Investigation of the correlation between drainage condition and pavement performance

Abstract

One of pavement deterioration causes is the lack of road drainage maintenance. Road drainage system has a function to dry the pavement thus water can flow as quickly as possible out of the road surface and then flow through the channel to the final disposal. Road distress will interfere the comfort and safety ride and affect the pavement structure performance and quality. This research aims to identify and analyze the influence of drainage conditions through road pavement structures distress using Pavement Condition Index (PCI) method in Jakarta. The method used is a field research with primary data in the form of road distress survey that will be evaluated using PCI and analyzed using factorial experiment design. The research results using Design of Experiments shows that the main factors which greatly influence the road distress is drainage conditions, PCI score and surface water condition. Most of the surveyed region has a "good" PCI score and "routine maintenance" type.