Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Design Methods for Rigid and Flexible Pavement: A Case Study of Urban Road

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Technical University, Afghanistan </span> <span class="orcid"> <svg class="orcid_icon" viewBox="0 0 256 256" aria-hidden="true"> <style type="text/css"> .st0{fill:#A6CE39;} .st1{fill:#FFFFFF;} </style> <path class="st0" d="M256,128c0,70.7-57.3,128-128,128C57.3,256,0,198.7,0,128C0,57.3,57.3,0,128,0C198.7,0,256,57.3,256,128z"/> <g> <path class="st1" d="M86.3,186.2H70.9V79.1h15.4v48.4V186.2z"/> <path class="st1" d="M108.9,79.1h41.6c39.6,0,57,28.3,57,53.6c0,27.5-21.5,53.6-56.8,53.6h-41.8V79.1z M124.3,172.4h24.5 c34.9,0,42.9-26.5,42.9-39.7c0-21.5-13.7-39.7-43.7-39.7h-23.7V172.4z"/> <path class="st1" d="M88.7,56.8c0,5.5-4.5,10.1-10.1,10.1c-5.6,0-10.1-4.6-10.1-10.1c0-5.6,4.5-10.1,10.1-10.1 C84.2,46.7,88.7,51.3,88.7,56.8z"/> </g> </svg> <a href="https://orcid.org/0009-0003-0712-484X" target="_blank"> https://orcid.org/0009-0003-0712-484X </a> </span> </li> <li> <span class="name"> Shahzada Ulfat </span> <span class="affiliation"> Department of Civil Engineering, Kandahar University, Afghanistan </span> </li> <li> <span class="name"> Zainullah Serat </span> <span class="affiliation"> Department of Energy Engineering, Ghazni Technical University, Afghanistan </span> </li> <li> <span class="name"> Mohammad Ashraf Armal </span> <span class="affiliation"> Department of Civil Engineering, Ghazni Technical University, Afghanistan </span> </li> </ul> </section> <section class="item doi"> <h2 class="label"> DOI: </h2> <span class="value"> <a href="https://doi.org/10.47852/bonviewAAES32021264"> https://doi.org/10.47852/bonviewAAES32021264 </a> </span> </section> <section class="item keywords"> <h2 class="label"> Keywords: </h2> <span class="value"> rigid and flexible pavement, cost-effectiveness, design parameters, design methods </span> </section> <section class="item abstract"> <h2 class="label">Abstract</h2> <p>Roads play a vital role in a country's economic, cultural, and social development, with significant budget allocations financial each year. Expenses for road construction include design, material acquisition, construction equipment, maintenance, rehabilitation, and overall operations, requiring substantial government investment. A meticulous evaluation of alternatives is essential before implementing such projects. This study aims to comprehensively analyze the cost-effectiveness of three design methods (AASHTO, AI, PCA) on an 8 km urban road, considering initial construction costs. Traffic data collected over two years resulted in a total estimated traffic load of 2.16 x 10<sup>6</sup>聽ESAL for the road. The findings indicate that flexible pavement is more cost-effective than rigid pavement. Among flexible pavement design methods (AASHTO and AI), AI emerges as the most cost-effective. For rigid pavement design methods (AASHTO and PCA), PCA proves to be the most cost-effective, while rigid pavement stands out as the most expensive option.</p> <p>聽</p> <p><strong>Received:</strong> 22 June 2023 | <strong>Revised:</strong> 3 August 2023 | <strong>Accepted:</strong> 15 August 2023</p> <p>聽</p> <p><strong>Conflicts of Interest </strong></p> <p>The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest to this work.</p> <p>聽</p> <p><strong>Data Availability Statement</strong></p> <p>Data available on request from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.</p> </section> <br /><div class="separator"></div><div class="item abstract" id="trendmd-suggestions"></div><script defer src='//js.trendmd.com/trendmd.min.js' data-trendmdconfig='{"website_id":"89270", "element":"#trendmd-suggestions"}'></script> </div> <div class="entry_details"> <div class="item cover_image"> <div class="sub_item"> <a href="https://ojs.bonviewpress.com/index.php/AAES/issue/view/87"> <img src="https://ojs.bonviewpress.com/public/journals/11/cover_issue_87_en_US.png" alt=""> </a> </div> </div> <div class="item galleys"> <h2 class="pkp_screen_reader"> Downloads </h2> <ul class="value galleys_links"> <li> <a class="obj_galley_link pdf" href="https://ojs.bonviewpress.com/index.php/AAES/article/view/1264/605"> PDF </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="item published"> <section class="sub_item"> <h2 class="label"> Published </h2> <div class="value"> <span>2023-08-16</span> </div> </section> </div> <div class="item issue"> <section class="sub_item"> <h2 class="label"> Issue </h2> <div class="value"> <a class="title" href="https://ojs.bonviewpress.com/index.php/AAES/issue/view/87"> Vol. 2 No. 3 (2024) </a> </div> </section> <section class="sub_item"> <h2 class="label"> Section </h2> <div class="value"> Research Articles </div> </section> </div> <div class="item copyright"> <h2 class="label"> License </h2> <p>Copyright (c) 2023 Authors</p> <a rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" src="//i.creativecommons.org/l/by/4.0/88x31.png" /></a><p>This work is licensed under a <a rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License</a>.</p> </div> <div class="item citation"> <section class="sub_item citation_display"> <h2 class="label"> How to Cite </h2> <div class="value"> <div id="citationOutput" role="region" aria-live="polite"> <div class="csl-bib-body"> <div class="csl-entry">Ziar, A., Ulfat, S., Serat, Z., & Armal, M. 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