Life-cycle assessment tool development for flexible pavement in-place recycling techniques

Mouna Krami Senhaji, Hasan Ozer, Imad L. Al-Qadi

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Abstract

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has partnered with research teams at the Illinois Center for Transportation (ICT) at the University of Illinois at Urbana– Champaign (UIUC), the University of California Pavement Research Center (UCPRC), and Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, in developing a tool to assess the environmental impacts and to predict the performance of preservation and rehabilitation treatments on flexible pavements. This tool can be used on a national scale. The Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) database has been developed to assess the environmental impacts of the materials and construction stages. The performance evaluation was conducted using both deterministic performance models and a qualitative decision matrix to determine the expected treatment life. The importance of this study lies in analyzing the capacity of the tool to help in the preservation and rehabilitation treatments selection, especially in-place recycling treatments, in terms of performance evaluation, and environmental assessment under a range of traffic, climate, structure capacity, and existing pavement conditions.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationPavement Life-Cycle Assessment - Proceedings of the Pavement Life-cycle Assessment Symposium, 2017
EditorsImad L. Al-Qadi, Hasan Ozer, John Harvey
PublisherCRC Press/Balkema
Pages179-187
Number of pages9
ISBN (Print)9781138066052
DOIs
StatePublished - 2017
EventSymposium on Life-Cycle Assessment of Pavements, Pavement LCA 2017 - Champaign, United States
Duration: Apr 12 2017Apr 13 2017

Publication series

NamePavement Life-Cycle Assessment - Proceedings of the Pavement Life-cycle Assessment Symposium, 2017

Other

OtherSymposium on Life-Cycle Assessment of Pavements, Pavement LCA 2017
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityChampaign
Period4/12/174/13/17

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Building and Construction
  • Civil and Structural Engineering

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