AASHO Interim Guide Method.

The method of design in the AASHO Interim

Guide (1) was developed subsequent to the AASHO Road Test (6). The equa -
tion used to extend the AASHO data deals with stresses for a comer load. Fur -
ther, Poisson's ratio was assumed to be 0.2 and the distance from the comer to the
center of the load was taken as 10 inches.*
In the method it is assumed that the traffic mix for a given highway can be
converted to an equivalent single-wheel load as was described in Chapter 4 of this
book. Figures 17.4 and 17.5 present two design charts for easy solution of the
AASHO equations: for terminal serviceabilities of 2.0 (secondary roads) and 2.5
(primary roads). Working stress in the concrete is taken as 0.75 X MR.
Table 17.5 shows thickness requirements by the AASHO method for various
parameters of traffic, material properties, and so on. These are shown to demon-
. The equation, although not presented here, is similar to that developed by Westergaard.
The reader is referred to Chapter 3, equation 3.47 for the Westergaard equation.