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Deterministic and stochastic life-cycle cost analysis for Otta seal surface treatment on low volume roads

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The US has a considerable length of unpaved secondary roads experiencing relatively low daily traffic volume. To maintain such roads, the US county secondary road departments spend millions of funds annually for aggregate replacement alone. Meanwhile, Otta seal has been reported as a low-cost bituminous surface treatment (BST) and dust mitigation technique. In consideration of its limited use in the US, Otta seal could be compared with chip seal, which is a commonly used BST in the US, from an economic viability perspective. In this study, through using the Minnesota case, a life-cycle cost analysis was conducted at two levels: (I) deterministic life-cycle cost analysis and (II) stochastic life-cycle cost analysis. Based on the analysis results, it was concluded that the Otta seal could potentially be an economic viable BST, and public agencies could use it to reduce maintenance cost of low-volume roads, especially when gaining access to uniformly graded aggregate, which is commonly not feasible for chip seal.

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Acknowledgments

The authors gratefully acknowledge the sponsorship for this research study from the Iowa Highway Research Board (TR-674). The project technical advisory committee members, Paul Assman, Brandon Billings, Lee Bjerke, Scott Cline, Zach Gunsolley, Brian Keierleber, James D. King, Todd Kinney, Patrick Mouw, Joshua Sebern, David Shanahan, Danny Waid, Vanessa Goetz, Francis Todey, and Jeff Williams are gratefully acknowledged for their guidance, support, and direction throughout the research. Technical guidance from Charles Øverby, chief engineer for Norwegian Public Roads, is sincerely appreciated. Troy Drath from Winona County Engineers Office, Minnesota is acknowledged for his generous help and sharing of information and experience. The authors would also like to sincerely thank Robert F. Steffes, research engineer at Iowa State University’s Institute for Transportation (InTrans).

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    Ali Nahvi, Yang Zhang, Ali Arabzadeh, Halil Ceylan, Sunghwan Kim, Charles T. Jahren & Sharif Y. Gushgari

  2. CCEE, Iowa State University, 2711 S Loop Dr, Ste. 4700, Ames, IA, 50010-8664, USA

    Douglas D. Gransberg

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Nahvi, A., Zhang, Y., Arabzadeh, A. et al. Deterministic and stochastic life-cycle cost analysis for Otta seal surface treatment on low volume roads. Int. J. Pavement Res. Technol. 12, 101–109 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42947-019-0013-4

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