Nondestructive testing of asphalt pavements for structural condition evaluation: a state of the art

A Goel, A Das - Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Nondestructive testing provides ideal means to test pavement structure in a rapid and
convenient manner. In last few years, significant development has taken place in this field …

Advanced backcalculation techniques

J Uzan - … Testing of Pavements and Backcalculation of Moduli …, 1994 - astm.org
The backcalculation procedures are separated into five categories;(a) static linear elastic,(b)
static nonlinear elastic,(c) dynamic linear using frequency domain fitting,(d) dynamic linear …

Backcalculation of pavement layer moduli from falling weight deflectometer data using an artificial neural network

S Sharma, A Das - Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 2008 - cdnsciencepub.com
Efforts have been made in this paper to backcalculate the in situ elastic moduli of asphalt
pavement from synthetically derived falling weight deflectometer (FWD) deflections at seven …

Backcalculation analysis of pavement-layer moduli using genetic algorithms

TF Fwa, CY Tan, WT Chan - Transportation research record, 1997 - journals.sagepub.com
Most existing iterative backcalculation programs for pavement layer moduli arrive at their
solutions by minimizing an objective function related to the differences between computed …

Falling weight deflectometer for estimating subgrade elastic moduli

A Rahim, KP George - Journal of Transportation Engineering, 2003 - ascelibrary.org
Subgrade soil characterization in terms of resilient modulus (MR) is essential for pavement
design/evaluation. Due to the complexity of the laboratory MR test procedure, highway …

Artificial neural networks—genetic algorithm based model for backcalculation of pavement layer moduli

N Rakesh, AK Jain, MA Reddy… - International Journal of …, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
Backcalculation of pavement layer moduli refers to the process of evaluating the pavement
layers using pavement surface deflections. The genetic algorithm (GA) technique was …

Model for estimating the modulus of elasticity of asphalt layers using machine learning

M Svilar, I Peško, M Šešlija - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
The management of roads, as well as their maintenance, calls for an adequate assessment
of the load-bearing capacity of the pavement structure. This serves as the basis on which …

Subgrade characterization for highway pavement design.

KP George, W Uddin - 2000 - rosap.ntl.bts.gov
Subgrade soil characterization expressed in terms of Resilient Modulus (MR) has become
crucial for pavement design. For a new design, MR values are generally obtained by …

Multifrequency back-calculation of pavement-layer moduli

YV Kang - Journal of Transportation Engineering, 1998 - ascelibrary.org
This paper introduces a frequency-domain back-calculation program, BKGREEN, that can
be used to determine the elastic modulus for each pavement layer. The pavement is …

Parameter estimation in layered media using dispersion-constrained inversion

H Mashayekh, LF Kallivokas… - Journal of Engineering …, 2018 - ascelibrary.org
The need to estimate the properties of layered elastic or viscoelastic media arises commonly
in various engineering applications, including geotechnical site characterization and …