Abstract: The recently developed mechanistic-empirical pavement design guide (M-E PDG) represents a significant improvement over the AASHTO design guide. One of the major improvements to the M-E PDG is traffic characterization. The ...

Abstract: This paper discusses the impacts of heavier and longer combination vehicles (LCVs) on the pavements of five major Texas corridors. These corridors were divided into 152 segments presenting uniform pavement properties and ...

Abstract: Previous analytical and experimental works have shown that the power output of a piezoelectric-based energy-harvesting module is nonlinearly proportional to compressive stresses. This study aims to identify an optimal set ...