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Characterization of Truck Traffic in Michigan for the New Mechanistic Empirical Pavement Design Guide

Neeraj Buch; Syed W. Haider; Joel Brown; Karim Chatti

The purpose of this study is to characterize traffic inputs in support of the new Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide (M-E PDG) for the state of Michigan. These traffic characteristics include monthly distribution factors (MDF), hourly distributio

Absorption Capacity of Coarse Aggregates for Portland Cement Concrete

John F. Staton; Joseph D. Anderson

This study was initiated by the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) to investigate concerns raised by members of Michigan’s aggregate industry regarding the validity of moisture conditioning methods employed by MDOT’s freeze-thaw testing program

Performance Evaluation of JRCP with Stabilized Open-Graded Drainage Course

Will Hansen; David L. Smiley; Andy Bennett; Benjamin Krom

From 1990 to 1995 the department used recycled concrete pavement as open-graded drainage course (OGDC) base aggregate for thirteen concrete reconstruction projects. Overall, the JRCP projects with coated/stabilized OGDC have performed very well in contra