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