Impact of climate change on pavement structural performance in the United States

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

Volumn 57, Issue , 2017, Pages 172-184

  Gudipudi, Padmini P ^a   Underwood, B Shane ^a   Zalghout, Ali ^b  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

AASHTOWare pavement ME software; Climate change; CMIP5; Impact assessment; Pavement performance

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; FORECASTING; PAVEMENTS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

CMIP5; IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; INDIVIDUAL PREDICTION; PAVEMENT PERFORMANCE; PREDICTED PERFORMANCE; STRUCTURAL PERFORMANCE; SUBSTANTIAL VARIATIONS; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CMIP; FAILURE MECHANISM; PAVEMENT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOFTWARE; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 85033554543     PISSN: 13619209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2017.09.022     Document Type: Article

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