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PCI and non-PCI-based pavement evaluation
Journal of Airport Management,
9
(2),
185-196
(2015)
Abstract
Pavements from 19 New Mexico (NM) general aviation airports are evaluated in this study. These NM airports are: Artesia Municipal, Carlsbad Cavern City, Forts Sumner Municipal, Grants Milan Municipal, Lea County Hobbs, Lea County Jal, Lordsburg Municipal, Questa Municipal, Santa Rosa Municipal, Belen Alexander, Clayton Municipal, Deming Municipal, Double Eagle II, Las Cruces International, Moriarty Municipal, Raton Municipal, Roswell International, Sierra Blanca Regional and Grants County. The pavement condition index (PCI), structural condition index (SCI) and skid number (SN) based pavement evaluations have been performed for these airport pavements. PCI and SCI are determined with the visual distress survey data using MicroPAVER. Distress data collection was done in accordance with ASTM 5340 and skid resistance was carried out according to ASTM E 274-06. Following the evaluation, a comprehensive study has been performed considering these three indices. A MicroPAVER database containing distress data and condition data has been developed. The relation between various pavement indices has been developed based on the current study. Based on the study, a good correlation can be drawn between SCI and PCI, but SN does not show any correlation with any of the other indices.
Keywords: pavement condition index; PCI; structural condition index; SCI; skid number; SN; pavement evaluation; MicroPAVER; pavement management system; PMS
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Author's Biography
Md. Mostaqur Rahman is a graduate research assistant and a PhD candidate in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of South Carolina. He is now conducting research on a mechanistic empirical pavement design guide local calibration for South Carolina. He received the prestigious John Houston Memorial Fellowship in 2014, which is awarded to graduate students in the rail, structures and geotechnical areas with interest and achievements in rail infrastructure and soil dynamics or soil–structure interaction. Mostaqur graduated with his MS from the University of New Mexico in 2012. He has worked with an airport pavement management project in New Mexico.
Rafiqul A. Tarefder is a professor in the Department of Civil Engineering and a Regent’s Lecturer at the University of New Mexico. Dr Tarefder has conducted research on a range of pavement engineering problems with emphasis on pavement design, materials and sustainability. He is the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Advances in Civil and Environmental Engineering, associate editor of the ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering and lead editor of IACMAG Newsletter. He is the co-chair of the annual Paving and Transportation Conference in New Mexico. He has received several awards for his scholarship, including the prestigious NSF CAREER award, Regent’s Award and John Booker Excellent Medal.
