U.S. Department of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration
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Federal Highway Administration Research and Technology
Coordinating, Developing, and Delivering Highway Transportation Innovations
| Project Information | ||
| Project ID: | FHWA-PROJ-12-0015 | |
| Project Name: | Develop Reliable Analysis Methodology and Tools for Evaluating Pavement Performance Under Movement of Superloads | |
| Project Status: | Active | |
| Start Date: | August 19, 2013 | |
| End Date: | April 18, 2017 | |
| Contact Information | ||
| Last Name: | Sivaneswaran | |
| First Name: | Nadarajah (Siva) | |
| Telephone: | 202-493-3147 | |
| E-mail: | nadarajah.sivaneswaran@dot.gov | |
| Office: | Office of Infrastructure Research and Development | |
| Team: | Infrastructure Analysis and Construction Team [HRDI-20] | |
| Program: | Innovative Pavement Research and Deployment | |
| Project detail | ||
| Roadmap/Focus area(s): | Infrastructure Research and Technology Strategic Plan and Roadmap | |
| Project Description: | Traditional pavement analysis methods are intended for repeated loading and accumulated fatigue damage based primarily on strain response. However, permit request for one-time movement of superload and analysis should ideally be based on strength analysis and risk of instantaneous failure. Analysis methods and tools will be developed to conduct factor of safety analysis based on load demand and strength of pavement and subsurface materials. | |
| Goals: |
Develop analysis methods and tools to conduct factor of safety analysis based on load demand and strength of pavement and subsurface materials.
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| Product Type: | Research report Software | |
| Test Methodology: | Develop analysis methods and tools to conduct a factor of safety analysis based on load demand and strength of pavement and subsurface materials. | |
| Expected Benefits: | Analysis method and tool that State and local highway agencies can use for evaluating pavement structural behavior under movement of superloads. | |
| Deliverables: | Name: Final report documenting the research effort and analysis methodology, the tool implementing the analysis methodology, and user documentation. Product Type(s): Research report, Software Description: Final report documenting the research effort and analysis methodology, the tool implementing the analysis methodology, and user documentation. | |
| FHWA Topics: | Research/Technologies--Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC) | |
| TRT Terms: | Loads Infrastructure Pavements Research Strain Materials |
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| FHWA Disciplines: | Pavement and Materials |
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| Subject Areas: | Pavements |
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