Cyclic Approach to Airport Pavement Management Based on Non-Destructive Deflection Testing

2013 ◽  
Vol 723 ◽  
pp. 1019-1026
Author(s):  
Andrea Graziani ◽  
Andrea Grilli ◽  
Dania Miconi ◽  
Carlotta Godenzoni
Keyword(s):  
Pavement Management ◽  
Pavement Management System ◽  
Structural Evaluation ◽  
Airport Pavement ◽  
Pdca Cycle ◽  
Invaluable Tool ◽  
Deflection Test ◽  
Cyclic Approach ◽  
Non Destructive

The Authors describe the role of non-destructive deflection tests in Airport Pavement Management System (APMS) presenting the experience developed at an Italian Airport. An original approach to APMS implementation is illustrated, based on the PDCA cycle for quality control and continuous improvement of processes. An example application for the management of the runway pavement is described. Deflection test results obtained in four tests campaign carried out over a ten years period were globally analyzed to obtain pavement bearing capacity evolution and demonstrate the effectiveness of cyclic approach to pavement management. It is showed that structural evaluation can be an invaluable tool in pavement management and assist planning activities in the medium and long term.

scholarly journals Proposal and Implementation of a Heliport Pavement Management System: Technical and Economic Comparison of Maintenance Strategies

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (16) ◽  
pp. 9201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paola Di Mascio ◽  
Alessio Antonini ◽  
Piero Narciso ◽  
Antonio Greto ◽  
Marco Cipriani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Management System ◽  
Condition Index ◽  
Pavement Management ◽  
Pavement Management System ◽  
Pavement Condition ◽  
Airport Pavement ◽  
Maintenance And Rehabilitation ◽  
Pavement Condition Index ◽  
Rotary Wing ◽  
Economic Comparison

Maintenance and rehabilitation (M&R) scheduling for airport pavement is supported by the scientific literature, while a specific tool for heliport pavements lacks. A heliport pavement management system (HPMS) allows the infrastructure manager to obtain benefits in technical and economic terms, as well as safety and efficiency, during the analyzed period. Structure and rationale of the APSM could be replicated and simplified to implement a HPMS because movements of rotary-wing aircrafts have less complexity than fixed-wing ones and have lower mechanical effects on the pavement. In this study, an innovative pavement condition index-based HPMS has been proposed and implemented to rigid and flexible surfaces of the airport of Vergiate (province of Varese, Italy), and two twenty-year M&R plans have been developed, where the results from reactive and proactive approaches have been compared to identify the best strategy in terms of costs and pavement level of service. The result obtained shows that although the loads and traffic of rotary-wing aircrafts are limited, the adoption of PMS is also necessary in the heliport environment.

scholarly journals Monitor Activity for the Implementation of a Pavement—Management System at Cagliari Airport

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (17) ◽  
pp. 9837
Author(s):  
Paola Di Mascio ◽  
Antonella Ragnoli ◽  
Silvia Portas ◽  
Marco Santoni
Keyword(s):  
Management System ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
Calculated Data ◽  
Management Plan ◽  
Pavement Management ◽  
Primary Role ◽  
Pavement Management System ◽  
Airport Pavement ◽  
Operational Characteristics

The conditions of airport movement-area pavements play a primary role on safety and regularity of airport operations; for this reason, the aerodrome operator needs to periodically survey their condition and provide their maintenance and rehabilitation in order to ensure the required operational characteristics. To meet these needs efficiently and effectively, the Airport Pavement-Management System (APMS) has proved to be a strategic tool to support decisions, aimed at defining a technically and economically sustainable management plan. This paper aims to investigate the theoretical elements and structure of the APMS; the appropriate methodologies to guarantee a constant updating of the system in all its aspects are presented, focusing on the specific case study of a medium-dimension Italian airport. The article describes the methods and the equipment used for the high-performance surveys and the condition indexes used for collecting and analyzing the data implemented to populate the APMS of Cagliari airport. Two major survey campaigns were carried out: the first in 2016 and the second in 2019. Both surveys were carried out using the same subdivision into sample units, following the ASTM D5340-12 criteria, to correctly compare data collected in different years. In order to sufficiently populate the APMS database, the measured and back-calculated data were stored and integrated using daily acquired pavement reports since 2009 and stored with the specific intention to develop customized decay curves for Cagliari Airport pavements. Preliminary results on the sustainable use of the APMS were reported even with data collected in a limited period and successfully applied to runway flexible pavement.

scholarly journals An investigation of the airport pavement management system (APMS)

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-33
Author(s):  
Mohammad Qabaja ◽  
Ahmed Labeedi
Keyword(s):  
Management System ◽  
Major Elements ◽  
Test Methods ◽  
Pavement Management ◽  
Quantitative Methodology ◽  
Portland Cement Concrete ◽  
Pavement Management System ◽  
Lack Of Information ◽  
Airport Pavement ◽  
Service Life Estimation

The research aims to discuss and investigate the process of airport pavement management system (APMS). The methodology of the research is based on previous studies that describe the major elements of the APMS to gain more solutions from the previous different case studies. The investigate includes various subjects such as components and cost approach of the APMS. The methodology used in the research is a descriptive method based on previous studies and from different books by using pavement management system (PMS). The study describes the typical distress types of the asphalt-surfaced pavements and the Portland cement concrete pavements of airports. Additionally, the research clarifies the test methods of the airport pavement, such as the ASTM D5340 and ASTM D6433. Research investigates that the software used in the APMS like PAVER and Road-SIT, Airport PMS that are used by the airport agencies to collect information about the situation of the runway pavement. The APMS still needs more research and new studies due to a lack of information and studies in different airports around the world. The airports shall use the service life estimation (SLT) for the pavement in the runways and parking. In recent studies, the method is not used, whereas including a quantitative methodology which demonstrates results to facilitate the clarity of the results to illustrate the advantage of the SLT.

scholarly journals A new method to determine maintenance and repair activities at network-level pavement management using falling weight deflectometer

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 338-346 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amir KAVUSSI ◽  
Mojtaba ABBASGHORBANI ◽  
Fereidoon MOGHADAS NEJAD ◽  
Armin BAMDAD ZIKSARI
Keyword(s):  
Resilient Modulus ◽  
Pavement Management ◽  
Falling Weight Deflectometer ◽  
Pavement Management System ◽  
Pavement Condition ◽  
Maintenance And Repair ◽  
Structural Evaluation ◽  
Data Collection And Analysis ◽  
Field Data Collection ◽  
Falling Weight

Pavement condition assessment at network level requires structural evaluation that can be achieved using Falling Weight Deflectometer (FWD). Upon analysing FWD data, appropriate maintenance and repair methods (preser­vation, rehabilitation or reconstruction) could be assigned to various pavement sections. In this study, Structural Condi­tion Index (SCI), defined as the ratio of Effective Structural Number (SNeff) to Required Structural Number (SNreq), was used to determine if a pavement requires preservation or rehabilitation works (i.e. preservation SCI > 1, rehabilitation SCI < 1). In addition to FWD deflection data, SCI calculation requires pavement layer thicknesses that is obtained using GPR with elaborated and time consuming works. In order to reduce field data collection and analysis time at network-level pavement management, SCI values were calculated without having knowledge of pavement layer thicknesses. Two regression models were developed based on several thousand FWD deflection data to calculate SNeff of pavements and resilient modulus (MR) of their subgrades. Subgrades MR values together with traffic data were then used to calculate SNreq. Statistical analysis of deflection data indicated that Area under Pavement Profile (AUPP) and the deflection at distance of 60 cm from load center (D60) parameters showed to have strong correlation with SNeff and MR respectively. The determination coefficients of the two developed models were greater than those of previous models reported in the literature. The significant result of this study was to calculate SNeff and MR using the same deflection data. Finally, imple­mentation of the developed method was described in determining appropriate Maintenance and Repair (M&R) method at network level pavement management system.

Preparation of Joint Faulting Data for the Local Calibration of AASHTO Pavement Mechanistic–Empirical Design in Louisiana

2017 ◽  
Vol 2640 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-77
Author(s):  
Danny X. Xiao ◽  
Zhong Wu ◽  
Zhongjie Zhang
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Pavement Management ◽  
Local Calibration ◽  
Pavement Management System ◽  
Measurement Results ◽  
The Common ◽  
Design Software ◽  
Longitudinal Profiles

Louisiana utilized performance data from the pavement management system (PMS) to evaluate and calibrate the AASHTO Pavement Mechanistic–Empirical (ME) Design. Analysis of the PMS faulting data revealed that there were no records between 0 and 0.2 in. (5 mm); others over 0.2 in. (5 mm) appeared to be much greater than would be expected based on engineering experience. Therefore, several tasks were completed to validate the PMS faulting data and prepare them for local calibration. This paper presents details of the problem, approach, results, and lessons learned. First, faulting data from the PMS and Long-Term Pavement Performance database were analyzed to have an overview of the common range of joint faulting. To validate the PMS faulting data, 43 representative projects across Louisiana were selected for further analysis. Longitudinal profiles were collected with high-speed profilers and analyzed with the AASHTO R36 automated faulting measurement (AFM) algorithms. Manual measurements were also conducted during site visits. The comparison of faulting from different methods showed that the PMS data extremely overestimated faulting compared with the AFM estimation or the manual measurement. Results from the AFM algorithm were much closer (in the same magnitude) to the manual measurements. Therefore, faulting data from the AFM algorithm were used, and the faulting model was successfully calibrated. It is recommended to evaluate PMS faulting data carefully before applying them to calibrate the AASHTO Pavement ME Design software. Automated faulting measurement based on high-speed profiles is a feasible approach.

Validation Protocol for a Pavement Management System

2018 ◽  
Vol 2672 (44) ◽  
pp. 32-42
Author(s):  
Theunis F. P. Henning ◽  
Elke Beca ◽  
Gordon Hart
Keyword(s):  
Asset Management ◽  
Pavement Management ◽  
Evolutionary Development ◽  
Investment Planning ◽  
Pavement Management System ◽  
Number Of Factors ◽  
Pavement Management Systems ◽  
The Status ◽  
Long Term Forecasting

Being able to undertake more efficient maintenance and renewal planning of road networks has seen a number of pavement management systems (PMS) being developed between the 80s to mid-90s. During the initial years, there was a significant focus on substantiating the need and demonstrating the benefits of using these tools to assist in the investment planning for roads. Today, with substantial experience, and legislative support such as MAP-21 and PASS-55, the use of PMS in the asset management cycle of roads is a given. The challenge these days is to effectively use these tools and ensure robust outcomes are achieved from the overall PMS process. The success of any PMS is determined by a number of factors including having skilled resources, institutional support, and legislative and funding drivers demanding evidence-based forecasted investment needs. Asset managers also realize the importance of having technical robustness in the process to ensure likely outcomes. This paper documents the evolutionary development pathway of the New Zealand PMS that has now been in use across the entire country for more than 18 years. It shows how by always challenging the status quo it has resulted in consistently increasing the overall robustness of the system. In particular, it shows how different validation techniques have been used to improve the practicality and appropriateness of long-term forecasting capabilities.

Roads Problems on Undermined Areas in the Moravian-Silesian Region

2014 ◽  
Vol 505-506 ◽  
pp. 477-480
Author(s):  
Denisa Cihlářová ◽  
Tomáš Seidler ◽  
Miloslav Řezáč
Keyword(s):  
Management System ◽  
Pavement Management ◽  
Pavement Management System ◽  
Comprehensive Knowledge ◽  
Quality Life ◽  
Strongly Connected ◽  
Undermined Area ◽  
Long Term Observation

Quality life and prosperous district is strongly connected with quality functional road infrastructure. One of the tools that can help is Pavement Management System. Pavement management system used in undermined area must take into account different degradation factors, which affecting disturbances on the roads. It is difficult to choose sufficient technology for its repair. Chosen repair should be from the economical and technological aspect as effective. This article refers to the gaps in the current pavement management system when its use in such affected areas. According to the long-term observation was made classification of roads disturbances and design of their repairs. This contributes significantly to obtain comprehensive knowledge of interactions between soil and road elements.

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