Comprehensive evaluation of effect of climate in Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide predictions

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2170, 2010, Pages 45-55

  Johanneck, Luke ^a   Khazanovich, Lev ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; PAVEMENT OVERLAYS; PORTLAND CEMENT;

CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; CLIMATIC DATA; CLIMATIC MODELS; COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION; DESIGN METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MECHANISTIC-EMPIRICAL PAVEMENT DESIGN GUIDES; PAVEMENT PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE PREDICTION; PORTLAND CEMENT CONCRETES;

FORECASTING;

EID: 78651307641     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2170-06     Document Type: Article

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