An accurate performance prediction is an involved
and complex mission owing to a wide array of
controlled and uncontrolled variables affecting the
material properties, climate conditions, traffic
loads, and subsequent structural response of the
pavement section. Over the years, researchers have
expended considerable effort toward arriving at a
better understanding of pavement response and
distress development in pavement structures. More
recently, instrumentation has become a key implement
in directly quantifying pavement response under
diverse environmental and traffic conditions. This
thesis research has been aimed at developing a
methodology for predicting performance of flexible
pavements with the use of instrumentation data.
and complex mission owing to a wide array of
controlled and uncontrolled variables affecting the
material properties, climate conditions, traffic
loads, and subsequent structural response of the
pavement section. Over the years, researchers have
expended considerable effort toward arriving at a
better understanding of pavement response and
distress development in pavement structures. More
recently, instrumentation has become a key implement
in directly quantifying pavement response under
diverse environmental and traffic conditions. This
thesis research has been aimed at developing a
methodology for predicting performance of flexible
pavements with the use of instrumentation data.