Mechanistic-empirical pavement design guide (MEPDG): A bird's-eye view

Journal of Modern Transportation

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 114-133

  Li, Qiang ^a   Xiao, Danny X ^b   Wang, Kelvin C P ^b   Hall, Kevin D ^b   Qiu, Yanjun ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b 3202 Bell Engineering Center   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Design of pavement structures; Implementation challenges; Local calibration; Mechanistic empirical pavement design guide (MEPDG)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870600207     PISSN: 2095087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-087X.2011.02.007     Document Type: Article

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