Assessment of asphalt pavement remaining life using artificial neural network modelling

Advanced Characterisation of Pavement and Soil Engineering Materials - Proceedings of the International Conference on Advanced Characterisation of Pavement and Soil Engineering Materials

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages 993-1002

  Loizos, A ^a   Georgiou, P ^a   Plati, C ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUE; COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS; DEVELOPED MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS; FALLING WEIGHT DEFLECTOMETER (FWD); FIELD DATA; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR (GPR); HIGHWAY NETWORKS; MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PAVEMENT MATERIAL; REAL-TIME DATA; REMAINING LIFE; ROAD SECTION; TRAFFIC LOADS;

GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; NEURAL NETWORKS; STIFFNESS;

SOIL MECHANICS;

EID: 74049153553     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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