University of Michigan
- Fifth International Conference on
the Structural Design of Asphalt Pavements

Held at Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands (Sponsored by The Study Centre for Road Construction) - August 23-26, 1982


Session I - Pavement Design

The Development and Implementation of Analytical Pavement Design for British Conditions

Thickness Design of Asphalt Pavements - The Asphalt Institute Methods

Rational and Practical Designs of Asphalt Pavements to Avoid Cracking and Rutting

The AGIP Viscoelastic Method for Asphalt Pavement Design

Mechanistic Design for Timber Haul Pavement

A Design for Pavement to Carry Very Heavy Traffic

Design Procedure for Premium Flexible Pavements

Pavement Design Optimization by an Analytical Method

The Texas Flexible Pavement Design System

Design Criteria of Asphalt Pavement Structures at High Service Temperatures

Mechanistic Design of Asphalt Pavements and Verification Using the Heavy Vehicle Simulator

ALIZE III Practice

Design of Pavements in Tropical Regions with the Finite-Element Method

Session II - Verification

Use of Pavement Test Facility for the Validation of Analytical Design Methods

Behavior of Flexible Road Pavements Under Tropical Climate

Development of an Asphalt Concrete Distress Criteria Using In-Service Planning

Verification of the Design Method for Asphalt Pavements in Switzerland

Four Asphalt Pavement Case Studies Using a Mechanistic Approach

The Performance of Highway Pavements in the Netherlands and the Application of Linear Elasticity Theory to Pavement Design

Prediction of Rutting in Asphalt Pavements on the Basis of the Creep Test

Verification and Calibration of PDMAP and COLD Computer Programs

Verification and Application of the VESYS Structural Subsystem

Session III - Evaluation

Evaluation of In-Situ Moduli and Pavement Life from Deflection Basins

Distress/Performance Relationships and Overall Performance Concepts for Flexible Pavements

Development of a Road Profile Statistic for Compatible Pavement Evaluation

A Method for the Evaluation of the Structural Condition of Pavements with Thick Bituminous Road Bases

Lacroix Overlay Design by Three Layer Analysis

Structural Capacity of In-Place Asphaltic Concrete Pavements from Dynamic Deflection

Pavement Survey as a Mean to Define a Road Network - Preventive Maintenance Policy

Aspects of the Interpretation and Evaluation of Falling Weight Deflection (FWD) Measurements

Simplified Methods for Evaluation of Asphalt Pavements

Session IV - Pavement Management Systems

A Pavement Management System for Provincial Roads in the Netherlands

Improved Pavement Performance Relationships in Brazil

An Integrated Maintenance System for the Assessment, Diagnosis and Treatment of Flexible Pavements

Rational Pavement Management in the City of Amsterdam

Washington's State's Pavement Management System

Development of an Improved Pavement Management System

The Development and Use of a Pavement Management System in the United Kingdom

Development of a Pavement Management System for the Arizona Department of Transportation

Implementation and Verification Examples of Successful Pavement Management

Session V - Rehabilitation

Optimization of Highway Maintenance and Structural Rehabilitation

The Texas Rehabilitation and Maintenance System

A Method of Integrated Priority Programming and Budget Level Analysis for Pavement Maintenance and Rehabilitation

Airfield Pavement Performance Prediction and Determination of Rehabilitation Needs

Development of a System for Efficient Pavement Management for Municipalities

Programmable Calculators in the Assessment of Overlays and Maintenance Strategies

ESSO Overlay Design System

Pavement Evaluation and Overlay Design - Practical Method of Belgian Road Research Center

The TRRL Method for Planning and Design of Structural Maintenance

A Study of Resiliency for Pavement Design in Brazil

Session VI - Material Properties

Cracking in Wearing Courses

Probabilistic Fatigue Design for Flexible Pavements

The Interpretation of Repeared Load Parameters for a Glacial Subgrade from Soil Properties

Field Validation of an Overlay Design Procedure to Prevent Reflection Cracking

Structural Finite Element Design of Unbound Material Pavements from Cyclic Loading Triaxial Tests

Characterization of Freeze/Thaw Affected Granular Soils for Pavement Evaluation

Analysis and Design of Pavement to Resist Thermal Cracking Using Fracture Mechanics

Laboratory and Field Fatigue Characterization for Sulphur Extended Asphalt Paving Mixtures

Recycling Asphalt Concrete: Guidelines and Performance Potential

A Summary of Sulphur-Asphalt Design Technology

Characterization and Design Analysis of Bituminous Pavements