1. Modeling the Evolution of Pavement Surface Characteristics
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Gabriel Lacombe, Sidoine de la Roque, Christophe Hugh, Tristan Lorino, Denis Lièvre, Philippe Lepert, Département Infrastructures et Mobilité (IFSTTAR/IM), Institut Français des Sciences et Technologies des Transports, de l'Aménagement et des Réseaux (IFSTTAR)-PRES Université Nantes Angers Le Mans (UNAM), and Cofiroute
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Surface (mathematics) ,Engineering ,0211 other engineering and technologies ,MODELE STATISTIQUE ,02 engineering and technology ,REVETEMENT (CHAUSSEE) ,Robust regression ,[SPI.MAT]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Materials ,Transport engineering ,0502 economics and business ,Linear regression ,General Materials Science ,Global evolution ,REVETEMENT DE CHAUSSEE ,LOI D'EVOLUTION ,biology ,business.industry ,Pavement surface characteristics evolution ,05 social sciences ,021107 urban & regional planning ,Statistical model ,Term (time) ,Toll ,biology.protein ,Censored data ,business ,Prediction ,050203 business & management ,Maintenance management ,CARACTERISTIQUE - Abstract
This paper aims firstly to study two main toll motorways surface characteristics: the macrotexture and the coefficient of transverse friction, secondly to model their evolution according to the traffic increase. It provides an accurate description of the decrease of the surface characteristics along the traffic by using robust linear regression models. Besides their scientific interest, these findings provide the road managers with useful information to optimize the wearing courses maintenance works programming. Both individual and global evolution curves of texture, on the global road network, lead to the ability for newtwork manager to analyze and predict on long term the state of its road patrimony.
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- 2012
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