Manage Database Projects and Trials

The following controls, located on the Projects Page, are used to select and manage CalME projects and project trials in the CalME database.

A CalME "project trial" or just trial, is a specification of a pavement project that can be used for an ME simulation. A CalME project trial contains data items such as:

•The start and end location of the pavement project on a route (begin and end postmiles)

•Traffic loading, e.g., truck load distribution group (WIM station)

•Climate zone

•Pavement structure, e.g., layer type, material, layer thickness, etc.

•Simulation parameters, e.g., simulation type, reflection cracking parameters, number of Monte Carlo simulations to perform, etc.

CalME collects any number of project trials into a a "project" for management purposes. In this way, you can have different configurations, e.g., a 2-layer system, a 3-layer system, different layer materials, etc., for a given roadway project, all collected into a single CalME project for easy management and logical organization.

CalME creates a default project with one default trial when you first login. You use the controls below to change the default project and trial names and add an appropriate description for both.

You can add any number of additional projects with any number of trials.

The following is a description of the project-related controls:

•Loaded Project dropdown - used to select a CalME project

•Edit Project button - used to edit the selected CalME project

•Add Project - used to add a new CalME project

•Delete Project - used to delete the selected CalME project (CalME prevents you from deleting all projects)

•Save Project As - used to make a copy of the selected CalME project, including all of its trials

The following is a description of the trial-related controls:

•Loaded Trial - used to select a trial contained in the selected CalME project

•Save Trial As - used to make a copy of the selected trial that will be added to the list of trials in the selected CalME project

•Trial Title hyperlink - used to edit atrial

•Delete button - used to delete a trial

The question mark in the blue circle in the upper-right of the control group allows you to get help on the controls (this topic).