal indicators for the period 2015 to 2018 on ~8,000 ha. The WaPOR based yield estimates were found to be comparable to the estate-measured yields with ±20 % difference, root mean square error of 19 ± 2.5 ton/ha and mean absolute error of 15 ± 1.6 ton/ha. A climate normalization factor that enables the spatial and temporal comparison of performance indicators are applied. The assessment highlights that in Xinavane no single irrigation method performs the best across all performance indicators. Centre pivot compared to sprinkler and furrow irrigation shows higher adequacy, equity, and land productivity, but lower water productivity. The three irrigation methods have excellent uniformity (~94 %) in the four seasons and acceptable adequacy for most periods of the season except in 2016, when a drought was observed. While this study is done for sugarcane in one irrigation scheme, the approach can be broadened to compare other crops across fields or irrigation schemes across Africa with diverse management units in the different agro-climatic zone within FaO WaPOR coverage. We conclude that the framework is useful for assessing irrigation performance using the WaPOR dataset.

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