Trends in Transport Engineering and Applications
Volume 3, Issue 2 (2016)
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Table of contents
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Identifying Black Spot Location Using GIS System in Kerbela City
Abstract: From the challenges facing the world in highway area is the life and financial loss due to traffic accidents. This is the case for Iraq because it is from the most dangerous countries in terms of traffic accidents. To reduce traffic accidents, the causes of these accidents such as; driver, vehicle and roadway should be determined. To diagnose the cause of accidents, there is an urgent need to determine the …
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Pavement Maintenance Management System: A Review
Abstract: Maintenance plays an essential and integral part in the life of a pavement. The pavement maintenance management system (PMMS) is a systematic method for inspection and rating the pavement condition in a given area. The system also performs a cost effectiveness analysis of various maintenance and rehabilitation strategies. Finally the system prioritize and recommend pavement rehabilitation and maintenance to maximize results within a given budget amount. During execution of maintenance …
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Role of Street Lighting for keeping us Safe
Abstract: Street lighting gives us the ability to be able to see in the dark on roads. Lighting reduces crime and traffic accidents by a considerable amount. Therefore, for these reasons, it is necessary to have adequate street lighting. This study presents number of benefits to street lighting. It can be used to promote security in urban areas and to increase the quality of life by artificially extending the hours in …
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Sustainability of Asphalt Pavement in Terms of CraSustainability of Asphalt Pavement in Terms of Crack Healing Phenomena: A Reviewck Healing Phenomena: A Review
Abstract: The Asphalt concrete mixture is considered to have nonlinear viscoelastic behavior, its fatigue life consists of two components, namely the resistance to fracture and crack, and the ability to heal the micro cracks. Both of the processes change with temperature and time. Such processes exhibit the sustainability potential of asphalt concrete pavement. The approach to study this potential requires mechanical tests like creep or relaxation, strength and repeated load tests. …
Published in Trends in Transport Engineering and Applications · Vol. 3, Issue 2, 2016 · pp. 38–55 Read article
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Structural Evaluation of Flexible Pavement by Using Benkelman Beam Deflection Technique: A Case Study of Rajkot-Morbi State Highway 24
Abstract: Normally, in India, highways pavement is flexible type there is need to evaluate their strength due to lower flexural strength and rapid deterioration due to increased commercial vehicles, heavier loaded truck traffic, etc. Structural evaluation of pavements is an important part of the pavement management. For the structural evaluation of flexible pavement stretch of Rajkot-Morbi state highway-24, 5 to 15 km has been selected due to same deterioration. The pavement …
Published in Trends in Transport Engineering and Applications · Vol. 3, Issue 2, 2016 · pp. 56–64 Read article
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Effect of the Position of Geotextile on the Performance Parameters of the Flexible Pavement
Abstract: The major deterioration of the flexible pavement is due to the combined effect of fatigue cracking caused by excessive horizontal strain at the bottom of the bituminous layer and rutting deformation caused by excessive vertical strain at the top of subgrade layer. For designing the flexible pavement, it is necessary to determine the minimum thickness of the road crust, required to withstand the expected fatigue life and rutting life. The …
Published in Trends in Transport Engineering and Applications · Vol. 3, Issue 2, 2016 · pp. 65–75 Read article
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Modelling of Concrete Slab Tensile Stresses for Apron International Al-Najaf Airport
Abstract: The objective of this study was to develop Three Dimensional Finite Element Model (3D-FEM) that can be used to investigate the structural analysis of apron area plain and reinforced concrete slab under Airbus A380-800 aircraft land gear loading. The computer program ANSYS (2014) was selected to develop 3D-FEM for this study. Suggested rigid pavement for apron area was studied with different thickness (20,30, 40 and 50 mm) and Young modululi …
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Evaluating Rutting Susceptibility of Bituminous Mixes using Indigenously Developed IIT KGP Rut Tester
Abstract: Rutting is the major mode of distress affecting the service life and performance of bituminous pavements. Rutting occurs due to excessive stresses on subgrade, inadequate strength of bituminous mix, inadequate thickness of pavement layers or poor construction methods. Among these causes, quality of bituminous mix is one of the main factors that contribute towards rutting failure. The link between laboratory testing and potential field performance of bituminous mixes is very …
Published in Trends in Transport Engineering and Applications · Vol. 3, Issue 2, 2016 · pp. 76–82 Read article