Optimal condition-based maintenance of asphalt concrete pavements

Optimal condition-based maintenance of asphalt concrete pavements

van Aggelen, Michele (TU Delft Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering)

De Schutter, B.H.K. (mentor)
van den Boom, A.J.J. (graduation committee)
Nunez, Alfredo (graduation committee)
Anupam, K. (graduation committee)

Delft University of Technology

Mechanical Engineering | Systems and Control

2022-01-31

Maintenance is a necessary measure to keep the asset, in this case a road network, in good condition. Spending too much on maintenance is clearly not efficient, while not spending enough may cause the condition to drop below a desired value; moreover, it will almost always cost more to correct the emerging damages afterwards.
In this report, a moving horizon optimization approach is presented as a conceptual model to improve the efficiency of maintenance of a road network, compared to the currently used maintenance approach.

Asset maintenance
Model Predictive Control
time instant optimization
genetic algorithm
asphalt-concrete pavements
degradation models

http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:c6395e64-9075-4d2b-911a-21d70980d5f5

Student theses

master thesis

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