Incorporating slabunderlying layer interaction into the. Summary of adtt for various interstate volumes and other nhs arterial from fhwa vmt data appendix h. It gives a brief background describing the software, discusses the modeling improvements that have been made, and suggests future work for additional improvements. The findings from the analysis module are integrated into a nonlinear. Pavement calculator pavement design calculator software. The pavement design analysis provided with the pavement report should support the. Pavement thickness and type groupings from hpms 2012 data. It does not unfairly promote one type of material over another, or give unreasonable results for either asphalt or concrete. This software utilizes new engineering analyses to produce. This is a textbook on the structural analysis and design of highway pavements. Contact a sales representative today to learn more and start your free trial. Incorporating slabunderlying layer interaction into the concrete pavement analysis procedures develops mechanisticempirical me models and software to consider the interaction between the concrete slab and base layer and its effect on pavement performance. Performs civil engineering calculations for trafficroad geometry, surveyingearthwork, pavement, concrete floors and unit c download transportation engineering software pavement calculator 2. You can obtain information on how to obtain your own copy from the american concrete pavement association acpa web site.
Design tools if you know of a design tool thickness design software, stressdeflection analysis software, etc. The athena pavement lca tool is an lcabased software package that makes life cycle assessment data easily accessible to roadway decisionmakers. Trbs national cooperative highway research program nchrp webonly document 236. The pavement lca web app is a web application that provides environmental lca and life cycle cost analysis lcca results for canadian and select us regional materials manufacturing, roadway construction and maintenance life cycle stages. The software programs make use of data collected from a thorough evaluation of an entire pavement system, which logs the actual surface deflections of each segment of the pavement. Comparisons of two typical specialized finite element programs. Software programs interlocking concrete pavement institute. Preliminary flexible and rigid pavement performance analysis appendix g.
If you already have winpas 12 installed, you can download and run a cumulative patch update to get. For existing concrete pavements and overlays, streetpave 12 may be used. Pavement thickness design evolves with latest software. For access to this software, please email contact professor bill davids at william. Concrete pavement technology guide for the design of pavement structures. However using visual condition data in conjuction with structural analysis provides a methodical tool for definitively establishing the mechanism of any distress. Software tools and solutions to design concrete pavements wcpa 2017 annual concrete pavement workshop february 15 17, 2017 eric ferrebee technical services engineer american concrete pavement association 2017 wcpa annual concrete pavement workshop wisconsin concrete pavement association february 16, 2017. Built using the same methodology as the wellestablished impact estimator for buildings, it provides a life cycle inventory profile for a given threedimensional roadway design. What is the best software analysis for concrete pavement. This is a proprietary aashtoware computer software product. Since 1999, the national level analysis of the ltpp data has been guided by the strategic plan. Rollercompacted concrete rcc thickness design acpa wiki.
Specs, tables, charts, tender, manual, pavement learning course. Poor subgradesubbase preparation can not be overcome with thickness. Selection of ctb class to ensure longterm strength and stability of cement treated layers, sufficient cement must be used in the mixture. Winpas 12, which is based on the commonlyused aashto 1993 pavement design guide, has been updated to make it compatible with current windowsbased operating systems, has a new gui or graphical user interface, and includes updated help screens which make the software easier to use than ever before. The software is modular and expandable, easily updated, and comes with complete training manuals and warranty. Finite element modeling and damage analysis part ii. Include your affiliation and intended use for everfe or everstressfe in your message. Assignment flexible pavement design ecv 5606 saeed badeli introduction differences between concrete and asphalt pavement historically, pavements have been divided into two broad categories, rigid and flexible. American concrete pavement association streetpave software for design of concrete pavements for cities and counties 12sa03 pdf, 40 kb geogrids multiaxial on csah and msas routes general specification, granular equivalent and design guidelines 15sa02 pdf, 1 mb. Roads a software for pavement design and rate analysis of. If you know of a design tool thickness design software, stressdeflection analysis software, etc. The pavement designer should provide multiple pavement design alternatives in accordance with themechanistic empirical pavement design guide mepdg methodology utilizing aashtoware pavement me design software.
These classical definitions, in some cases, are an oversimplification. Perviouspave evaluation version acpas perviouspave is design software that provides results optimized for both structural and stormwatermanagement requirements by determining. I want to analyse the airplane wheel load on a fiber reinforced concrete and find out its optimum. Characterizing existing hotmix asphalt layer damage for mechanistic pavement rehabilitation design fhwaproj140126 demonstration of network level pavement structural evaluation with traffic speed deflectometer fhwaproj095. Design using the aashtoware pavement me design procedure publication no. Performs civil engineering calculations for trafficroad geometry, surveyingearthwork, pavement, concrete floors and unit c. The program also has the capability to normalize the backcalculated asphalt concrete layer moduli to any required temperature. Implementation of composite pavement systems, fhwahif19014 2019.
Software for the 3d finite element analysis of jointed plain. The software simplifies the process of using both the 1993 aashto design guide for asphalt pavements and 1998 aashto supplement for concrete pavements. Bituminous testing spreadsheet version 2, xlsm 400 kb if you have data in a version 1 spreadsheet and would like it updated to version 2, contact bruce. This module utilizes a closed form solution based on extensive and comprehensive evaluation of concrete slabs using a finite element program. Stand alone software version of the pavement design portion of the ce calc website. The stresses for wheel loads of a single wheel, two wheels of a single axel, four wheels of two axels, six wheels of three axels for different positions in the slab likely. It gives a brief background describing the software, discusses the modeling improvements that have been made. Simplified guide for the design of concrete pavements avoiding the pitfalls of lifecycle costs analysis pavement analysis software pas users guide, version 5. Pavia systems, with sponsorship from the asphalt pavement alliance apa and its constituent members, has developed free online pavement thickness design software called pavexpress. Daps deflection analysis of pavement structures is a rapid, accurate and reliable method for performing backcalculation of deflection results. Roads a software for pavement design and rate analysis.
As the concrete continues to contract, the joints will openproviding room for the concrete to expand in hot weather and in moist conditions. Software tools and solutions to design concrete pavements. Request pdf a user friendly software for rigid pavement design concrete pavements as concrete road slab. It was developed by pavia systems, with generous sponsorship from the napa, the apa, and a consortium of state asphalt pavement associations. All analysis findings, however, provide valuable insight and direction to guide future ltpp data collection and analysis efforts. The longterm pavement performance ltpp data analysis program takes the raw data collected from the programs more than 2,500 pavement test sections and converts these into useable information. The hiperpav highperformance concretepaving software is used to analyze the early age behavior of jointed concrete pavements, continuously reinforced concrete pavements, and bonded concrete overlays.
The user can enter construction, maintenance costs and endoflife costs for interlocking concrete pavement, asphalt and concrete pavements, as well as a discount rate to have the program calculate the lifecycle costs for these pavements. Firstly, this article illustrates the analysis of twolift concrete pavement tlcp using finite element programming software ansys with an interface layer conta 174, which is able to capture. Parking lots wisconsin ready mixed concrete association. Indislab, a software tool for jointed plain concrete pavement design 5. It allows custom roadway design, or users can draw from a library of over 50 existing canadian and us roadway designs. Downloads software american concrete pavement association.
Winpas 12 is compatible with all versions of windows, including windows 7, and both architecture types 3264bit. Performs civil engineering calculations for trafficroad geometry, surveyingearthwork, pavement, concrete floors and unit conversions. The research results clarify the performance of the two software products for structural analysis of cement concrete pavement and indicate each application. Aashtoware pavement me design is a productionready software tool to support the daytoday operations of public and private pavement engineers. Software for pavement analysis and design pavement research center of excellence department of civil and environmental engineering michigan state university. Newly added with this version is jointed plain concrete overlay designs for all six types bonded on ashpalt, unbonded on asphalt, bonded on concrete, unbonded on concrete, bonded on composite, unbonded on compsosite. A user friendly software for rigid pavement design ijeas. Engineering software texas department of transportation. The pavexpress scoping tool is a simplified pavement design tool to help engineers and pavement decisionmakers analyze pavement structures and create technically sound structural designs. In summary, pavexpress is an unbiased tool for pavement thickness design which duplicates the analysis of the aashto 1993 pavement design guide for asphalt and the 1998 supplement for concrete. Damage analysis of jointed plain concrete pavements in.
As the concrete pavement hardens, it contracts and cracks. Streetpave 12 is the latest in jointed plain concrete pavement thickness design. Some analysis findings have led to the development of products, such as rigid pavement design software and ltppbind. Carrying these results to the kenpave software, an analysis is done on the concrete pavement of size 3. In some cases the cause of premature distress in a pavement can be difficult to confirm from visual survey. Pavement analysis and design software for the career development, information, and. Sensitivity analysis design life 2017 wcpa annual concrete pavement workshop.
This program is capable of predicting the modulus of concrete slab for a given slab thickness, or the concrete slab for a given slab modulus. The latest tsd design now provides even greater accuracy and both wheelpaths may be tested. It does not unfairly promote one type of material over another. It reflects a change in the methods and procedures engineers use to design pavement structures by taking advantage of the advances in material mechanics, axleload spectra and climate data for. Microsoft powerpoint 10b ferrebee wcpa 2017 software tools and solutions to design concrete pavements 2162017. What is the best software analysis for concrete pavement fatigue. Pcapav for damage analysis of pcc pavements based on the pca design method. The software is written using modern windows programming languages with this version being developed for the windows 98 operating system. The way paving professionals do business pavement soft. A user friendly software for rigid pavement design request pdf. Software for the 3d finite element analysis of flexible asphalt concrete pavements.
Pca1984, aashto 1993, rigid pavement, westergaard analysis, visual programming. Office of asset management, pavement, and construction. The program addresses a broad array of topicsfrom field validation of pavement design procedures, to studies of variability in traffic and materials data, and to the investigation of. This txdotcustomized version of pgsuper is versatile, user friendly, windowsbased software for the design, analysis, and load rating of multispan precastprestressed concrete bridge beamsgirders in accordance with the aashto lrfd bridge design specifications thru the 8th edition, 2017 and by txdot design policies and guidelines. Pavement designanalysis software university of idaho. Your local wisconsin ready mixed concrete association producer member has access to pavement analysis tools, powerful, parking lot design and costing software for accurately quantifying the differences between concrete and asphalt pavements. Aug 09, 2011 rate analysis of 498 items of road works, std.
The results indicated that the prediction of fe analysis was not in agreement with the behavior observed in the tests. Pavement lca overview life cycle assessment software. Winpas 12, which is based on the commonlyused aashto 1993 pavement design guide, has been updated to make it compatible with current windowsbased operating systems, has a new gui or graphical user interface, and includes updated help screens which make the software easier to. Previous research has shown that rcc fatigue behavior is similar to that of conventional concrete pavements. Any concrete pavement, built of any thickness, will have problems on a poorly designed and constructed subgrade or subbase. This paper describes the enhancements made to the fhwas hiperpav software program for simulating earlyage concrete pavement behavior. The analysis procedure is developed with the aid of sophisticated finite element techniques and a series of parametric studies. Damage analysis of jointed plain concrete pavements in indiana part i. If the contraction joints have been correctly designed and constructed, the cracks will occur below the joints.
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