摘要:AbstractDue to the economic crisis, in Portugal, as in many other countries, the trend of budgetary pressures on highway agencies is increasing. Simultaneously, road users are increasingly demanding in terms of highway quality, comfort and safety. To meet these challenges highway agencies are looking for more cost-effective methodologies for pavement management at project-level. This paper presents a new pavement design optimization model, called OPTIPAV, which considers pavement performance, construction costs, maintenance and rehabilitation costs, user costs, the residual value of the pavement at the end of the project analysis period, and preventive maintenance and rehabilitation interventions.
关键词:Pavement design;Optimization;Maintenance and rehabilitation costs;Preventive interventions