WesTrack Experiment Using CalME

Per Ullidtz: Dynatest International, Naverland 32, Clostrup, DK 2600, Denmark, Email: pullidtz@dynatest.com
John Harvey: University of California, Davis, California, USA, Email: jtharvey@ucdavis.edu
Imad Basheer: California Department of Transportation, California USA, Email: imad_basheer@dot.ca.gov
Bor-Wen Tsai: University of California, Berkeley, California, USA, Email: bwtsai@berkeley.edu
Carl Monismith: University of California, Berkeley, California, USA, Email: clm@newton.berkeley.edu

| Abstract | Introduction | The WestTrack Experiment | Characterization of Materials | Fatigue Damage of Asphalt |
| Simulation of the WesTrack experiment using CalME | Summary of Analyses and Conclusions |
| Acknowledgement & References |


Acknowledgement

This paper describes research activities requested and sponsored by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), Division of Research and Innovation with technical direction from the Division of Design. Caltrans sponsorship is gratefully acknowledged. The authors would also like to thank their collaborators in Caltrans and the UCPRC. The contents of this paper reflect the views of the authors and do not reflect the official views or policies of the State of California or the Federal Highway Administration.

References
Monismith, C.L., Deacon, J.A. and Harvey, J.T. “WesTrack: Performance Models for Permanent Deformation and Fatigue”, Report to Nichols Consulting Engineers, Chtd., Pavement Research Center, Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Berkeley, 2000.

Epps, J.A., Hand, A., Seeds, S., Schulz, T., Alavi, S., Ashmore, , Monismith, C.L., Deacon, J.A., Harvey, J.T., and Leahy, R. “Recommended Performance-Related Specification for Hot-Mix Asphalt Construction: Results of the WesTrack Project”, Report 455, National Cooperative Highway Research Program, Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC, 2002.

Ullidtz, P., Harvey, J.T, Tsai, B.-W., Steven, B. and Monismith, C.L. “Calibration of Mechanistic-Empirical Models for Cracking and Rutting of New Pavements Using Heavy Vehicle Simulator Tests”, Paper submitted for the 3rd International Conference on Accelerated Pavement Testing, Madrid, Spain, 2008.

Ullidtz, P., Harvey, J. T., Tsai, B.-W. and Monismith, C. L.. Calibration of Incremental-Recursive Flexible Damage Models in CalME Using HVS Experiments. Report prepared for the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) Division of Research and Innovation by the University of California Pavement Research Center, Davis and Berkeley. UCPRC-RR-2005-06. This and several related reports may be downloaded from http://www.its.berkeley.edu/pavementresearch/ Accessed July 2, 2007.

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