Abstract:
Highway pavement is the main part of highway assets ; therefore it needs to be maintained annually by testing and finding out the minor deteriorations to prolong the life time of construction. After a detailed literature review, it was revealed that there was a significant difference on allocation budget and quality, as well as life time of pavement before and after applying the appropriate kind of treatment. Therefore, this study focuses on applying a technique, namely fuzzy logic, in this area and developing it to conduct highway pavement maintenance by utilizing its ability to get the feasible solutions. The thesis presents the initial step in the chain of determining the optimal treatment in terms of limited budget. Most of this stage is dependent on experts opinions under the particular analyzing, then building up a model of fuzzy logic with the popular deteriorated index as inputs, applying the raw data from the Department of Highway (DOH), analyzing the data and getting the output as the appropriate applied treatments. Also, the results of the model have been checked by an experienced expert to verify their practical application. This study helps to widen the research direction of fuzzy logic into pavement maintenance management as well as to estimate its applications
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