PURPOSES :This study proposes standards for rural access road pavement section and thickness design considering existing access road construction conditions; the study also proposes a complementary policy that can be used for design convenience.METHODS:Various literature review and case studies had been performed in terms of rural access road section and thickness design, both domestically and internationally, and this was followed by domestic rural access road field surveys. KPRP and KENLAYER were used to analyze the commonalities and predict the remaining life. Data on real cost is used to select an appropriate construction method through economic analysis.RESULTS:The economic efficiency of concrete pavement (15×15) was the highest in terms of economic efficiency of performance life and traffic volume. In the case of asphalt pavement, it is considered that the most economical method is to implement micro-surfacing method four times as a preventive maintenance method (once every 10 years and 4.5 years for asphalt concrete pavement and MS construction method, respectively). Repairable asphalt pavement is advantageous for areas where heavy vehicles are expected to pass. In the case of other general areas, it is considered economical to place concrete (15×15) pavement. However, as analytical results on its performance life are unavailable, it is to be considered for study in the future.CONCLUSIONS :This study proposed interim design guidelines based on various domestic and international design guidelines and case studies. However, in order to develop the final design criteria applicable to the field, it is necessary to (a) estimate the bearing capacity of the lower level of the pavement at various sites, (b) estimate the daily traffic volume, (c) implement advanced low-cost pavement technologies, and (d) propose maintenance standards and techniques for long-term performance.

PURPOSES:The objectives of this study are to develop a new cold-applied crack sealant and to evaluate its properties and field applicability by comparing with other conventionally used crack sealants.METHODS :A new cold-applied crack sealant was developed by using neoprene latex to improve material properties. The fundamental properties such as viscosity, residue %, penetration, and softening point of the developed crack sealant were tested by TxDOT criteria to evaluate crack sealing capability. Moreover, the performance of the developed cold-applied crack sealant was evaluated under both laboratory and field conditions. In the laboratory, the bond property was evaluated using the developed cold-applied crack sealant and conventional hotapplied crack sealant by the bond-properties test standardized under ASTM D 6690. In the field, test sections were constructed on three areas: a trunk road, bus-only lane, and motorway, with the developed crack sealant and three conventional crack sealants. After construction, early field-inspection was performed on the test sections.RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS :Overall, the developed cold-applied crack sealant demonstrates reasonable storage stability, durability, and bond property compared to conventional hot-applied crack sealants. From the test sections, it was established that the developed cold-applied crack sealant does not pose construction issues. Moreover, the early performance was verified through field inspection. However, as the field inspection was conducted a week after the construction, it is necessary to conduct an inspection of performance from a long-term point of view.

PURPOSES : The objective of this study is to evaluate the effect of size and depth of cavities on the pavement failure using the full-scale accelerated pavement testing. METHODS: A full-scale testbed was constructed by installing the artificial cavities at a depth of 0.3 m and 0.7 m from the pavement surface for accelerated pavement testing. The cavities were made of ice with a dimension of 0.5 m*0.5 m*0.3 m, and the thickness of asphalt and base layer were 0.2 m and 0.3 m, respectively. The ground penetrating radar and endoscope testing were conducted to determine the shape and location of cavities. The falling weight deflectometer testing was also performed on the cavity and intact sections to estimate the difference of structural capacity between the two sections. A wheel loading of 80 kN was applied on the pavement section with a speed of 10 km/h in accelerated pavement testing. The permanent deformation was measured periodically at a given number of repetitions. The correlation between the depth and size of cavities and pavement failure was investigated using the accelerated pavement testing results. RESULTS : It is found from FWD testing that the center deflection of cavity section is 10% greater than that of the intact section, indicating the 25% reduction of modulus in subbase layer due to the occurrence of the cavity. The measured permanent deformation of the intact section is approximately 10 mm at 90,000 load repetitions. However, for a cavity section of 0.7 m depth, a permanent deformation of 30 mm was measured at 90,000 load repetitions, which is three times greater than that of the intact section. At cavity section of 0.3 m, the permanent deformation reached up to approximately 90 mm and an elliptical hole occurred at pavement surface after testing. CONCLUSIONS : This study is aimed at determining the pavement failure mechanism due to the occurrence of cavities under the pavement using accelerated pavement testing. In the future, the accelerated pavement testing will be conducted at a pavement section with different depths and sizes of cavities. Test results will be utilized to establish the criteria of risk in road collapse based on the various conditions.

PURPOSES: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of the quiet pavement on reducing a barrier height by using a prediction tool called SoundPLAN. METHODS: Firstly, the prediction was carried out to evaluate the difference in the maximum noise level at a building facade between the normal and the quiet pavements without a barrier. After calculating the noise reduction effect by the quiet pavement, a comparable barrier height to obtain the same noise reduction effect with it was predicted according to designable factors including road-building distance(10 m, 20 m, 40 m) and road-barrier distance(5 m, 10 m, 20 m, 30 m). RESULTS: The result showed that within the considered designable factors, the maximum barrier height was 37 m, 52 m, and 55 m to have the same noise reduction effect by the quiet pavement reducing 1 dBA, 3 dBA , and 5 dBA, respectively. It was evaluated that the barrier height increased with the increase of the road-building and road-barrier distances. To simulate the real situation in urban areas and to evaluate the combined effect of the normal/quiet pavement and barrier, the barrier height was fixed as 6 m. It was predicted that the noise level would reduce to as low as 0.2 dBA by the combination of normal pavement and barrier. On the other hand, the combination of the quiet pavement and barrier reduced 1.2 dBA, 3.2 dBA, and 5.2 dBA, respectively, for quiet pavement reducing 1 dBA, 3 dBA, and 5 dBA. CONCLUSIONS: A guideline needs to be suggested to select appropriate noise abatement schemes by considering factors such as the roadbuilding and road-barrier distances.

PURPOSES: This study aimed to evaluate the performance of pavement management works and to develop a function for estimating the level of service (LOS) and cost of service (COS) for the systematic and quantitative management of pavement performance in the public sector. METHODS: The International Roughness Index (IRI) was used as the performance index for pavement management. Long-term pavement performance data for a period of 7 years (2007-2014) collected by the National Highway Pavement Management System and historical maintenance budget data published by the South Korean government were used to develop the LOS-COS function. Based on the function, a model for estimating the appropriate budget as well as the network conditions was suggested. RESULTS : There was high degree of correlation between pavement performance and the investment level (R = - 0.74). The developed LOS-COS function suggested that the unit cost to improve the network IRI to 1 m/km was 32.6 billion KRW. Further, the maintenance costs normalized with respect to the LOS levels were LOS-A = 88.2 billion KRW, LOS-B = 55.6 billion KRW, and LOS-C = 23.0 billion KRW. CONCLUSIONS: This study proposes a simple way of developing a LOS-COS function. It also shows how to develop a network budget demand and condition estimation model using the LOS-COS function. In addition, it is the first attempt to evaluate the road maintenance budget in South Korea. It is expected that these results will help in the negotiations between the road managers and budget makers.

PURPOSES: Concrete pavement has been used in the construction of the Jungbu expressway in 1987. More than 60% of the pavement on the expressway is currently made of concrete, but most has been used far beyond their design life. Pavement life has been extended through routine maintenance or overlay. However, the structural capacity of the pavement has reached its limit, and extensive rehabilitation/reconstruction with long time traffic blocking should be considered. The three following issues on concrete rehabilitation/reconstruction will be discussed: (1) economic comparison of asphalt inlay and asphalt overlay, (2) economic comparison preventive overlay on a section which is currently good and routine overlay on the section which will be poor, and (3) economic analysis of early-strength concrete when it is used in concrete reconstruction. METHODS: First, various life cycle cost analysis tools were compared, and the proper tool for the extensive rehabilitation/reconstruction was selected. Second, a sensitivity analysis of the selected tool was performed to find the influential input variables, which should be carefully selected in the analysis. Third, three case studies, which can be issues in the rehabilitation/reconstruction of the expressway concrete pavement in Korea, were performed. RESULTS: Asphalt overlay without milling the deteriorated concrete showed 18~25% lower life cycle cost than the current asphalt inlay with milling. The good current preventive overlay on the section was economically justified within the scope of this study. The construction cost limit of the early strength concrete was suggested to be economical for 1, 3, and 7 days of construction alternative opening. CONCLUSIONS: CA4PRS was a viable tool for comparing various rehabilitation/reconstruction issue alternatives. Several concrete issues associated with the rehabilitation/reconstruction of the deteriorated concrete pavement were discussed as mentioned above.

PURPOSES: This study supports the evidence that it is possible to rehabilitate a damaged pavement with a lane closure specifically based on the Gimcheon~Sunsan project. METHODS : The prediction results from the simulation programs were compared with field monitoring, which focused on traffic management planning, congestion (length, time, and passing speed), bypass, and user cost, among others. RESULTS : The research results showed that lane closure application and pavement repair of the aged pavement in Korea were possible, even though the prediction results were minimally different from the field monitoring. The road agency contributes to service life extension of the rehabilitated pavement using this method. CONCLUSIONS: A marginal effect caused by the lane closure was observed on travelling users or vehicles, and the user cost of pavement repair decreased. Therefore, introducing the repair method or rehabilitation in Korea is possible. Information dissemination through various media was properly done to execute the project well. Moreover, the construction area traffic utilized nearby alternative roads. Therefore, improving the repaired pavemen’s service life while ensuring that the pavement management agency can provide a road with comfortable user riding quality was possible.

도로 포장 및 교면 포장의 노후화로 인해 이에 대한 보수는 지속적으로 이루어지고 있고 매년 증가하고 있다. 도로 및 교량의 유지보수는 교통량이 많은 낮 시간보다는 교통량이 상대적으로 적은 야간에 주로 수행되고, 교통량이 다시 많아지는 시간 이전에 신속히 마무리하고 교통개방을 해야 하기 때문에 노무자 의 인력관리 및 안전관리를 체계적으로 수행하기가 쉽지 않다. 본 연구는 주로 야간에 주어진 시간 내에 신속히 작업을 수행해야하는 유지보수공정에 대하여 노무자 의 업무 및 안전을 체계적으로 관리하기 위해 실시간 위치정보 시스템을 구축하고, 현장에 시범 적용하여 그 가능성을 살펴보았다. 유지보수 현장에 총 8개의 고정식 노드를 설치하고 작업자의 안전모에 이동식 노드를 설치하여 현장에서 노무자의 작업 패턴을 충분히 확인할 수 있었다. 그리고 시스템 상에서 현장을 1m 격자로 구분하고 위험지역을 시스템 상에서 부여하여 노무자가 위험지역을 진입할 경우 이를 실시간 으로 확인하고 위험여부를 통보 가능함을 확인하였다.

도심지의 도로포장은 버스 등 중차량 교통하중과 포장 유지보수 시기가 지나 급속히 진행 되고 있는 포 장표면의 노후화뿐만 아니라 도로하부 시설물 보수를 위한 잦은 굴착복구가 진행되고 있다. 이로 인해 포 장체의 구조적 지지력이 감소하여 전형적인 도심지형 도로파손인 포트홀, 균열, 침하 및 소성변형이 급증 하고 있다. 또한 빈번히 발생하는 도심지의 도로파손 유지보수로 적지 않은 예산이 소요되고 있기 때문에 효율적인 유지보수를 통한 공용성 확보가 절실히 요구된다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 도로포장의 표면상태와 포장층의 구조적 지지력과의 연관성을 파악하여 효과적인 유지보수 방안을 제시하고자 한다. 우선 도로포 장 하부상태와 표면상태 분석결과를 도심지 도로파손 원인 분석 및 대응방안 수립 근거자료로 활용하기 위 해서 서울시의 23개 장기공용성구간(Long Term Performance Pavement)중 공용기간이 5년 경과된 구간 을 선정하였다. 선정된 대상구간의 포장 표면상태 조사(Visual Inspection) 결과인 Rutting, Crack, IRI 및 그에 기반한 SPI지수와 FWD시험으로 부터 산출된 잔존수명과의 비교 분석을 수행하였다. 특히, 표면 조사와 동일구간에 현장코어를 통해 얻어진 아스팔트층 두께와 30cm로 가정한 보조기층 두께 및 대표온 도 20℃를 이용, 역산프로그램을 사용하여 포장층의 탄성계수와 잔손수명을 추정하였다. 대상 구간의 잔 존수명과 도로포장 표면상태와의 관계를 도출하기 위해 지지력 기반 우선순위와 표면상태 기반 우선순위 를 비교하였다. 그 결과 표면상태와 지지력의 상관관계는 다음 그림1에 나타난 바와 같이 Rutting, Crack 에 대한 R-square 값이 0.65이상으로 상관성이 비교적 높은 수준이며 IRI(종단평탄성)는 상관성이 가장 낮았다. 이는 포장층이 지지력이 도로 노면의 평탄성에 미치는 영향이 상대적으로 적기 때문이며, 따라서 Rutting, Crack, IRI의 지수가 모두 포함된 SPI는 상대적으로 낮게 나타난 것으로 판단된다. 따라서 포장 표면상태를 나타낸 지수만을 고려하여 유지보수를 시행할 경우 포장층의 지지력이 충분하지 못한 경우에는 예상보다 빠른 시기에 혹은 동일 시기라도 심각한 상태의 포장손상이 나타날 가능성이 높다. Rutting과 Crack에 대한 지지력의 상관도를 볼 때 이미 진행된 도로파손의 유지보수시 표면상태 뿐만 아니 라 포장층 자체의 지지력을 함께 고려하여 유지보수를 시행하여야 향상된 공용성을 기대할 수 있다.