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DowelCondition

StreetPave 12
Report for Concrete Pavement Design
Project Name: Cantarranas - Talanga
Route: Ruta 73, San Juan de Flores - Talanga
Location: Francisco Morazan, Honduras
Project Description: Revisión Diseño: Ruta 73, San Juan de Flores - Tal
Owner/Agency: Ingenieros Consultores S. de R.L. (INCONSUL)
Design Engineer: Ing. Osmar Castellanos

Recommended Concrete Pavement Design

Min. Required Thickness = 6.25 in
Design Thickness = 6.50 in
Max. Joint Spacing = 11.85 ft
Failure Controlled By = Cracking

Rounding Considerations:

Thickness Adjustment Thickness (in.) Reliability at Specified Theoretical Life at Specified

Design Life (%) Reliability (yrs)

Rounded-Down 6.00 99.9 10

None (As-Designed) 6.25 80 20
Rounded-Up (Recommended) 6.50 99.9 35

Inputs
Design Life: 20 years

Reliability
Reliability: 80 %
Percent of Slabs Cracked at End of Design Life: 10 %

Traffic
Traffic Category: Major Arterial
Direction Distribution: 50
Design Lane Distribution: 100
Trucks per Day (two-way, at time of construction): 174 per day

Truck Traffic Growth: 4 % per year

Rigid ESALs = 672,941

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Support Conditions

Subgrade
CBR (California Bearing Ratio) 5
Calculated Resilient Modulus of the Subgrade 5,842 psi

Subbase

Top Layer: Unstabilized Subbase

Modulus: 27,368 psi
Thickness : 6 in

Layer 2: Not Selected

Modulus: 0 psi
Thickness: 0 in

Layer 3: Not Selected

Modulus: 0 psi
Thickness: 0 in

Composite Modulus of Subgrade Reaction (k-Value):

k= 321 psi/in

Concrete Properties

28-Day Flexural Strength (MR): 657 psi

Macrofibers in Concrete? No
Residual Strength: N/A %

Modulus of Elasticity (E): 4,434,750 psi

Modulus of Elasticity (E) = 6750 x MR

Design Features

Load Transfer Devices (Dowel Bars)? No

Diameter = NA

Edge Support Provided? Yes

(e.g., tied concrete shoulder, curb and gutter, or widened lane)

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Fatigue & Erosion Calculations
Traffic Category: Major Arterial Cracking Analysis Faulting Analysis
Axle Axles per Expected Stress Allowable Fatigue Allowable Erosion
Load, kips 1000 Trucks Repetitions Ratio Repetitions Consumed Power Repetitions Consumed

Single Axles
34 0.19 180 0.717 598 30.09 55.936 30907 0.58
32 0.54 511 0.677 1416 36.08 49.549 43734 1.17
30 0.63 596 0.637 4035 14.77 43.549 63582 0.94
28 1.78 1684 0.597 14614 11.53 37.937 95552 1.76
26 3.52 3331 0.557 72780 4.58 32.711 149721 2.22
24 4.16 3936 0.517 558152 0.71 27.872 247799 1.59
22 9.69 9169 0.476 7799685 0.12 23.421 442379 2.07
20 41.82 39572 0.435 257144966 0.02 19.356 884460 4.47
18 68.27 64601 0.394 unlimited 0 15.679 2143606 3.01
16 57.07 54003 0.353 unlimited 0 12.388 7893850 0.68
Tandem Axles
60 0.57 539 0.531 247800 0.22 42.907 66408 0.81
56 1.07 1012 0.498 1699192 0.06 37.377 99896 1.01
52 1.79 1694 0.465 18762438 0.01 32.228 156754 1.08
48 3.03 2867 0.431 395248603 0 27.46 260009 1.1
44 3.52 3331 0.397 unlimited 0 23.074 465803 0.72
40 20.31 19218 0.363 unlimited 0 19.07 936953 2.05
36 78.19 73987 0.329 unlimited 0 15.446 2298638 3.22
32 109.54 103652 0.294 unlimited 0 12.205 8757256 1.18
28 95.79 90641 0.26 unlimited 0 9.344 485681295 0.02
24 71.16 67335 0.225 unlimited 0 6.865 unlimited 0
Tridem Axles

78 0 0 0.464 19602472 0 29.363 209783 0

72 0 0 0.43 416249296 0 25.019 353368 0
66 0 0 0.397 unlimited 0 21.023 648961 0
60 0 0 0.363 unlimited 0 17.374 1363866 0
54 0 0 0.328 unlimited 0 14.073 3667978 0
48 0 0 0.294 unlimited 0 11.12 18683260 0
42 0 0 0.259 unlimited 0 8.513 unlimited 0
36 0 0 0.224 unlimited 0 6.255 unlimited 0
30 0 0 0.189 unlimited 0 4.344 unlimited 0
24 0 0 0.153 unlimited 0 2.78 unlimited 0
Total Fatigue Used %: 98.17 Total Erosion Used %: 29.71

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