Development of a Road-Condition Assessment System and Application to Road Maintenance Decision-Making

Document Type : Research Papers

Authors

1 Professor Emeritus, Yamaguchi University

2 Department of Civil Engineering, National University of Timor Leste, Dili, Timor Leste

Abstract

The deterioration of existing road pavement surfaces over the years due to aging and the growing number of heavy vehicles has become an important issue. Roads require appropriate maintenance to keep providing the target service. Many efforts have been made by road engineers to maintain road pavement surfaces; however, there are some problems due to costs, including vehicle running costs. Therefore, there is a need for an efficient and low-cost system to facilitate evaluation of the serviceability of existing road pavement surfaces. This study aims to develop an efficient, rational and useful method or system that can be used to perform a visual assessment of the condition of not only the pavement but also road structures, including slopes, vegetation and equipment such as guardrails, curbs and guideposts. Such a system should be inexpensive and be IT-based by making use of new information and the latest technologies. In addition, a method based on an analytic hierarchy process is employed in the decision-making process to analyze a complicated decision problem based on video files obtained by the system.

Keywords

American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO). (1993). AASHTO guide for design of pavement structures, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, Washington, D.C.

Asian Development Bank (ADB) of Timor-Leste. (2013). “Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste: Road network upgrading project”, ADB LOAN No. 2857-TIM, Dili, Timor-Leste.

Behbahani, H., Rezaei, S. and Nafar, H. (2014). “Prioritizing roads safety based on the quasi-induced exposure method and utilization of the Analytical Hierarchy Process”, Civil Engineering Infrastructures Journal, 47(1), 43-58.

Committee on Earth Structures and Foundations of Japan (CESFJ), Subcommittee on Evaluation of Pavement Performance. (1993). “Present state and future of pavement performance evaluation technology”, Proceedings of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers, 472(V-20), 13-28.

Government of Timor-Leste. (2011). “Timor-Leste strategic development plan 2011-2030”, Dili, Timor-Leste.

Government of Japan. (2008). “Recommendations on preventive maintenance of road bridges”, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Advisory Council on Preventive Maintenance of Road Bridges, (in Japanese).

Hugo da C.X., Emoto, H., Miyamoto, A. and Sarmento, A. (2014). “Practical application of road condition assessment system to road networks in Timor-Leste”, Proceedings of the Asia-Pacific Computer Science and Application Conference, 1-21, ISBN: 978-1-135-68498-7.

Miyamoto, A., Nakano, T. and Yoshitake, T. (2013). “Development of a road condition assessment system using digital movies, vehicle vibration and sound”, Proceedings of the Fourteenth International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing, Civil-Comp Press, Paper No.195, 1-22.

Miyamoto, A. and Yoshitake, T. (2009). “Development of a remote condition assessment system for road infrastructure”, International ECCE Conference, EUROINFRA 2009, Current State and Challenges for Sustainable Development of Infrastructure, Symposium 1, Helsinki, Finland, 21-22, (USB Memory: 109-124).

Miyamoto, A. (2019). “Remote monitoring system for road condition assessment and its application”, Proceedings of the Fifth Conference on Smart Monitoring, Assessment and Rehabilitation of Civil Structures (SMAR 2019), 1-10.

Modarres, A. and Shabani, H. (2015) “Investigating the effect of aircraft impact loading on the longitudinal top-down crack propagation parameters in asphalt runway pavement using fracture mechanics”, Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 150, 28-46.

Road for Development (R4D). (2011). “Building a sustainable rural road network in Timor-Leste”, AusAID Timor-Leste, Dili, Timor-Leste.

Saaty, T.L. (1980). The Analytic Hierarchy Process, McGraw-Hill, New York.

Sayers, M.W., Gillespie, T.D. and Paterson, W.D.O. (1985). “The international road roughness experiment”, World Bank Technical Report, 45.

Taherkhani, H. and Tajdini, M. (2020). “Investigating the performance of cracked asphalt pavement using Finite Elements Analysis”, Civil Engineering Infrastructures Journal, 53(1), 33-51.

Zhao, Y., Alae, M. and Fu, G. (2018). “Investigation of mechanisms of top-down fatigue cracking of asphalt pavement”, Road Materials and Pavement Design, 19(6), 1436-1447.

References

American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO). (1993). AASHTO guide for design of pavement structures, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, Washington, D.C.
Asian Development Bank (ADB) of Timor-Leste. (2013). “Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste: Road network upgrading project”, ADB LOAN No. 2857-TIM, Dili, Timor-Leste.
Behbahani, H., Rezaei, S. and Nafar, H. (2014). “Prioritizing roads safety based on the quasi-induced exposure method and utilization of the Analytical Hierarchy Process”, Civil Engineering Infrastructures Journal, 47(1), 43-58.
Committee on Earth Structures and Foundations of Japan (CESFJ), Subcommittee on Evaluation of Pavement Performance. (1993). “Present state and future of pavement performance evaluation technology”, Proceedings of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers, 472(V-20), 13-28.
Government of Timor-Leste. (2011). “Timor-Leste strategic development plan 2011-2030”, Dili, Timor-Leste.
Government of Japan. (2008). “Recommendations on preventive maintenance of road bridges”, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Advisory Council on Preventive Maintenance of Road Bridges, (in Japanese).
Hugo da C.X., Emoto, H., Miyamoto, A. and Sarmento, A. (2014). “Practical application of road condition assessment system to road networks in Timor-Leste”, Proceedings of the Asia-Pacific Computer Science and Application Conference, 1-21, ISBN: 978-1-135-68498-7.
Miyamoto, A., Nakano, T. and Yoshitake, T. (2013). “Development of a road condition assessment system using digital movies, vehicle vibration and sound”, Proceedings of the Fourteenth International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing, Civil-Comp Press, Paper No.195, 1-22.
Miyamoto, A. and Yoshitake, T. (2009). “Development of a remote condition assessment system for road infrastructure”, International ECCE Conference, EUROINFRA 2009, Current State and Challenges for Sustainable Development of Infrastructure, Symposium 1, Helsinki, Finland, 21-22, (USB Memory: 109-124).
Miyamoto, A. (2019). “Remote monitoring system for road condition assessment and its application”, Proceedings of the Fifth Conference on Smart Monitoring, Assessment and Rehabilitation of Civil Structures (SMAR 2019), 1-10.
Modarres, A. and Shabani, H. (2015) “Investigating the effect of aircraft impact loading on the longitudinal top-down crack propagation parameters in asphalt runway pavement using fracture mechanics”, Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 150, 28-46.
Road for Development (R4D). (2011). “Building a sustainable rural road network in Timor-Leste”, AusAID Timor-Leste, Dili, Timor-Leste.
Saaty, T.L. (1980). The Analytic Hierarchy Process, McGraw-Hill, New York.
Sayers, M.W., Gillespie, T.D. and Paterson, W.D.O. (1985). “The international road roughness experiment”, World Bank Technical Report, 45.
Taherkhani, H. and Tajdini, M. (2020). “Investigating the performance of cracked asphalt pavement using Finite Elements Analysis”, Civil Engineering Infrastructures Journal, 53(1), 33-51.
Zhao, Y., Alae, M. and Fu, G. (2018). “Investigation of mechanisms of top-down fatigue cracking of asphalt pavement”, Road Materials and Pavement Design, 19(6), 1436-1447.
Civil Engineering Infrastructures Journal
Volume 54, Issue 2
December 2021
Pages 225-251

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  • Receive Date: 14 December 2019
  • Revise Date: 14 September 2020
  • Accept Date: 14 September 2020

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