Program Date 02/10/03

Rigid Pavement Design For AC Method

Airport Name: Any Airport Date: today's date
Associated City: Anywhere, USA
Design Firm: Engineer's Are Us Designer: Joe Engineer
AIP Number: 3-XX-XXX-XX
New Pavement Section Required Stabilized Subbase Is Not Required
0.0 PCC Thickness 650 psi New Concrete Flexural Strength
6.0 Stabilized Base
4.0 Subbase
0.0 Non-Frost Layer (free draining material)
Large Aircraft Parallel to Joints (standard design)
Overlay Sections
N/A Asphalt Overlay Thickness N/A Existing Slab Thickness
N/A Unbonded PCC without leveling course N/A PCC needed for existing section
N/A Unbonded PCC with leveling course N/A Existing Stabilized Subbase
N/A Bonded PCC N/A Existing Aggregate Subbase
N/A Existing Slab Flexural Strength
N/A F- Factor used in design
N/A Cr Factor
N/A Cb Factor

Frost Considerations (for new pavement section)

Dry Unit Weight of Soil (lb/cf ) 100
Degree Days F 250
Soil Frost Code Non-Frost Subgrade k-value was not modified for frost
Frost Depth Penetration (in) 22.53
k value on top of stabilized layer 253
k value on top of subbase layer 130
Original subgrade k value 100

Design Aircraft Information

None 20 Design Life (years)
0 lbs Gross Aircraft Weight
0 Equivalent Annual Departures

This software is currently under development and is not officially adopted as a FAA standard. Designs developed using this
program should be checked against AC 150/5320-6D to insure accuracy and conformance to existing standards
 FAA Rigid Airport Pavement Design
Design Pavement Section
PCC Pavement
Stabilized Subbase Layer
Aggregate Subbase Layer
Subgrade
L
ayer

To assure correct answers - complete each step in

numerical order. If data is changed in any given step,
complete each step below that step.

This software is currently under development and is not officially adopted as a FAA standard. Designs developed using this program
should be checked against AC 150/5320-6D to insure accuracy and conformance to existing standards
 CC Pavement
ized Subbase Layer
gate Subbase Layer
Subgrade
L
ayer

- complete each step in

changed in any given step,
that step.

gns developed using this program

rds
Step 4 ENTER AIRCRAT DATA
(below)

Enter up to 21 aircraft (in any order) See right for Large Aircraft Optional design

e.g. Citation IV

weight MTOW

Each Individual
User's name for

Gear type AC

Default
150/5320-6D
grouping ----

Max Takeoff

Required for
Departures

Thickness
(optional)

.
Aircraft

Aircraft

Aircraft
Annual
Weight
.
None 3 0 0 0.00
None 2 0 0 0.00
None 0 0 0.00
None 2 0 0 0.00
None 0 0 0.00
None 2 0 0 0.00
None 0 0 0.00
None 0 0 0.00
None 0 0 0.00
None 0 0 0.00
None 0 0 0.00
None 2 0 0 0.00
None 0 0 0.00
None 0 0 0.00
None 0 0 0.00
None 0 0 0.00
None 0 0 0.00
None 0 0 0.00
None 0 0 0.00
None 0 0 0.00
None 0 0 0.00
Large Aircraft Design
Gear Parallel to Joints (standard)

Gear Skew to Joints (optional)

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 Required thickness for None at 0 lbs k on top of all subbase = 253 psi PCC Flexural Strength = 650

18
PCC THICKNESS (in)

17.5

17.08
17.04
16.99
16.94
16.89
16.83
17

16.77
16.71
16.64
16.57
16.5
16.41

16.5
16.32
16.22
16.11
15.99

16

15.5

15
1

12

13

14

15
10

11

16
ANNUAL DEPARTURES
h = 650
 From Aircraft Table
Aircraft Gross Load GL 0 None 1
Factor RGL 0 Initial thickness guess 10.000000
% load on gear WLP 0 Final thickness 0.000000
Coverage Factor RCA 0
Gear Type IGEAR 0 this variable used to determine load configuration (edge or center)
# wheels per gear ITW 0 1 find RC values
RC0 0 0 0
RC1 0 0 0
RC2 0 0 0
RC0-2 0 0 Allowable Sig75 = 666.6667
RC1-2 0 0 B= #DIV/0!
RC2-2 0 0
annual departures 0 CONS = 1347.8497
years design 20 CT4 = 1347849.6743
CT4 check 1347849.6743
DF 1.3 Radius of Relative thickness RR= 34.0730
Flex Strength 650 650 <-- New PCC Flex check RR 34.0730
Poisson Ratio 0.15
Concrete Modulus 4,000,000 Stress TH2 #DIV/0!
check Th2 #DIV/0!
Subgrade k value 253 TH2^0.5 #DIV/0!
Difference #DIV/0!

addition for traffic

total passes for 20 yrs #DIV/0!
Bb = #DIV/0!
RH = #DIV/0!

Total thickness = 0.00000000

0 <--hidden value of thickness required for new design

Thick from new flex & exist section 0

6 Existing slab thickness thick from existing Flex & section 0
650 Existing Slab Strength
1 F Factor Err:502
0.85 Cr Factor 2
0.75 Cb Factor 0

0 thickness of AC overlay
#DIV/0! #DIV/0! thickness of unbonded PCC overlay without leveling course
#DIV/0! #DIV/0! Thickness of unbonded PCC overlay with leveling course
3 -6 Bonded

SUBGRADE K value as improved by Aggregate layer

Original k input starting K value
starting subgrade K value 100 100 if check for zero
 if check for zero 100 Frost k Thickness of stabilized layer
Thickness of aggregate layer 4.0 0.00
type of aggregate material 0
K<50 K > 50 S=
Y = 0.873695301 175 7.5
X = 2.088283195
sk for <50 122.5415009 SK for >50 130

Final SK to use 500 or less 130

130
4.0
 departure thickness rounded x-grid xgrid
LOOKUP AIRCRAFT DATA 3000 3000 15.985085 15 15.99 3000 15
0 3400 16.110169 16.11 3000 18
0 3800 16.221324 16.22 3400 18
0 4200 16.321344 16.32 3400 15
0 4600 16.412258 16.41 3800 15
0 5000 16.495587 16.5 3800 18
0 5400 16.5725 16.57 4200 18
0 5800 16.643914 16.64 4200 15
0 6200 16.710563 16.71 4600 15
0 6600 16.773044 16.77 4600 18
0 7000 16.831847 16.83 5000 18
0 7400 16.887382 16.89 5000 15
0 7800 16.939992 16.94 5400 15
8200 16.989971 16.99 5400 18
8600 17.037569 17.04 5800 18
9000 9000 17.083002 18 17.08 5800 15
USED TO MAKE CHART 6200 15
Required thickness for None at 0 lbs k 6200 18
6600 18
0.00 6600 15
7000 15
7000 18
7400 18
7400 15
7800 15
7800 18
8200 18
8200 15
8600 15
0.00000000 8600 18
9000 18
ss required for new design 9000 15

used for overlay design

used for light aircraft issues
<-- cell used for light aircraft minimum thickness notification

Stabilized subbase material

starting K value 130
if check for zero 130
ckness of stabilized layer 6.0

K<50 K > 50 S =
Y = 0.6982324041 232.83 10
X = 2.3382733538
sk for <50 217.90808989 SK for >50 252.82919

Final SK to use 500 or less 252.82919

253
6.0
xlabels PSI PSI thickness rounded x-grid xgrid xlabels
15 500 500 19.550704 14 19.55 500 14 14
15 520 19.045606 19.05 500 20 14
15 540 18.570715 18.57 520 20 14
15 560 18.123207 18.12 520 14 14
15 580 17.70061 17.7 540 14 14
15 600 17.300752 17.3 540 20 14
15 620 16.921712 16.92 560 20 14
15 640 16.561789 16.56 560 14 14
15 660 16.219466 16.22 580 14 14
15 680 15.893389 15.89 580 20 14
15 700 15.582345 15.58 600 20 14
15 720 15.285239 15.29 600 14 14
15 740 15.001088 15 620 14 14
15 760 14.728998 14.73 620 20 14
15 780 14.468161 14.47 640 20 14
15 800 800 14.217842 20 14.22 640 14 14
USED TO MAKE CHART 660 14
Required thickness for None at 0 lbs k 660 20
680 20
680 14
700 14
700 20
720 20
720 14
740 14
740 20
760 20
760 14
780 14
780 20
800 20
800 14
 Required thickness for None at 0 lbs k on top of all subbase = 253 psi 0 departures -- subgrade k = 100
20
19.55

19.05
PCC THICKNESS (in)

19
18.57

18.12

18 17.7

17.3

17 16.92

16.56

16.22

15.89
16

15.58

15.29

15

14.73
15

14.47

14.22
14
1

12

13

14

16
10

11

15
PCC Flexural Strength
k = 100
Any Airport AIP Number AC Method
Anywhere, USA 3-XX-XXX-XX today's date
Engineer's Are Us Joe Engineer
INPUT VALUES

% load on main gear

Gear Type (code)

Computed wheel
MTOW used by
weight MTOW

Load of aircraft
Gear type AC

design Aircraft
Equiv. annual
Departures of
150/5320-6D

departures of
grouping ----

Max Takeoff
Widebody?

Departures

equiv gear
Aircraft

Annual

design
Design Aircraft --- /---
Additional aircraft
n None 3 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0
n None 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0
n None 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0
n None 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0
n None 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0
n None 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0
n None 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0
n None 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0
n None 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0
n None 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0
n None 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0
n None 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0
n None 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0
n None 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0
n None 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0
n None 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0
n None 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0
n None 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0
n None 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0
n None 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0
n None 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0
Equivalent Annual Departures of the None 0