Development of Acceptance Plans for Airport Pavement Materials. Volume 1. Development

Development of Acceptance Plans for Airport Pavement Materials. Volume 1. Development
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Total Pages: 197
Release: 1990
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The objective of this research is to develop statistically based acceptance/rejection plans and payment adjustment schedules for five specifications covered under the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Advisory Circular (AC) No. 150/5370/10, Standards for Specifying the Construction of Airports, namely: Excavation and Embankment, Crushed Aggregate Base Course, Cement Treated Base Course, Econocrete Subbase Course, and Portland Cement Concrete Pavement. Previously, the Pennsylvania State University developed plans for Specification P-401, Plant Mix Bituminous Pavements, which were adopted for use in 1984. This report includes the statistical analysis of data, development of payment adjustment plans (PAP), and development of PAP computer diskette system. Test data used for this effort were collected from field sources. The developed PAP formulas, schedules, and computer diskette system were verified using new pavement construction projects. This report is divided into two volumes with Volume I, Development, describing the development of PAP, and Volume II, Computer Operator's Manual, describing the operation details of the PAP diskette system.

Acceptance Criteria for Bituminous Surface Course on Civil Airport Pavements

Acceptance Criteria for Bituminous Surface Course on Civil Airport Pavements
Author: J. L. Burati
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Total Pages: 198
Release: 1979
Genre: Airports
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Research was undertaken to extend the use of statistically based airport pavement materials specifications that incorporate price-adjustment features. During the course of the project, data on the physical characteristics of pavement materials were collected from thirteen airport pavement construction projects. A statistical analysis of this data permitted the determination of the parameters (mean and standard deviation) on existing airport construction projects, and these parameters were then used to develop acceptance plans and price-adjustment factors. Operating Characteristics (OC) curves and curves of expected payment were used to determine the appropriate acceptance plans, which were based on the percentage of material falling within specification limits (PWL). By using a continuous rather than a discrete price-adjustment schedule, it was possible to avoid the problem of large differences in payment associated with relatively small differences in quality (as measured by PWL). A computer program was developed to approximate the expected payment curves associated with different continuous price-adjustment systems. This program is applicable to one-sided specification limits such as density. For properties such as air voids, which require both an upper and a lower specification limit, the OC curves were determined by computer simulation of 10,000 randomly drawn samples. (Author).

NASA SP-7500

NASA SP-7500
Author: United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Total Pages: 598
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Management

Management
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Total Pages: 206
Release: 1991
Genre: Industrial engineering
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