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Mechanistic-Empirical Resources

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• Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Software
• Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Implementation
• Unsaturated Material Implementation in M-E Design
• Pavement Research on the Web
• Pavement Instrumentation
• Intelligent Compaction / Geospatial Information
• In-Situ Testing

Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Software

• CIRCLY (Australia)
• EverSeries (Washington DOT)
• MePADS (CSIR, South Africa)
• MFPDS (Michigan State)
• MnPAVE (Minnesota DOT)
• AASHTOWare Pavement Design
• Pavers (Netherlands)

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Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Implementation

• Best Practices for the Design and Construction of Low Volume Roads (PDF 3.9 MB, 236 pp)
• MnPAVE (Minnesota DOT)

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Unsaturated Material Implementation in M-E Design

• Unsaturated Properties of Engineered Soils (Minnesota DOT)
• Pavement Design Using Unsaturated Soil Technology, 2007 (PDF 4 MB, 246 pp)
• Moisture Effects on PVD and DCP Measurements, 2006 (PDF 84 MB, 549 pp)
• University of New Mexico, Albuquerque (John Stormont)
• Presentation: Unsaturated Soil Variations, May 2003 (PDF 1.3 MB, 33 pp)
• Effect of Moisture and Density on Soil Resilient Modulus (animations)
  • Clay, A-7-5 (60) from Minnesota Trunk Highway 23
  • Silty Clay Loam, A-6 (16) from Red Lake Falls, Minnesota
  • Silt Loam, A-4 (0) from Red Wing, Minnesota

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Pavement Research on the Web

• Austroads Pavement Technology
• FAA National Airport Pavement Test Facility
• FHWA Research & Technology
• FHWA Pavement Technology
• Florida DOT Materials Office
• International Journal of Pavements
• Michigan Pavement Research Center
• NCAT Pavement Test Track
• University Transportation Centers (USDOT)
• Western Alliance for Quality

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Pavement Instrumentation

• Water Table
• Frost Depth

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Intelligent Compaction / Geospatial Information

• FHWA Intelligent Compaction Web Site
• Intelligent Compaction Monitoring Technology for Unbound Materials, 2007 (PDF 14 MB, 412 pp)
• Field Study of CAT Compaction Monitoring Systems, Iowa State, 2007 (PDF 13 MB, 233 pp)
• Presentation: 3D Visualization of Intelligent Compaction Data (PDF 3 MB, 29 pp)
  17th Annual Transportation Research Conference May 24, 2006
• Intelligent Compaction: Outsmarting Soil and Asphalt April 1, 2006 Construction Equipment Magazine
• Presentation: Intelligent Soil Compaction, Technology, Results and a Roadmap toward Widespread Use (PDF 4.3 MB, 54 pp)
  Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting January 2006
• Field Evaluation of New Technologies for Measuring Pavement Quality, TxDOT, 2006 (PDF 2.1 MB, 68 pp)
• New Technologies for Evaluating Flexible Pavement Construction, TxDOT, 2006 (PDF 1.3 MB, 48 pp)
• Presentation: Intelligent Compaction Mn/DOT Demonstrations 2005 (PDF 6.5 MB, 91 pp)
  Iowa Geotechnical Workshop, December 2005
• Intelligent Compaction and In-Situ Testing at Minnesota TH53, 2005 (PDF 2 MB, 50 pp)
• Intelligent Compaction in Florida, 2005 (PDF 3.4 MB, 102 pp)
• Continuous Compaction Control MnROAD Demonstration, 2004 (PDF 4.9 MB, 139 pp)
• Intelligent Compaction: A Minnesota Case History (PDF 672 KB, 20 pp)
  54th Annual Geotechnical Engineering Conference, February 2006
• Intelligent Compaction for Quality Assurance (flier) November 2005 (PDF 380 KB, 1 p)
• Pavement Distress Mapping Using GIS/GPS (PDF 4 MB, 40 pp)
• Converting MnROAD Station Data to GIS Coordinates (PDF 72 KB, 3 pp)
• Determining the Upper Surface Rotation of Granular Resilient Modulus Specimens (PDF 38 KB, 2 pp)

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In-Situ Testing

• Cone Penetration Testing in Pavement Design, 2007 (PDF 16 MB, 116 pp)
• DCP and SSG to Determine Subgrade Stability, Wisconsin, 2005
• DCP ASTM Standard Test Method
• DCP Applied to Pavement Design and Construction, Mississippi, 2003 (PDF 179 KB, 36 pp)
• Enhancing the Static Backcalculation of Pavement Moduli, 2002 (PDF 311 KB, 26 pp)
• PFWD Study, New England, 2005 (PDF 8.6 MB, 331 pp)
• Small Strain and Resilient Modulus Testing of Granular Soils, 2004 (PDF 2 MB, 117 pp)
• Stiffness Estimates Using Portable Deflectometers, 2004 (PDF, 297 KB, 22 pp)

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