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Runway 5-23 at Buffalo Niagara International Airport – A Case Study In Maintaining Pavement Serviceability

Runway 5-23 at Buffalo Niagara International Airport – A Case Study In Maintaining Pavement Serviceability. Roy D. McQueen, P.E. Roy D. McQueen & Associates, Ltd. www.rdmcqueen.com . 1 st Eastern Region Seminar November 1976. Overview. Basic Principals Case Study. Pavement Life Cycle.

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Runway 5-23 at Buffalo Niagara International Airport – A Case Study In Maintaining Pavement Serviceability

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  1. Runway 5-23 at Buffalo Niagara International Airport – A Case StudyIn Maintaining Pavement Serviceability Roy D. McQueen, P.E. Roy D. McQueen & Associates, Ltd. www.rdmcqueen.com

  2. 1st Eastern Region Seminar November 1976

  3. Overview • Basic Principals • Case Study

  4. Pavement Life Cycle EXCELLENT 40% DROP IN QUALITY GOOD $1.00 FOR RENOVATION HERE FAIR 75% OF LIFE 40% DROP IN QUALITY POOR WILL COST $4.00 TO $5.00 HERE VERY POOR 12% OF LIFE FAILED TIME

  5. Basic References • AC 150/5370-11A, Use of Nondestructive Testing in the Evaluation of Airport Pavements. • AC 150/5380-6A, Pavement Maintenance Manual • AC 150/5320-6E, Airport Pavement Design and Evaluation

  6. Basic Purpose of Pavement Evaluation • Functional Characteristics & Surface Condition • Structural Adequacy Photo Courtesy Dynatest International A/S

  7. Basic Principle • Pavements Fail for Different Reasons: • Load • Environment • Other

  8. Functional vs Structural Analysis • Structural: Ability to support loads • Functional: Condition of Operational Surface

  9. Key to Evaluation Process (1) • Identifying failure mechanism is critical to evaluation process • Necessary to develop appropriate (cost-effective) remediation

  10. Key to Evaluation Process (2) • Differentiation between functional and structural condition is critical • We will focus on each and see how we tie them together

  11. MicroPaver for Functional Analysis

  12. Nondestructive Testing & LEDFAA (FAARFIELD) for Structural Analysis

  13. EvaluationProcess Condition Survey Records Review Develop Testing Plan Report Pavement Testing & Materials Sampling Pavement Evaluation

  14. EvaluationProcess Condition Survey RecordsReview Develop Testing Plan Report Pavement Testing & Materials Sampling Pavement Evaluation

  15. Records Review • Maintenance Records • Computer Database • Corporate Knowledge • Inspection • Aerial Photos • As-built Drawings McQueen & Associates, Ltd.

  16. EvaluationProcess ConditionSurvey Records Review Develop Testing Plan Report Pavement Testing & Materials Sampling Pavement Evaluation

  17. Visual Evaluation • Distinguish between distress categories • Load • Environmental • Other • Calculate PCI

  18. DISTRESSQUANTITY DISTRESSTYPE PCI DISTRESSSEVERITY

  19. Preventive Maintenance Corrective Maint, Rehabilitation, or Reconstruction Normal PCI Decline PCI = 95 100 Critical PCI Pavement Condition Index 0 Time or Traffic McQueen & Associates, Ltd.

  20. MicroPAVER Program

  21. Pavement Condition Analysis Previous PCI (1996) Branch Name Runway 12-30 N/A Branch ID RW12 Current PCI (2000) 80 Section ID 01 Predicted PCI (2005) 67 Pavement Section 18” PCC / 6” CTB LCD 06/01/92 DETERIORATION CURVE Runway 12-30 - Section 01 100 90 80 77 80 75 72 70 67 70 60 RW12 - 01 Pavement Condition Index (PCI) 50 Critical 40 30 20 10 0 INSPECTION SUMMARY – EXTRAPOLATED DISTRESS QUANTITIES Previous Current Jan. 2001 Jan. 2002 Jan. 2003 Jan. 2004 Jan. 2005 Inspection Inspection Distress Description Sev Quantity Units Density % Deduct (1996) (2000) 65 JT SEAL DMG H 51. Slabs 50. 12. 65 JT SEAL DMG M 51. Slabs 50. 7. Condition Analysis Data 66 SMALL PATCH H 4.86 Slabs 4.76 6.19 70 SCALING L 19.43 Slabs 19.05 6.75 74 JOINT SPALL L 7.29 Slabs 7.14 2.69 PERCENT OF DEDUCT VALUES BASED ON DISTRESS MECHANISM Load Related Distress (%) Climate/Durability Related Distress (%) Other Related Distress (%) 0 55 45

  22. M&R Policies • Function of Distress Type, Severity, and PCI • Cost-effective maintenance procedures • Examples: • Crack sealing • Patching • Reconstruction, overlay • Mill & fill McQueen & Associates, Ltd.

  23. Maintenance is performed to Increase PCI and Slow Rate of Deterioration Preventive Maintenance PCI Near Critical PCI Pavement Condition Time or Traffic McQueen & Associates, Ltd.

  24. EvaluationProcess Condition Survey Records Review Develop Testing Plan Report Pavement Testing & Materials Sampling Pavement Evaluation

  25. Testing Methods: • Destructive • Test Pits • Semi-Destructive • Coring • Penetrometer • Non-Destructive • Deflectometer • Ground Penetrating Radar

  26. Test Pit at NAPTF

  27. Pavement Coring • Thickness • DCP Access • Materials Sampling • HMA cores • Unbound Base Aggregates • Subgrade Soils Photo Courtesy United States Air Force

  28. Soil Borings • Drill Rig • Split-Spoon Sampling • Standard Penetration Test Photo Courtesy CME, Inc.

  29. AC 150/5370-11A NDT

  30. What is NDT?

  31. Deflection Basin McQueen & Associates, Ltd.

  32. Layered Elastic System P

  33. EvaluationProcess Condition Survey Records Review Develop Testing Plan Report Pavement Testing & Materials Sampling PavementEvaluation

  34. Structural Analysis • NDT • Layer & Subgrade Strength • Patterns of Variability in Stiffness • Traffic Study • Evaluation • Expected Structural Life • Pavement Classification Number (PCN) • Allowable Load • Strengthening Options • Overlay • Reconstruction McQueen & Associates, Ltd.

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  36. EvaluationProcess Condition Survey Records Review Develop Testing Plan Reporting Pavement Testing & Materials Sampling Pavement Evaluation

  37. Primary Evaluation Output • Allowable Load • Structural Life • PCN • Functional Life • Rehabilitation/Strengthening Options McQueen & Associates, Ltd.

  38. LEDFAA Computes Structural Life Directly From Mixed Fleet Traffic

  39. Structural life is a relative estimate

  40. ACN-PCN – COMFAA In ACN Computation mode Enter allowable operating weight coverage will default to 10,000 Read ACN for desired subgrade category

  41. Condition Prediction

  42. Rehabilitation Method Depends on Whether Problem is Structural or Functional

  43. Runway 5-23 at Buffalo Niagara International Airport A Case Study in Extending Pavement Life

  44. Overview • Airport Layout & Construction Details • Pavement Evaluation/Management Practices • Study Results • Maintenance Activities to Extend Life • Rehabilitation Planning McQueen & Associates, Ltd.

  45. RW 5-23 McQueen & Associates, Ltd.

  46. Construction History • Original Construction 1940’s • 10-in PCC / 7-in Subbase • Extended in Stages through 1964 • 2-in AC Overlay in 1972 • 8-in to 12-in AC Overlay in 1975 McQueen & Associates, Ltd.

  47. Buffalo Climate • 44 Degrees North Latitude on Lake Erie • Cold Winters (0 F) • Many Freeze-Thaw Cycles • Warm Summers (90-95 F) McQueen & Associates, Ltd.

  48. Pavement Evaluation / Management Practices That Were Used • Visual Condition Survey • Nondestructive (HWD) Testing • Pavement Evaluation • Functional – MicroPAVER • Structural – LEDFAA (FAARFIELD) • Program and Budgets McQueen & Associates, Ltd.

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