Comparative pavement life cycle assessment with parameter uncertainty Academic Article

abstract

• We present a comparative life cycle assessment of pavements considering measurement uncertainty and the data-quality uncertainty. We account for the uncertainty due to the prediction of roughness over pavement lifetime and propagate the consequence into the overall footprint. The uncertainty propagation is conducted using a Monte Carlo simulation. Making use of a comparison indicator, the difference in the environmental impacts of two alternative designs is statistically characterized taking into account the correlation in the input parameters. The contribution of different phases and their associated uncertainty characterized and compared for two pavements. 2013 Elsevier Ltd.

authors

• Noshadravan, Arash

published proceedings

• TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART D-TRANSPORT AND ENVIRONMENT

altmetric score

• 1

author list (cited authors)

• Noshadravan, A., Wildnauer, M., Gregory, J., & Kirchain, R.

citation count

• 71

complete list of authors

• Noshadravan, Arash||Wildnauer, Margaret||Gregory, Jeremy||Kirchain, Randolph

publication date

• January 2013

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Transportation Research  Journal

keywords

• Comparative Impact Assessment
• Life Cycle Analysis
• Road Pavement
• Uncertainty Quantification

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.trd.2013.10.002

start page

• 131

end page

• 138

volume

• 25

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2013.10.002