Updates on Mechanistic Empirical Pavement Design Guide MEPDG
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Updates onMechanistic Empirical Pavement Design Guide(MEPDG)
H. Thomas Yu, P.E.Federal Highway Administration
Office of Pavement TechnologyDesign and Analysis Team
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WHAT IS MEPDG
Product of NCHRP 1-37A Started as NCHRP 1-37 (1996) – Development of the
2002 Guide for the Design of New and Rehabilitated Pavement Structures
NCHRP 1-37A was awarded in 1998
Evolution of name 2002 Guide 200X Guide 20XX Guide? MEPDG
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The Big Picture
Climate Inputs
EICM
Material Properties
Transfer Functions
Predicted Performance Mechanistic Analysis
Traffic
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The E in MEPDG
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MEPDGAASHTO 93
Pavement Design State of the Art
Empirical Mechanistic
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Example 2,300-year-old empirical-design section
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50-year-old modern pavement section
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Reasons for switching to MEPDG
Legislative Mandate AASHTO design produces excessively thick
pavements for high-volume roads Design traffic is often well beyond the road test
traffic (1.1 million load applications) New materials are very difficult to relate back to
road test for layer coefficient
Climatic effects are not considered
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Reasons for switching to MEPDG
“You have to ask yourself: Is it better than what we currently have?”
– John D’Angelo
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FHWA Survey Results
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2003-42% Yes
2007-80% Yes
Does your state have an (MEPDG) Implementation Plan?
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What’s Being Used (2007 survey)
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How does the actual performance compare to design life?
12%
45%
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33%
More than design life
Similar to design life
Less than design life
Don't Know
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Implementation Timeframe
Many DOT’s Already Underway Others are Awaiting Other Efforts:
NCHRP Projects FHWA Research Projects Copy Other State Approaches AASHTO Adoption Release of DARWin- ME Hell Freezes Over
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Hawaii
Alaska
Timeframe for Implementation
Using 2
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Hawaii
Alaska
Timeframe for Implementation
Using 2
1 – 3 yrs 17
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Hawaii
Alaska
Does SHA Use or Plan to Use MEPDG?
N0 -12
YES - 40
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Perspective
Current AASHTO Design Procedure 1960 – Completion of Road Test Experiment 1961-62 AASHO Interim Guide 1972 AASHTO Interim Guide for the Design of
Pavements 1981 Revised Chapter III on PCC Pavement Design 1986 Guide for the Design of Pavement
Structures 1993 Revised Overlay Design Procedures 1998 Supplement to Concrete Design Procedures
MEPDG NCHRP 1-37A completed in 2004 and software
released 2 States are using MEPDG and 17 plan to
implement within 3 yrs
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DARWin ME Timeline
Intellectual rights transferred from NCHRP to AASHTO in December 2007 MEPDG referred as DARWin-ME v1.0 ARA appointed to provide support
Solicitation package finalized in July 2008 DARWin-ME Task Force was appointed in
February 2009 Contract sole-sourced to ARA
Development stared in March 2009 Development will take 15-18 month
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Traffic input
Number of axles by:
• Axle type• Truck type• Axle load interval
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Traffic inputs
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Screen Inputs
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Traffic growth
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Traffic growth
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Urban CarsRural CarsRural Combination TrucksRural Single Unit Trucks
Seasonal traffic volume variation
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Monthly adjustment factors
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Time of Day Truck Volume Variation
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Hourly traffic distribution
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Vehicle Class Distribution
13 FHWA Classifications Only concerned with trucks
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Number of axles per truck
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Vehicle Weight
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MEPDG Input screen
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Axle Configuration Parameters
Axle Width
Dual Tire Spacing
Axle Spacin
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Tire Pressure
Wheel Base
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Tube counters
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Weigh in Motion Station
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Data Collection Framework
MONITORING SITESMONITORING SITES
Continuous CountsShort Term Counts
VOLUME COUNTS
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Vehicle Classification (CVC)
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Truck Weight (WIM)
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365 days
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Tandem axle load distribution – national ave.
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Tandem axle load, kips
Overweights4.7% of total traffic
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Effects of axle weight
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Damage vs. axle weight
34k to 40k7%
> 40k5%
< 34k88%
Traffic distribution Damage distribution
34k to 40k17%
> 40k58%
< 34k25%
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Effects of traffic wander and heavy loads
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No heavy overloads