Date Available
4-13-2017
Year of Publication
2017
Degree Name
Master of Science in Civil Engineering (MSCE)
Document Type
Master's Thesis
College
Engineering
Department/School/Program
Civil Engineering
First Advisor
Dr. Gabe Dadi
Abstract
The Commonwealth of Kentucky has seen increasing use over time of preventative maintenance treatments on its asphalt pavements. Performance of two of the most prevalent treatments employed by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) – Thin Asphalt Overlay (Thinlay) and Microsurfacing – had yet to be examined in-depth through condition surveys. This thesis describes the data collection process to find the Pavement Condition Index (PCI) of each preventative maintenance site in Kentucky from the last 10 years. With PCI from each site, deterioration curves were generated for each treatment – providing the estimated life extension benefit of each. The analysis then converted life extension to life cycle costs to ultimately determine which product was more cost effective. Cost effectiveness would be the definitive metric in determining which product should be used by KYTC. It is hoped that this thesis can begin to quantitatively and statistically answer the question of how to best approach asphalt maintenance projects in Kentucky.
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.13023/ETD.2017.084
Recommended Citation
Michels, Dominic J., "Pavement Condition Index and Cost of Ownership Analysis on Preventative Maintenance Projects in Kentucky" (2017). Theses and Dissertations--Civil Engineering. 53.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/ce_etds/53
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