ASSESSMENT OF THE BEARING CAPACITY OF THE SUBGRADE

4.1. The support of the pavement system consists of earthworks of subgrades, according to
stipulations of STAS 2914 and eventually a capping layer, according to stipulations of STAS
12253 and with a view of design is characterized by deformability characteristics: dynamic
modulus of elasticity and Poisson’s coefficient.

4.2. The subgrade deformability characteristics are established depending on type of soil,
climatic type of the area the road is located and hydrological regime of the pavement road.

4.2.1 The soil types, according to STAS 1243, are given in table 1.

Table 1. The soil types based on soil rating

Category of Type of Soil rating Index of Particle size distribution

the soil soil according to plasticity Clay Dust Sand
STAS 1243 Ip % % % %
Non- P1 Gravel with Lower of 10 with or without fines lower of 0.5 mm
cohesive P2 sand 10…20 with fines lower of 0.5 mm
Dusty sand,
P3 0…20 0…30 0…50 35…100
clayey sand
Dust, sandy
dust, clayey
P4 0…25 0…30 35…100 0…50
dust, clayey
Cohesive
sandy dust
Clay, dusty
clay, sandy
P5 Higher of 15 30…100 0…70 0…70
clay, dusty
sandy clay