Effects of Using Accurate Climatic Conditions for Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 84-90

  Breakah, Tamer M ^a   Williams, R Christopher ^b   Herzmann, Daryl E ^c   Takle, Eugene S ^c  

^a The American University in Cairo   (Egypt)

^b Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; HMA; Iowa; M EPDG; Pavement distresses

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; HMA; IOWA; M-EPDG; PAVEMENT DISTRESSES;

CRACKING (CHEMICAL); PAVEMENTS;

DESIGN;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ASPHALT; CEMENT; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DESIGN; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; PAVEMENT; STRESS ANALYSIS;

IOWA; IOWA COUNTY [IOWA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650284394     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)TE.1943-5436.0000195     Document Type: Article

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