Analysis of a Double-Level Partitioning Method for Determining Pavement Condition Index of Airport Concrete Pavement

Abstract:

Aiming at the complexity of the previous pavement condition index(PCI) calculation using triple-level partitioning method of part-area-unit, a novel double-level partitioning method of partarea was proposed along with the analysis of its applicability. Area PCI was first calculated using doublelevel partitioning based on the data from 55 areas in 6 airports. The significance of area location, area size and different airports was then analyzed using single factor variance analysis. The results show that the double-level partitioning method is safety preferable with an average deviation of 1.04 compared with previous triple-level one. The proposed method has little influence on damage level evaluation. Part identification, area size, and airports also have no significant influence on calculation deviation. The double-level partitioning method is recommendable and could significantly reduce workload for pavement condition evaluation.

Key words:airport engineering; concrete pavement; pavement condition index(PCI); doublelevel partition method