Long-Term Pavement Performance Pavement Loading User Guide (LTPP PLUG)
By: authors, O.I. Selezneva and M. Hallenbeck
Contributors: Hallenbeck, M., author; Applied Research Associates; Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center; United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Infrastructure Research and Development; Hallenbeck, Mark E., author
Publisher: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Research, Development, and Technology, Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center
Published: 2013
Place of publication: McLean, VA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 102
Subjects: Pavements; Performance; Testing; Computer programs; Motor vehicles; Weight; Long-Term Pavement Performance Program (U.S.)
Other titles: LTPP PLUG
Description: This guide addresses the selection and use of axle loading defaults for Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG) applications. The defaults were developed based on weigh-in-motion (WIM) data from the Long-Term Pavement Performance (LTPP) Special Pavement Study (SPS) Transportation Pooled Fund Study (TPF). The guide consists of two parts. The first part provides guidelines for selecting and using LTPP SPS TPF axle loading defaults with the MEPDG and DARWin-ME software. These defaults provide a source of axle loading information for pavement analysis for locations where site-specific axle load spectra are not available. The second part of the guide provides practical guidelines that States and LTPP can use to generate additional MEPDG traffic loading defaults based on their own WIM data or for specific analysis purposes. In addition, this guide contains an operator's manual that supports the use of the LTPP PLUG software. This software helps users select site-specific or default axle loading conditions from its traffic loading library and produces axle load distribution input files for use with the MEPDG or DARWin-ME software. The software can be used to store, view, and group multiple normalized axle load spectra (NALS) and to develop MEPDG inputs and defaults using agency-provided data.
Notes: Title from title screen (viewed on Nov. 19, 2013).

"October 2013."

"Performing organization, Applied Research Associates, Inc."--Technical report documentation page.

"Publication No. FHWA-HRT-13-089."

"HRDI-30/10-13(500)E"--Page [102].

Includes bibliographical references (page [99]).

Guide.

Sponsored by Office of Infrastructure Research and Development, Federal Highway Administration DTFH61-02-C-00138