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From page 4... ... i CONTENTS ABBREVIATIONS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ABSTRACT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 INTRODUCTION 1.2 PROJECT OBJECTIVES 1.3 SCOPE OF STUDY 1.4 REPORT ORGANIZATION CHAPTER 2 DESCRIPTION OF SPS 1, 2 AND 8 EXPERIMENTS 2.1 INTRODUCTION 2.2 STRATEGIC STUDY OF STRUCTURAL FACTORS FOR FLEXIBLE PAVEMENTS -- SPS-1 2.2.1 Experiment Design 2.2.2 Current Status of the Experiment (Release 17 of DataPave) 2.2.3 Construction Guidelines for SPS-1 Experiment 2.3 STRATEGIC STUDY OF STRUCTURAL FACTORS FOR RIGID PAVEMENTS -- SPS-2 2.3.1 Experiment Design 2.3.2 Current Status of the Experiment 2.3.3 Construction Guidelines for SPS-2 Experiment 2.4 SPS-8 EXPERIMENT 2.4.1 Current Status of the SPS-8 Flexible Pavements 2.4.2 Construction Guidelines for SPS-8 Flexible Pavements 2.4.3 Current Status of SPS-8 Rigid Pavements 2.4.4 Construction Guidelines for SPS-8 Rigid Pavements 2.5 INSTRUMENTED SPS TEST SECTIONS 2.5.1 SPS-1 Sections 2.5.2 SPS-2 Sections CHAPTER 3 DATA AVAILABILITY AND EXTENT 3.1 INTRODUCTION 3.2 IDENTIFICATION OF DATA ELEMENTS 3.3 DATA AVAILABILITY IN SPS-1 EXPERIMENT 3.3.1 General Site Information 3.3.2 Material Data 3.3.3 Design versus Actual Construction Review 3.3.4 Extent and Occurrence of Distresses vi vii viii 1 11 11 12 12 13 14 14 14 14 17 19 26 26 29 31 37 37 38 41 41 41 42 45 50 50 50 56 58 62 62 71 Read the entire page →
From page 5... ... ii 3.3.5 Dynamic Load Response Data (DLR) -- Flexible Pavements 3.4 DATA AVAILABILITY IN SPS-2 EXPERIMENT 3.4.1 General Site Information 3.4.2 Materials data 3.4.3 Pavement Structure data 3.4.4 Monitoring data 3.4.5 Design versus Actual Construction Review 3.4.6 Extent and Occurrence of Distresses 3.4.7 Dynamic Load Response Data (DLR) Read the entire page →
From page 6... ... iii 5.5.2 Effects of design features -- Paired Comparisons at Level-B 5.6 OVERALL ANALYSIS 5.6.1 Extent of Distress by Experimental Factor 5.6.2 Frequency-based methods 5.6.3 Analysis of Variance 5.6.4 Effect of Experimental Factors on Pavement Response 5.7 APPARENT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RESPONSE AND PERFORMANCE 5.7.1 Overall Analysis -- Explanatory Relationships 5.7.2 Site Level Analyses -- Predictive Relationships 5.7.3 Overall Analyses -- Predictive Relationships 5.7.4 Dynamic Load Response for OH (39) test sections 5.8 SYNTHESIS OF RESULTS FROM ANALYSES 5.8.1 Effects of structural factors for flexible pavements -- SPS-1 experiment CHAPTER 6 ANALYSIS RESULTS FOR SPS-2 EXPERIMENT 6.1 INTRODUCTION 6.2 PREVIOUS FINDINGS 6.3 EFFECT OF CONSTRUCTION ON PAVEMENT PERFORMANCE 6.4 SITE-WIDE PERFORMANCE SUMMARIES 6.5 SITE-LEVEL ANALYSES 6.5.1 Effect of design features on performance -- Comparisons at level-A 6.5.2 Effect of design features -- Paired Comparisons at Level-B 6.6 OVERALL ANALYSIS 6.6.1 Extent of Distresses by Experimental Factor 6.6.2 Frequency-based Methods 6.6.3 Analysis of Variance 6.6.4 Effect of Experimental Factors on Pavement Response 6.7 APPARENT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RESPONSE AND PERFORMANCE 6.7.1 Site Level Analyses -- Predictive Relationships 6.7.2 Relationship between strain and performance 6.8 SYNTHESIS OF ANALYSES RESULTS FOR RIGID PAVEMENTS 6.8.1 Effects of experimental factors for SPS-2 experiment CHAPTER 7 ANALYSIS RESULTS FOR THE SPS-8 EXPERIMENT 7.1 INTRODUCTION 7.2 EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS IN SPS-8 EXPERIMENT FOR FLEXIBLE PAVEMENTS 7.2.1 Site-Level Analysis 7.2.2 Overall Analysis 7.2.3 Comparison between Similar Designs of SPS-8 and SPS-1 Experiments 7.3 EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS IN SPS-8 EXPERIMENT FOR RIGID PAVEMENTS 188 190 190 201 206 251 255 255 257 264 274 277 278 291 291 292 294 301 308 311 321 325 327 330 341 357 361 361 365 366 369 376 376 376 377 377 380 380 Read the entire page →
From page 7... ... iv 7.3.1 Site-Level Analysis 7.3.2 Overall Analysis 7.3.3 Comparison between Similar Designs of SPS-8 and SPS-2 Experiments 7.4 SUMMARY OF RESULTS 7.4.1 Effect of SPS-8 Experimental Factors on Performance of Flexible Pavements 7.4.2 Effect of SPS-8 Experimental Factors on Performance of Rigid Pavements CHAPTER 8 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 8.1 INTRODUCTION 8.2 EFFECTS OF STRUCTURAL FACTORS FOR FLEXIBLE PAVEMENTS -- SPS-1 EXPERIMENT 8.2.1 Effect of Design and Site Factors on Pavement Performance 8.2.2 Effect of Design and Site Factors on Pavement Response 8.2.3 Apparent Relationship between Response and Performance 8.3 EFFECTS OF STRUCTURAL FACTORS FOR RIGID PAVEMENTS -- SPS-2 EXPERIMENT 8.3.1 Effect of Design and Site Factors on Pavement Performance 8.3.2 Effect of Design and Site Factors on Pavement Response 8.4 EFFECTS OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE ABSENCE OF HEAVY TRAFFIC FOR FLEXIBLE & RIGID PAVEMENTS -- SPS-8 EXPERIMENT 8.5 LIMITATIONS OF THE EXPERIMENTS AND ANALYSES 8.5.1 Experiment-related issues 8.5.2 Data-related issues 8.6 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE DATA COLLECTION AND RESEARCH REFERENCES APPENDIX A1 SITE SUMMARIES FOR SPS-1 EXPERIMENT APPENDIX A2 SITE-WIDE PERFORMANCE DATA FOR SPS-1 EXPERIMENT APPENDIX A3 DYNAMIC LOAD RESPONSE (DLR) Read the entire page →

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... i CONTENTS ABBREVIATIONS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ABSTRACT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 INTRODUCTION 1.2 PROJECT OBJECTIVES 1.3 SCOPE OF STUDY 1.4 REPORT ORGANIZATION CHAPTER 2 DESCRIPTION OF SPS 1, 2 AND 8 EXPERIMENTS 2.1 INTRODUCTION 2.2 STRATEGIC STUDY OF STRUCTURAL FACTORS FOR FLEXIBLE PAVEMENTS -- SPS-1 2.2.1 Experiment Design 2.2.2 Current Status of the Experiment (Release 17 of DataPave) 2.2.3 Construction Guidelines for SPS-1 Experiment 2.3 STRATEGIC STUDY OF STRUCTURAL FACTORS FOR RIGID PAVEMENTS -- SPS-2 2.3.1 Experiment Design 2.3.2 Current Status of the Experiment 2.3.3 Construction Guidelines for SPS-2 Experiment 2.4 SPS-8 EXPERIMENT 2.4.1 Current Status of the SPS-8 Flexible Pavements 2.4.2 Construction Guidelines for SPS-8 Flexible Pavements 2.4.3 Current Status of SPS-8 Rigid Pavements 2.4.4 Construction Guidelines for SPS-8 Rigid Pavements 2.5 INSTRUMENTED SPS TEST SECTIONS 2.5.1 SPS-1 Sections 2.5.2 SPS-2 Sections CHAPTER 3 DATA AVAILABILITY AND EXTENT 3.1 INTRODUCTION 3.2 IDENTIFICATION OF DATA ELEMENTS 3.3 DATA AVAILABILITY IN SPS-1 EXPERIMENT 3.3.1 General Site Information 3.3.2 Material Data 3.3.3 Design versus Actual Construction Review 3.3.4 Extent and Occurrence of Distresses vi vii viii 1 11 11 12 12 13 14 14 14 14 17 19 26 26 29 31 37 37 38 41 41 41 42 45 50 50 50 56 58 62 62 71

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... ii 3.3.5 Dynamic Load Response Data (DLR) -- Flexible Pavements 3.4 DATA AVAILABILITY IN SPS-2 EXPERIMENT 3.4.1 General Site Information 3.4.2 Materials data 3.4.3 Pavement Structure data 3.4.4 Monitoring data 3.4.5 Design versus Actual Construction Review 3.4.6 Extent and Occurrence of Distresses 3.4.7 Dynamic Load Response Data (DLR)

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... iii 5.5.2 Effects of design features -- Paired Comparisons at Level-B 5.6 OVERALL ANALYSIS 5.6.1 Extent of Distress by Experimental Factor 5.6.2 Frequency-based methods 5.6.3 Analysis of Variance 5.6.4 Effect of Experimental Factors on Pavement Response 5.7 APPARENT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RESPONSE AND PERFORMANCE 5.7.1 Overall Analysis -- Explanatory Relationships 5.7.2 Site Level Analyses -- Predictive Relationships 5.7.3 Overall Analyses -- Predictive Relationships 5.7.4 Dynamic Load Response for OH (39) test sections 5.8 SYNTHESIS OF RESULTS FROM ANALYSES 5.8.1 Effects of structural factors for flexible pavements -- SPS-1 experiment CHAPTER 6 ANALYSIS RESULTS FOR SPS-2 EXPERIMENT 6.1 INTRODUCTION 6.2 PREVIOUS FINDINGS 6.3 EFFECT OF CONSTRUCTION ON PAVEMENT PERFORMANCE 6.4 SITE-WIDE PERFORMANCE SUMMARIES 6.5 SITE-LEVEL ANALYSES 6.5.1 Effect of design features on performance -- Comparisons at level-A 6.5.2 Effect of design features -- Paired Comparisons at Level-B 6.6 OVERALL ANALYSIS 6.6.1 Extent of Distresses by Experimental Factor 6.6.2 Frequency-based Methods 6.6.3 Analysis of Variance 6.6.4 Effect of Experimental Factors on Pavement Response 6.7 APPARENT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RESPONSE AND PERFORMANCE 6.7.1 Site Level Analyses -- Predictive Relationships 6.7.2 Relationship between strain and performance 6.8 SYNTHESIS OF ANALYSES RESULTS FOR RIGID PAVEMENTS 6.8.1 Effects of experimental factors for SPS-2 experiment CHAPTER 7 ANALYSIS RESULTS FOR THE SPS-8 EXPERIMENT 7.1 INTRODUCTION 7.2 EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS IN SPS-8 EXPERIMENT FOR FLEXIBLE PAVEMENTS 7.2.1 Site-Level Analysis 7.2.2 Overall Analysis 7.2.3 Comparison between Similar Designs of SPS-8 and SPS-1 Experiments 7.3 EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS IN SPS-8 EXPERIMENT FOR RIGID PAVEMENTS 188 190 190 201 206 251 255 255 257 264 274 277 278 291 291 292 294 301 308 311 321 325 327 330 341 357 361 361 365 366 369 376 376 376 377 377 380 380

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... iv 7.3.1 Site-Level Analysis 7.3.2 Overall Analysis 7.3.3 Comparison between Similar Designs of SPS-8 and SPS-2 Experiments 7.4 SUMMARY OF RESULTS 7.4.1 Effect of SPS-8 Experimental Factors on Performance of Flexible Pavements 7.4.2 Effect of SPS-8 Experimental Factors on Performance of Rigid Pavements CHAPTER 8 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 8.1 INTRODUCTION 8.2 EFFECTS OF STRUCTURAL FACTORS FOR FLEXIBLE PAVEMENTS -- SPS-1 EXPERIMENT 8.2.1 Effect of Design and Site Factors on Pavement Performance 8.2.2 Effect of Design and Site Factors on Pavement Response 8.2.3 Apparent Relationship between Response and Performance 8.3 EFFECTS OF STRUCTURAL FACTORS FOR RIGID PAVEMENTS -- SPS-2 EXPERIMENT 8.3.1 Effect of Design and Site Factors on Pavement Performance 8.3.2 Effect of Design and Site Factors on Pavement Response 8.4 EFFECTS OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE ABSENCE OF HEAVY TRAFFIC FOR FLEXIBLE & RIGID PAVEMENTS -- SPS-8 EXPERIMENT 8.5 LIMITATIONS OF THE EXPERIMENTS AND ANALYSES 8.5.1 Experiment-related issues 8.5.2 Data-related issues 8.6 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE DATA COLLECTION AND RESEARCH REFERENCES APPENDIX A1 SITE SUMMARIES FOR SPS-1 EXPERIMENT APPENDIX A2 SITE-WIDE PERFORMANCE DATA FOR SPS-1 EXPERIMENT APPENDIX A3 DYNAMIC LOAD RESPONSE (DLR)

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