Improving prediction accuracy in mechanistic-empirical pavement design guide

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1947, 2006, Pages 59-68

  Schram, Scott ^a   Abdelrahman, Magdy ^a  

^a North Dakota State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; ERROR ANALYSIS; HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TRUCKS;

DESIGN GUIDES; LONG TERM PAVEMENT PERFORMANCE (LTTP) DATABASE; NETWORK LEVEL; PROJECT-LEVEL CONDITIONS;

PAVEMENTS;

EID: 33751429427     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1947-06     Document Type: Conference Paper

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