Acronyms
AC - Asphalt Concrete
CIPR - cold in-place recycling
CoV - Coefficient of Variation
D80 - 80th percentile deflection under the California Deflectometer
DCP - Dynamic Cone Penetrometer
DGAC - Dense Graded Asphalt Concrete
DWMAT - Damage Weighted Mean Annual Temperature
EICM - Enhanced Integrated Climate Model
ESAL - Equivalent Standard Axle Load
FDR-FA - full depth reclamation with foam asphalt
FDR-PC - full depth reclamation with Portland cement
FWD - Falling Weight Deflectometer
GPI - Geosynthetic Pavement Interlayer, also known as SAMI-F (Stress Absorbing Membrane Interlayer – Fabric)
HMA - Hot Mix Asphalt
HRAC - hot recycled asphalt concrete, also know as HIPR (hot in-place recycling)
HVS - Heavy Vehicle Simulator
Incr - grade increase
IRI - International Roughness Index
MDD - Multi Depth Deflectometer
ME - Mechanistic-empirical
mean of logarithmic normal distribution is the geometric mean (10mean of logarithms)
MEPDG - Mechanistic Empirical Pavement Design Guide
NMAS - Nominal Maximum Aggregate Size
PAB - pulverized aggregate base, also know as full depth reclamation without stabilzation
PM - Caltrans postmile, e.g., 1.000, R12.456R
RES GE - residual gravel equivalent
RMS - Root Mean Square
RPI - Rubberized Pavement Interlayer, also known as SAMI-R (Rubberized Stress Absorbing Membrane Interlayer)
sdf -standard deviation factor or geometric standard deviation (10standard deviation of the logarithms)
TI -Traffic Index
UCPRC - University of California Pavement Research Center
USCS - Unified Soil Classification System
WIM - Weigh In Motion