‫بسم اهلل الرمحن الرحيم‬

‫الجامعة المستنصرية‬
‫كلية الهندسة‬
‫قسم الطرق و النقل‬

‫اعداد‪ -:‬محمد طالب حمد‬

AASHTOWare Pavement ME Design is the next generation
of pavement design software, which builds upon the AASHTO
mechanistic-empirical pavement design guide, and expands and
improves the features of the original prototype computational
software. AASHTOWare Pavement ME Design is a production-
ready software tool to support the day-to-day operations of
public and private pavement engineers.
It calculates pavement responses (stresses, strains, and
deflections) based on traffic, climate, and materials parameters
to predict the progression of key pavement distresses and
smoothness loss over time for asphalt concrete (AC) and
portland cement concrete (PCC) pavements.
These outputs are the basis for checking the adequacy of a trial
design. AASHTOWare Pavement ME Design is a powerful
program that incorporates a user-friendly interface with several
functional, stability, and performance enhancements, such as
improved runtime, automatic update notification, an SI version,
inclusion of highway capacity limits, climate data viewers and
climate summaries, batch processing, multi-project editing,
project compare tool, error checking for individual inputs and
forms, provisions for sensitivity analysis, thickness
optimization, ability to import backcalculation data, database
functionality at enterprise and workstation level, a structural
response query tool, and improved reporting.
For many pavement engineers, it is a paradigm shift away from
a nomograph-based design to one based on engineering
principles and mechanics. Instead of entering basic site and
project information into an equation and getting an empirically
based pavement design output, the engineer can use detailed
traffic, materials and environmental information to assess the
short and long-term performance of a pavement design using
nationally and/or locally calibrated models.
This software is a comprehensive pavement design and analysis
tool, capable of providing support and insights to highway
decision-makers, academia and consultants. This state-of-the-
practice tool represents the current advancements in pavement
design. It also provides tools to optimize pavement designs
based on given requirements allowing the user to evaluate and
fine-tune the design. The database utility allows users to save
final designs as well as individual input parameters such that
these can subsequently be used for future designs, various
distress and performance analyses, and for other management
purposes.
AASHTOWare Pavement ME Design reflects a change in the
methods and procedures engineers use to design pavement
structures. It takes advantage of the advances in material
mechanics, axle-load spectra and climate data for predicting
pavement performance. While this software does not answer all
of the challenges of pavement design, it is a quantum leap
forward from previous pavement design procedures and
facilitates future development in pavement modeling and
analysis.
AASHTOWare Pavement ME Design Tools
Pavement ME Design includes several tools to assist the
pavement engineer:

1. DRIP performs hydraulic design computations for the

subsurface drainage analysis of pavements;
2. XML Validator checks for most of the errors present in
the xml files. It can also check for recommended ranges
for data values;
3. MapME creates ME Design project files (DGPX) seeded
with geospatially-referenced information relevant to the
analysis and design of your pavement;
4. File and analysis APIs Tools include JULEA and ICM;
5. Calibration Assistance helps with local calibration efforts
so the user can determine whether there is any bias in the
predictions; establish the cause of any bias if found
through the calibration process; and optimize the
calibration coefficient of the transfer function(s) for each
distress to eliminate bias and minimize the standard error
of the estimate;
6. rePave Scoping Tool provides guidance for deciding
where and under what conditions to use existing pavement
as part of roadway renewal projects; and
7. Backcalculation Tool generates backcalculation inputs
from Falling Weight Deflectometer (FWD) files to the
AASHTO Pavement ME Design software for
rehabilitation design. The tool is capable of analyzing raw
deflection data files from three FWD testing devices:
Dynatest®, JILS and KUAB. The tool provides three major
functions: pre-processing deflection data (including project
segmentation), backcalculation, and post-processing of
results to generate inputs for Pavement ME rehabilitation
design. This tool uses the EVERCALC algorithm for the
iterative backcalculation process. This tool can also be
licensed separately.