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PaveSpec 3.0 Software

Paving the Way to Better Roads

Abstract

PaveSpec 3.0 CD. Through the use of PaveSpec 3.0, State and local highway/ transportation agencies can develop performance-related specifications (PRS) and predict the performance of a constructed pavement. In addition, PaveSpec 3.0 can be used as a technology transfer tool to enable both contractors and highway agencies to get a better understanding of what it takes to construct highway performance pavements. Some of PaveSpec 3.0's specific capabilities include:

  • Simulation of pavement in terms of (1) transverse cracking, (2) transverse joint faulting, (3) transverse joint spalling, and (4) pavement smoothness over time.

  • Application of a user-defined maintenance and rehabilitation plan to compute life-cycle costs.

  • Development of pay factors charts for the following acceptance quality characteristics: (1) strength, (2) thickness, (3) air content, (4) smoothness, and (5) consolidation around dowels.

  • Computation of contractor pay factors from actual construction test results for the above five acceptance quality characteristics.

  • Assistance in executing sensitivity analyses on a given developed PRS.

Download the Software

  1. Before you get started, please review the readme file (.pdf, 13 kb) and the User's Guide.

  2. Download PaveSpec 3.0 [File size - 1,048KB]. Please Note: This is a zip file. Click on the link and save the file to your computer. Then locate the file on your computer and double click - the file will be extracted and the files will be ready for viewing.

Publications

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PDF files can be viewed with the Acrobat® Reader®
 
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