TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 457: Implementation of the AASHTO Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide and Software documents the experience of transportation agencies in the implementation of the 2008 American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide: A Manual of Practice (MEPDG) and the 2011 software program, AASHTOWare Pavement ME DesignTM (formerly DARWin-ME). The MEPDG and accompanying software are based on mechanistic-empirical (ME) principles and are a significant departure from the previous empirically based AASHTO pavement design procedures. Contents • • i–vii • 1–2 • 3–4 • 5–11 • 12–25 • 26–28 • 29–41 • 42–44 • 45 • 46–47 • 48–56 • 57–72 • Welcome to OpenBook! You're looking at OpenBook, NAP.edu's online reading room since 1999.

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AASHTOWare Pavement ME Design is the next generation of pavement design software, which builds upon the National Cooperative Highway Research Program mechanistic-empirical pavement design guide. State-of-the-art procedures incorporated in the software reflect eight years of research and development involving both AASHTO members and the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP). The research and development process and resulting software beautifully illustrate the power and effectiveness of the cooperative development practice behind all AASHTOWare products. Continuous improvement of pavement process continues under NCHRP, the Federal Highway Administration and state agencies.

Roads - A Software for Pavement Design and Rate Analysis of Roads Website: Contains 76 Numbers of Design Programs Including Flexible. WinJULEA This is a demo version of the software, which is under development for the AASHTO 2002 design guide. Multilingual user interface mui. The copy posted here is the one available on the NHI course 131064 CD (FHWA, April 2002). The copy posted here is the one available on the NHI course 131064 CD (FHWA, April 2002).

Pavement ME Design represents a quantum leap forward from previous processes. Engineers can now precisely predict pavement performance because the software incorporates material mechanics, climate data, axle-load spectra and other advances. For technical support, contact the Pavement ME Design Help Desk toll-free at 1-877-500-3496 or email ​.