摘要: |
The New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) has identified the need to determine how long pavements on New Mexico facilities are actually lasting. For example, a Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA) must assume a pavement performance period for all pavement reconstruction,rehabilitation, and pavement preservation projects. If the assumed pavement lives are not accurate,the resulting analysis is worthless. Actual pavement performances also needed in Pavement Management Systems analysis, such as health-of-the-network projections,and if assumed pavement performance is not accurate,then the analysis are not useful. Research is needed to study how long pavements are actually lasting on New Mexico highways, to determine the causes for premature failure or service lives extending beyond design lives, and to identify system improvements in design, construction and maintenance to address this condition. |