Title: Prediction of Remaining Life on Airport Pavements
Abstract: The University of Texas at Austin evaluated the remaining life of Runway 17R/35L using new technologies. Previous evaluations of remaining life using the declining pavement condition index (PCI) were determined to be inadequate for busy commercial service airports on jointed concrete pavements. A Rolling Dynamic Deflectometer (RDD) was developed to provide a continuous deflection profile for the runway and taxiway. Cross-hole seismic testing, indirect tensile and fatigue testing of cores were used with a new measure of fatigue cracking to predict remaining life. Remaining life of the runway was predicted for five different failure modes, surface distress, loss of subgrade support, surface roughness, concrete fatigue, and deterioration of joints
Publication Year: 1997
Publication Date: 1997-12-01
Language: en
Type: article
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