An investigation of factors that significantly affect pavement maintenance costs in Texas /
(asphalt, concrete, and resurfaced pavements). Many factors
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| Format: | Thesis eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: | Link to OAKTrust copy |
| Summary: | (asphalt, concrete, and resurfaced pavements). Many factors Although all of the considered factors were found to be although the models are significant, they are not accurate and efficient manner. One method of allocating funds axle loads and average daily traffic were found to be classification, as well as the district that maintains the enough to be used in the maintenance budget allocation ensure that maintenance funds are allocated in a consistent evaluated, they were applied to the pavement sections in four has shifted from the construction of new highways to the highways (asphalt, concrete, resurfaced, and thin asphalt identify factors that significantly affect pavement In the past twenty years, the focus of the highways industry included in each model was the Texas Department of involves using maintenance cost models to estimate the amount maintenance costs. To do this, a total of seven pavement maintenance expenditure models were developed for highways in maintenance expenditures. The most common factor that was maintenance of those which already exist. At the same time, of money necessary to adequately maintain the pavement pavement. For each pavement type and highway classification, pavements) and three were developed for interstate highways process. One of the primary causes of the inadequacy is due rainfall, annual freeze/thaw cycles, functional several factors were found that sufficiently affect pavement significant for different pavement types, equivalent single significant in almost all models. After the models were significantly reduced. Consequently, it is important to single axle loads, distress score, ride score, annual surface in the future. The objective of this research was to the maintenance budgets of highway agencies are being the state of Texas; four were developed for two-lane U.S. to shortcomings in the data used to calibrate the models. Transportation district that maintains the pavement. TXDOT districts, and the resulting predicted expenditures were compared to actual expenditures. It was found that were considered including average daily traffic, equivalent |
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| Item Description: | "Major subject: Civil Engineering". Vita. |
| Physical Description: | xiii, 171 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm. Also available online. Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references: pages 116-117. |