Feasibility of perpetual pavement stage construction in China: A life cycle cost analysis
The main objective of pavement design and management is to build sustainable pavement structure with minimum costs during its whole life. There are many uncertainties in the process of pavement design pertaining many of its variables, such as future traffic estimation, long time behavior of material...
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| description | The main objective of pavement design and management is to build sustainable pavement structure with minimum costs during its whole life. There are many uncertainties in the process of pavement design pertaining many of its variables, such as future traffic estimation, long time behavior of materials, future weights and types of traveling vehicles, availability of funds etc. Therefore, it is important to apply pavement stage construction technique during the process of pavement design and management to minimize the risk associated with these uncertainties. From the beginning of 2000, the research and application of perpetual asphalt pavement (PP) technology has been deployed in China. The semi rigid base for asphalt pavement has been normally considered as typical component of high class highways in the design according to the Chinese experience since 1997. The research objective is to apply pavement stage construction for the evaluation of life cycle costs of Chinese perpetual and traditional semi rigid pavements using operational pavement management system in addition to examine its suitability for design and construction of more economical and durable flexible pavements. It has been found that the stage construction of asphalt layers in PP over semi rigid pavement foundation will create more sustainable and trusted pavement structures in spite of 2–5% increase in present total cost. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-41e93e78c1814b93b1f9f4e405bf48692023-09-03T10:33:06ZengKeAi Communications Co., Ltd.International Journal of Transportation Science and Technology2046-04302016-12-015423924710.1016/j.ijtst.2017.01.005Feasibility of perpetual pavement stage construction in China: A life cycle cost analysisZhongyin Guo0Saud A. Sultan1School of Transportation Engineering, Tongji University, 4800 CaoAn Gonglu, Shanghai, ChinaDepartment of Highways and Transportation Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Al-Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad, IraqThe main objective of pavement design and management is to build sustainable pavement structure with minimum costs during its whole life. There are many uncertainties in the process of pavement design pertaining many of its variables, such as future traffic estimation, long time behavior of materials, future weights and types of traveling vehicles, availability of funds etc. Therefore, it is important to apply pavement stage construction technique during the process of pavement design and management to minimize the risk associated with these uncertainties. From the beginning of 2000, the research and application of perpetual asphalt pavement (PP) technology has been deployed in China. The semi rigid base for asphalt pavement has been normally considered as typical component of high class highways in the design according to the Chinese experience since 1997. The research objective is to apply pavement stage construction for the evaluation of life cycle costs of Chinese perpetual and traditional semi rigid pavements using operational pavement management system in addition to examine its suitability for design and construction of more economical and durable flexible pavements. It has been found that the stage construction of asphalt layers in PP over semi rigid pavement foundation will create more sustainable and trusted pavement structures in spite of 2–5% increase in present total cost.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2046043016301666StageConstructionPerpetualPavementLifecycle |
| spellingShingle | Zhongyin Guo Saud A. Sultan Feasibility of perpetual pavement stage construction in China: A life cycle cost analysis International Journal of Transportation Science and Technology Stage Construction Perpetual Pavement Lifecycle |
| title | Feasibility of perpetual pavement stage construction in China: A life cycle cost analysis |
| title_full | Feasibility of perpetual pavement stage construction in China: A life cycle cost analysis |
| title_fullStr | Feasibility of perpetual pavement stage construction in China: A life cycle cost analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Feasibility of perpetual pavement stage construction in China: A life cycle cost analysis |
| title_short | Feasibility of perpetual pavement stage construction in China: A life cycle cost analysis |
| title_sort | feasibility of perpetual pavement stage construction in china a life cycle cost analysis |
| topic | Stage Construction Perpetual Pavement Lifecycle |
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