Rutting Performance of Pavement under Autonomous Vehicle Consideration

Rutting also referred as permanent deformation has always been a concern in the asphalt pavement industry. Prevalence of rutting is the sign of inefficient functioning of the roadways. Various studies are being performed for the rutting analysis and nowadays, rutting related studies are more inclined to autonomous vehicles. The introduction of autonomous vehicles on the prevailing pavements may raise countless questions regarding the distress free functioning of pavement. Lateral as well as longitudinal wandering of the autonomous vehicles are top concerns on the rutting related analysis of the pavement. Therefore, there is a great need for understanding rutting related behavior of pavement when it is loaded with autonomous vehicles. This paper assumes various conditions related to automated vehicles and quantifies the rutting encountered when there is shift from man drive vehicle to autonomous vehicles.