Pavement engineers are often faced with the need to evaluate field performance of new or alternative pavement materials and construction techniques, as well as rehabilitation and maintenance treatments. This paper provides guidelines for the performance evaluation of pavement test sections and presents an overview of recent developments in the pavement evaluation technology in Ontario. Where possible, actual evaluation procedures are described and results are discussed. The performance evaluation parameters discussed include pavement roughness, surface defects, subsurface defects, wheel track rutting, structural strength, skid resistance, light reflectivity, and noise generation potential of surface texture. The degree of effort and detail with which performance parameters are evaluated should reflect the objective of each test section. The evaluation should be comprehensive and include all relevant pavement performance parameters. Key words: pavement performance evaluation, test sections, roughness, rutting, strength, surface texture.
Simulation of seven years of field performance monitoring at Rio Tinto Iron Ore, Mount Tom Price Mine using soil-plant-atmosphere numerical modelling
