• Contents
  • Search
  • About This Manual
  • Introduction To CalME
  • CalME Change Management
  • Getting Started
    • Design Inputs
    • Critical Concepts
    • Typical Design Process
      • New Constructions
      • Rehabilitations
    • Design Examples and Case Studies
      • New Constructions
        • Example N01: HMA/AB/SG
          • Example N01.1: Thicker AB
          • Example N01.2: Use RHMA-G surface
          • Example N01.3: Use Soil Stabilization
          • Example N01.4: Use Aggregate Subbase
          • N01 Design Summary
      • Rehabilibation Projects
        • Example R01: Old Flexible Pavement
          • Design Alternatives
          • Example R01.1: Mill and Overlay and Remove HMA and Replace
          • Example R01.2: FDR and Overlay
          • R01 Design Summary
        • Example R02: Old Composite Pavement
          • Design Alternatives
          • Example R02.1: Remove HMA and Replace
          • Example R02.2: Mill and Overlay
          • R02 Design Summary
        • Example R03: Old Rigid Pavement
      • Case Studies
        • CS-R01: Inyo 395 Rehabilitation Near Fish Springs
          • Design Inputs
          • Alternatives Under Consideration
          • Logistics and Overall Strategy
          • Design Alternatives
            • Overlay Only
              • Three Layer System
              • Two Layer System
            • Remove HMA and Replace
            • FDR and Overlay
            • CCPR with Subgrade Stabilization
          • CS-R01 Design Summary
    • Training Videos
  • User Interface
    • Global Controls
    • Projects Tab
      • Manage DB Projects
      • Load a CalBack Exported File
      • Load a CalME Input file
    • Input Tab
      • Project Information
        • Project Information Page
        • Location
        • Traffic
        • Climate Zone
        • Pavement Structure
        • Edit Pavement Layer Material Properties
      • Simulation Parameters
        • Simulation Parameters Page
        • General
        • Simulation Type
        • Performance Criteria
        • Reflection Cracking
        • Specification Type
        • Monte Carlo Variability
        • M&R Planning
    • ME Design Page
      • Mechanistic-Empirical (ME)
    • Tools Page
      • Material Library
      • Calculators
      • CalFP-Web
      • CalAC-Web
    • Reports
      • Problem Description
      • CalFP
      • CalAC
      • ME
      • General Time Series
    • Graphs
      • Rutting
      • Cracking
      • Modulus
      • Fatigue
      • Permanent Deformation
  • Introduction to Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design
    • Evolution of Pavement Design Methods
    • Components of Mechanistic-Empirical Design Method
    • Response Models
    • Damage Models
    • Transfer Function
    • ME Design Process
  • CalME Models and Procedures
    • Technical Overview
      • The Incremental Recursive Procedure
      • Accounting for Uncertanties
      • Put it All Together
    • Response Models
      • Critical Strain for Reflective Cracking
    • Damage Models
      • Time hardening procedure
    • Transfer Functions
      • Surface Cracking
        • Fatigue Cracking
        • Reflective Cracking
        • Total Surface Cracking
      • Surface Rutting
    • Built-in Databases
      • Standard Materials Library
        • Mateiral Models and Classification
        • Generic Pavement Materials and Models
          • Heat Transfer
          • Linar Elasticity
          • List of Generic Pavement Materials
        • Asphaltic Materials and Models
          • Asphaltic Stiffness Master Curve
            • Flow chart for determining asphalt modulus
          • Asphaltic Binder Viscosity Aging
          • Asphaltic Fatigue and Refltive Cracking Damage
            • Flowchart for fatigue damage
            • Rest Period Effect on Asphaltic Damage
            • Effect of Thermal Strain
          • Asphaltic Permanent Deformation
            • Flowchart for permanent deformation of asphalt
          • Moisture Ingress Determination
          • List of Asphaltic Materials
        • Non-Asphaltic Bound Materials and Models
          • Non-Asphaltic Fatigue Damage
          • List of Generic Non-Asphaltic Bound Materials
          • Cementitiously Statilized Materials and Models
            • Cementitious Material Curing
            • Cementitious Matieral Fatigue Damage
            • Cementitious Material Crushing
            • Combining All Damages
            • List of Cement Stabilized Materials
            • Strength and Stiffness of Cementitiously Stabilized Materials
        • Unbound Materials and Models
          • Confinement Effect on Stiffness
          • Nonlinear Elasticity
            • Flowchart for modulus of unbound materials
          • Moisture Ingress Effect on Stiffness
          • Unbound Material Permanent Deformaton
          • List of Unbound Materials
        • Model Parameters
      • Climate
        • Temperature
          • Temperature Flowchart
        • Climate Zones
      • Traffic
        • Load Spectrum
        • TI to Axle Group Count
        • Daily Axle Group Count
        • Truck Count
        • List of Load Spectra
        • Other Assumptions and Limitations
    • Field Calibration
      • Calibration Approach
      • What to Calibrate
      • Calibration of Transfer Function
      • Calibration of Within Project Variabilities
      • Calibration of Between Project Variability
      • Summary of Cracking Calibration
  • Acronyms
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