Evaluación funcional de pavimento rígido tramo avenida Loja (Cuenca)

Abstract

This thesis project contains a brief description of the pavements types, focusing on everything related to rigidness of the pavement, including the types of deterioration together with the different methods to perform a functional assessment of rigid pavement, presenting the PCI method with the ASTM D6433 standard. This method presents a complete methodology for the evaluation and objective qualification of the pavement, this allows to obtain an objective and realistic evaluation of the trip quality that will be had during the vehicle passage through the studied route. The surfaces conditions of the rigid pavement of Loja Ave., Las Americas Ave. – 10 de Agosto Ave., were determined in this work. As a result of the investigation, the existing deteriorations were identified and quantified, knowing their level of occurrence and severity, obtaining an integrity index and operational condition of the Loja Avenue; To process the information, two methods were used, obtaining the following qualifications: Section 1 Avenue of Las Americas - Don Bosco Avenue: (Right lane) 84 "Very Good" – (Left lane) 86 "Excellent", Section 2 Don Bosco Avenue – 1ero de Mayo Avenue: 46 "Regular" and Section 3 1ro de Mayo Avenue - 10 Agosto Avenue: 62 "Good", attached to this evaluation was included a photographic record of the deteriorations found for a better understanding of readers.