Sign up for email from MDOT!Mechanistic-Empirical (ME) Pavement Design
- The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is currently working towards implementing the new AASHTOWare ME Pavement Design software. This site will provide progress reports as well as links to other ME-related resources.
ME Pavement Design is the latest generation of pavement design methodologies. It utilizes the theories of mechanics of materials to predict the pavement's response (stresses and strains) to load. The pavement's response is then correlated into damage, which is accumulated over the design life and results in predicted distresses over time. Climatic conditions (temperatures, moisture levels, etc.) are taken into account through the material properties of the constituent pavement layers. Finally, the models used to predict distresses are calibrated using observed distress amounts (the empirical portion of the name).
- Contact
Justin Schenkel, P.E.
Pavement Design Engineer
517-636-6006 - Receive E-mail Updates
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