Development of incremental distress equations for concrete pavements: an application to model transverse joint faulting

Authors

  • Marcelo Bustos Universidad Nacional de San Juan (Argentina)
  • Hernán de Solminihac Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
  • Michael I. Darter ARA, Inc. (Estados Unidos)
  • Juan Pablo Covarrubias Instituto del Cemento y del Hormigón de Chile

Keywords:

Pavement management, concrete pavements, pavement performance, incremental models, distress models

Abstract

This paper briefly describes a global methodology to develope incremental equations for pavement distress prediction, which are very useful to evaluate in-service pavements. Such methodology is subsequently applied to model transverse joint faulting in concrete pavements, considering joints without dowelbars. The results show that models obtained from statistical regression of incremental distress data, compared with absolute distress models, seem to have very similar capacities to simulate distress progression. However, the incremental equations developed in this study have many limitations caused by a large incidence of different error sources and by the lack of enough information of distress progression in the observed pavements.

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Author Biographies

Marcelo Bustos, Universidad Nacional de San Juan (Argentina)

Profesor Adjunto Escuela de Ingeniería de Caminos de Montaña Universidad Nacional de San Juan Argentina Professor School of Engineering of Mountain Roads Universidad Nacional de San Juan Argentina 

Hernán de Solminihac, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Ingeniero Civil, Magister en Ciencias de la Ingeniería, Doctor Profesor Titular; Departamento de Ingeniería y Gestión de la Construcción, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Santiago, Chile

 

Civil Engineer; M.Sc., Ph. D., Professor; Department of Construction Engineering and Management Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Santiago, Chile 

Michael I. Darter, ARA, Inc. (Estados Unidos)

 Senior Principle Engineer ERES Cons. A Division of ARA, Inc. Champaign, Illinois, U.S.A.

Juan Pablo Covarrubias, Instituto del Cemento y del Hormigón de Chile

Gerente General Instituto del Cemento y del Hormigón de Chile Santiago, Chile

General Manager Chilean Cement and Concrete Institute Santiago, Chile 

Published

2002-12-31

How to Cite

Bustos, M., de Solminihac, H., Darter, M. I., & Covarrubias, J. P. (2002). Development of incremental distress equations for concrete pavements: an application to model transverse joint faulting. Revista Ingeniería De Construcción, 17(3), 151–160. Retrieved from https://revistaingenieriaconstruccion.uc.cl/index.php/ric/article/view/17159

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Original Research