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The Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG) consists of transferring pavement mechanical responses such as stresses and strains into predicted distresses. The nationally calibrated models for rutting, bottom-Up fatigue cracking, top-down fatigue cracking, Internation…

The Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT), with the help of the Western Regional Superpave Center (WRSC) began steps toward implementing the Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG). NDOT is transitioning from AASHTO 1993 design methods to the newer state of the …