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Reliability Analysis of Flexible Pavement Using Crude Monte Carlo Simulation

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Flexible pavement design process is influenced by many parameters such as (traffic characterization, environmental conditions and structure materials…etc.). Several attempts have been carried out to add reliability concept to the mechanistic-empirical (M-E) design of pavements. In pavement structural design, it is common to consider the design input variables as fixed or deterministic. Also, the current design methodology used in many countries such as Egypt is ignoring the effect of temperature variation (despite its importance) on the pavement design. By using Minitab software this research aimed to assess the effect of variations in design parameters on pavement reliability and also predict the pavement reliability due to variation in pavement temperature using Monte Carlo simulation method (MCs) considering rutting and fatigue failures. Moreover, a comparison was performed between regressions models represented from different pavement agencies to recommend the most efficient one for Egyptian temperature. The results obtained that, considering design parameters variations (without temperature); the reliability based on Shell Research agency (86.57%) was the nearest one to the current design methodology in Egypt (91.0%). After adding temperature variations, the reliability was clearly affected but the regression model of Shell Research agency was still the most appropriate one to all Egyptian temperature zones as it achieved the lowest error mean (0.04) and the lowest error standard deviation (0.004). Moreover, the relation between air temperature and reliability was considered to confirm the first-order reliability method (FORM) results.

DOI

10.21608/erjm.2022.117611.1143

Keywords

Reliability, Crude Monte Carlo, Minitab, rutting and fatigue pavement life, Egyptian climatic

Authors

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Sameh

Last Name

Abd-elfattah

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S.

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Civil engineering, faculty of engineering, Menofia University, Tala, egypt

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sameh.saied2015@gmail.com

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Tala

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Ahmed

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Abu-Elmaaty

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I.

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Civil Eng. Dept., Faculty of Eng., Menoufia University, Shebin El-kom, Egypt

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maatu5000@yahoo.com

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Shebin El-kom

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First Name

Ibrahim

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Hashim

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H.

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Civil Eng. Dept., Faculty of Eng., Menoufia University, Shebin El-kom, Egypt

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hashim1612@hotmail.com

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45

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3

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35317

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2022-07-01

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2022-01-22

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2022-07-01

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447

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456

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1110-1180

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3009-6944

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ERJ. Engineering Research Journal

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Reliability Analysis of Flexible Pavement Using Crude Monte Carlo Simulation

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22 Jan 2023