Study of Maintenance Strategy Provisions Based on Functional Evaluation of Pavements

Abstract

Certain parameters play a very important role while considering the safety and the maintenance of the pavements. The pavement can be rated on the basis of different types of parameters which can be measured and worked upon to get the desired results. The factors constitute the smoothness and surface properties of the pavement surface which are related to the safety, and the roads distress is related to the comfortability of the ride. Roughness along with skid resistance values is determined along with the various surface distresses including potholes, patching, cracking and macro structure. The data collected is then compared with the standard values to define a rating and thus develop a maintenance strategy. The hilly village roads are selected from the districts of Shimla and Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India. The data is recorded for 2.5km stretch.