DEVELOPMENT PHASE

The SARDS research project covered the following research focus areas and research topics

Research area Project title Project number Contractor
Integration project Integration of design subsystems and methodologies into an integrated design system SARDS/ILP PMC
Pavement Performance Information System The development and population of a pavement performance information system SARDS/PPIS MAS
Traffic demand analysis A tyre-pavement contact stress information system SARDS/A-1 CSIR
A traffic volume and axle load information system SARDS/A-2 TE
Guidelines on conducting traffic surveys and processing the data for the purpose of pavement design SARDS/A-3 CSIR
The effects of vehicle dynamics and vehicle speed on traffic input to the design method SARDS/A-4 TE
Material resilient response models Resilient response models for unbound material SARDS/B-1a PMC
Resilient response models for bituminous material SARDS/B-1b CSIR
Resilient response models for stabilised material SARDS/B-1c CSIR
Agreement between different methods of calibrating material response models, especially linear-elastic material models. SARDS/B-2 CSIR
Documentation on material testing, the interpretation of results, the derivation of design inputs and model calibration. SARDS/B-3 CSIR
Primary pavement response models Improved modelling of the complex tyre-pavement contact patch in terms of stress magnitude and contact area shape SARDS/C-1 CSIR
A benchmark of measured stresses and strains collected on a variety of pavements for various loading conditions SARDS/C-2 CSIR
Improved modelling of the primary resilient response of pavement systems SARDS/C-3 PMC
Damage models calibrated for the effects of field variables and traffic loads Improved damage models for bituminous material SARDS/D-1 CSIR
Improved damage models for unbound material including the pavement subgrade SARDS/D-2 PMC
Improved damage models for stabilised material SARDS/D-3 PMC
Cross-cutting topics An environmental and field variables information system incorporating the effects of spatial and time variation SARDS/E-1 CSIR
Guidelines on the collection and interpretation of statistical information SARDS/E-2 TE
Probabilistic, linear recursive and non-linear recursive simulation SARDS/E-3 PMC
A design input information system for pavement materials SARDS/E-4 PMC
Concrete and block pavements The inclusion of block-pavement performance simulation in the SARDS design system SARDS/CBP PMC
Improvements to concrete pavement performance simulation in the SARDS design system SARDS/CBP PMC
Seal design and performance simulation Materials and system modelling of seal performance including field verification. SARDS/SS CSIR