| Author | Chaiwat Jenjiwattanakul |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.TE-00-05 |
| Subject(s) | Pavements--Maintenance and repair--Management
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| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master
of Engineering, School of Civil Engineering |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Thesis ; no. TE-00-05 |
| Abstract | A probabilistic approach is applied to develop pavement deterioration models for the networklevel
application in Thailand. Deterioration model is one of the most important components in
the pavement maintenance management system. Prediction models are used in maintenance
planning, scheduling and life cycle cost analysis (LCCA). A stationary Markov chain and a
discrete-time semi-Markov process are used as the deterioration techniques. The Markov
models are developed for the entire country, each region, and each group of pavement with the
same traffic and percentage of heavy vehicles. The semi-Markov models are developed only
for the entire country and each region due to data scarcity.
In this research, the comparison shows that the Markov models are the best-fitted models
comparing with the actual condition data collected by DOH and other developed models. The
semi-Markov model gives a very low deterioration rate, which cannot be used in the
maintenance planning. In addition, the pavement should be maintained at the appropriate
intervention levels to yield the optimum use of resources in both network- and project-level
management. Several case studies are presented in this research by using the application of the
developed models and the concept of cost-effectiveness to perform LCCA. |
| Year | 2001 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. TE-00-05 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Civil Engineering |
| Department | Department of Civil and Infrastucture Engineering (DCIE) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Transportation Engineering (TE) |
| Chairperson(s) | Pannapa Herabat; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Yordphol Tanaboriboon;Takahashi, Kiyoshi;Park, Dongjoo; |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | H. M. King's Scholarship; |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2001 |