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... 95 Figure 2-52. Example of actual rutting performance curves of LTPP pavement sections.
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... 96 State Code Section ID Location Analysis Method 1 Subgroup 10-Year Cumulative Traffic (MESALs) 5 118 Poinsett, AR Wet-No Freeze, Low Traffic, Medium Pavement 2.2 22 116 Calcasieu, LA Wet-No Freeze, Low Traffic, Medium Pavement 0.5 51 118 Pittsylvania, VA Wet-No Freeze, Low Traffic, Medium Pavement 1.8 The methodology that was followed to generate PaveME input files was as follows.
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... 97 The primary focus of the comparison is the trend in performance relative to the change in as-constructed AV. Table 2-33.
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... 98 Section Subgroup (New Pvmt) Data Source As-constructed Air Voids Distress Rutting @ 4 Years (in)
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... 99 7. Each score obtained in step 2 was compared to the same results obtained during the development of the model in Analysis Methods 2 and 3.
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... 100 Daily temperature and precipitation records were available from 1994 to 2016 on MnROAD's website. Traffic data were found in terms of AADTT and ESALs.
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... 101 Table 2-37. MnROAD's pavement sections input data.
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... 102 Figures 2-53 and 2-54 show typical performance curves of the mainline ride quality for MnROAD's 1993 and 2008 cycles, respectively. Steeper curves were observed during the 1993 cycle compared to the 2008 cycle.
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... 103 Figure 2-55. Example of MnROAD's 1993 cycle typical rutting performance.
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... 104 Table 2-38. Ride quality and rutting at MnROAD.
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... 105 on the entire dataset; therefore, the majority of the thermal cracking parameters were obtained directly from the plot. Figure 2-57.
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... 106 Table 2-39. Cracking parameters at MnROAD.
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... 107 Test sections available for NCHRP 20-50(18) were classified as new construction (from structural experiments)
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... 108 2009 NCAT Report 12-10: Phase IV NCAT Pavement Test Track Findings NCAT Report 13-02: Physical and Structural Characterization of Sustainable Asphalt Pavement Sections at the NCAT Test Track 2012 NCAT Report 16-04: Phase V (2012-2014) NCAT Test Track Findings Daily temperature and precipitation records were available from years 2000 to 2017.
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... 109 Figure 2-59. NCAT Test Track original pavement layers.
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... 110 Table 2-43. Summary of NCAT's pavement sections.
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... 111 Figure 2-62. Cumulative ESALs on NCAT sections over an adjusted 10-year cycle.
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... 112 Table 2-44. Summary of NCAT's ride quality and rutting performance.
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... 113 Table 2-45. NCAT's wheel path cracking performance.
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... 114 Figure 2-65. MnROAD versus LTPP rutting tendencies CL1-LOW-THIN.
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... 115 There was no clear wheel path cracking trend observed from LTPP data subgroups. The same case was observed with MnROAD's subgroup datasets as shown in Figure 2-68 for LOW-THIN sections, Figure 269 for HIGH-THK sections, and Figure 2-70 for the HIGH-MED sections.
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... 116 Figure 2-70. MnROAD wheel path cracking tendencies CL1-HIGH-MED.
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... 117 Figure 2-72. MnROAD versus LTPP thermal cracking tendencies CL1-HIGH-THK.
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... 118 Figure 2-74. MnROAD versus LTPP ride tendencies CL1-LOW-THIN.
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... 119 NCAT's Test Track is located in the climatic region 4 (wet, no freeze) and the NCAT dataset contained sections that met one of the traffic-structural number subgroups established for Analysis Method 1.
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... 120 Figure 2-79. NCAT rutting tendencies CL4-HIGH-LOW.
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... 121 Figure 2-81. NCAT versus LTPP wheel path cracking tendencies CL4-HIGH-MED.
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... 122 Figure 2-83. NCAT versus LTPP ride tendencies CL4-HIGH-MED.
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... 123 Figure 2-86. NCAT ride tendencies CL4-HIGH-THK (rehabilitation)
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... 124 When the validation dataset was filtered to avoid extrapolation, a better comparison of the ride quality was observed and the validation data was more in line with the model data (Figure 2-89)
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... 125 Figure 2-89. Observed versus predicted validation ride data, filtered (new pavements)
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... 126 Figure 2-90. Observed versus predicted validation ride data (rehabilitated pavements)
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... 127 Figure 2-92. Observed versus predicted validation rutting, filtered (new pavements)
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... 128 Table 2-49. Rehabilitated pavements rutting F-test results.
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... 129 Figure 2-95. Observed versus predicted validation transverse cracking, filtered (new pavements)
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... 130 Figure 2-96. Observed versus ANN predicted validation ride data.
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... 131 Figure 2-99. Observed versus ANN predicted validation transverse cracking data.

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