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Use of the Long-Term Pavement Performance Database in the Pavement Engineering Curriculum |
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| Authors: | Neeraj Buch Karim Chatti Syed Waqar Haider Hassan Salama |
| Affiliation: | 1PhD. Associate Professor, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Michigan State Univ., Engineering Building, East Lansing, MI 48824 (corresponding author) E-mail buch@egr.msu.edu 2PhD. Associate Professor, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Michigan State Univ., Engineering Building, East Lansing, MI 48824 3Graduate Research Assistant, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Michigan State Univ., Engineering Building, East Lansing, MI 48824 |
| Abstract: | In this paper the writers demonstrate the inclusion of the Long-Term Pavement Performance (LTPP-DATAPAVE 3.0) data within the pavement engineering curriculum at Michigan State University (MSU). The paper presents two examples, one from an undergraduate course on pavement rehabilitation and one from a graduate course on pavement analysis and design. These examples illustrate the use of LTPP data in computing responses, predicting traffic, developing rehabilitation strategies, and predicting performance of both rigid and flexible pavements. |
| Keywords: | Databases Rehabilitation Flexible pavements Performance evaluation Curricula Engineering education |