Sensitivity of the Pavement ME Design Software Predicted Distresses in Flexible Pavements to Granular Base Materials
Abstract
Granular base materials constitute a considerable portion of flexible pavement structures. In empirical design methods, 1 mm of asphalt concrete (AC) thickness...
Session title: Innovations in Pavement Management, Engineering and Technologies
Organizers:
Authors: Ahammed, M. Alauddin , Roby, Julie , Karim, Mohammad, Esfandiarpour, Sam
2022
Sensitivity of the Pavement ME Design Software Predicted Distresses in Flexible Pavements to Subgrade Soils and Granular Subbase Materials
Abstract
Subgrade is the foundation of a pavement structure and ultimately bears the stress from the applied traffic load. Based on the historical design methods and agency...
Session title: Innovations in Pavement Management, Engineering and Technologies
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Authors: Ahammed, M. Alauddin, Podborochynski, Diana , Chan, Susanne , Dhaliwal, Arma
2022
Six Years of Performance Monitoring of A Geogrid Reinforced Test Section on an Alberta Highway
Abstract
Many studies indicate that geosynthetic reinforcement can help prolong the service life of a flexible pavement by reducing the required structural number of the...
Session title: Testing and Modeling of Roadway/Embankment Materials and Geotechnical Engineering
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Authors: Saha, Jhuma, Karim, Mohammad , Juhasz, Marta
2022
Technical process of transportation policy change and implementation
Abstract
Canadian resources, such as forest products, are generally transported to mills by trucks using road sections that are under the jurisdiction of provincial...
Session title: Innovations in Pavement Management, Engineering and Technologies
Organizers:
Authors: Bradley, Allan, Thiam, Papa-Masseck
2022
The City of Edmonton Micro-surfacing Program A 30-Year Successful Pavement Preservation Program
Abstract
The City of Edmonton has used micro-surfacing (MSF), as a pavement preservation program, for 30 years. Every year, the City uses MSF to resurface several...
Session title: Testing and Modeling of Roadway/Embankment Materials and Geotechnical Engineering
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Authors: Soleymani, Hamid
2022
Towards Developing a National Guidelines in Design, Implementation, and Maintenance of Pavement Instrumentation Systems in Canada
ABSTRACT
With the recent evolutions of Mechanistic-Empirical (M-E) pavement design methods in Canada, there is an ever-increasing demand for measuring and monitoring of key...
Session title: Innovations in Pavement Management, Engineering and Technologies
Organizers:
Authors: Varamini, Sina, Shafiee, Mohammad , Gionet, Eric
2022
Traffic Tuesday: Changing the Culture of Traffic Safety
Introduction
Traffic safety and safe driving habits are typically not topics of discussion that are exciting or fun to discuss. While they may not be topics that are...
Session title: Road Safety Implementation and Assessment
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Authors: Kruis, Joseph
2022
Achieving Better Performance from Concrete Pavements by a Focus on Construction Best Practice
Properly designed and constructed concrete pavements should provide a serviceable life of 50 years or more without the need for major rehabilitation and with only minimal maintenance interventions...
Session title: Innovations in Pavement Management, Engineering and Technologies
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Authors: Tahmureszadeh, Kiko, Rizvi, Rabiah, Uzarowski, Ludomir, Maher, Michael
2021
Adaptation Strategies on Flexible Pavement Design Practices Due to Climate Change in Canada
It has been shown that Canada’s climate is warming at more than double the global rate (CCCR2019), therefore, Canadian road infrastructure could be at risk if adaptation strategies are...
Session title: Innovations in Pavement Management, Engineering and Technologies
Organizers:
Authors: Barbi, Paula, Zhao, Guangyuan, Nahidi, Seyedata, Achebe, Jessica, Tighe, Susan
2021
Assessing the Impacts of Proposed High-efficiency Log Truck Configurations on Ontario Pavements
Although Ontario has among the most generous and flexible commercial truck weight and dimension regulations, its truck-based industries must compete with those in other Canadian provinces that...
Session title: Innovations in Pavement Management, Engineering and Technologies
Organizers:
Authors: Bradley, Allan H., Thiam, Papa-Masseck
2021
