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Year: 2002 | Volume: 1 | Issue: 2 | Page No.: 180-187
DOI: 10.3923/itj.2002.180.187
Modeling Deflection Basin Using Neurofuzzy in Backcaluculating Flexible Pavement Layer Moduli
Mehmet Saltan

Abstract: Flexible pavement surface condition date play a principle role in the evaluation of pavement structural capacity and in the design of pavement rehabilitation programs. Flexible pavements are affected by moving vehicles, climate and other environmental factors. As a result of these factors, the pavement starts to deteriorate. In order to prevent further deterioration, a maintenance program should be carried out at right time and right places. For the determination of the structural carrying capacity of the pavement, non-destructive testing equipments are used. In such a process, the most important thing is to analyse the collected data. A backcalculation procedure is carried out for back-calculation elastic modules for each layer effective in the pavement life. The input data are usually restricted to the pavement surface deflection or its basin obtained by Nondestructive testing as the Falling Weight Deflectometer (FWD). Generally, linear elastic and finite element based programs are used for back-calculating, but they are both time consuming. It is also important to simulate deflection basin realistically in backcalculating pavement layer moduli. For this purpose, NeuroFuzzy method is used for simulation deflection basin during the course of this study. Results indicate that the NeuroFuzzy can be used for backcalculation of flexible pavement layer moduli with great improvement and accuracy.

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Mehmet Saltan , 2002. Modeling Deflection Basin Using Neurofuzzy in Backcaluculating Flexible Pavement Layer Moduli. Information Technology Journal, 1: 180-187.

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