Method for evaluating implications of climate change for design and performance of flexible pavements

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2305, 2012, Pages 111-120

  Meagher, William ^a   Daniel, Jo ^a   Jacobs, Jennifer ^a   Linder, Ernst ^a  

^a Univ of New Hampshire   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; DESIGN; DETERIORATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

CLIMATE DATA; DESIGN USE; FLEXIBLE PAVEMENTS; MECHANISTIC-EMPIRICAL PAVEMENT DESIGN GUIDES; PAVEMENT DESIGN; PAVEMENT DETERIORATION; PAVEMENT PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE; STATIONARITY; TEMPERATURE DATA;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84877724437     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2305-12     Document Type: Article

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