CE 420 Pavement Design Assignment

1.) A highway has the following pavement design daily traffic:

300-single axles at 10,000 lb each

120-single axles at 18,000 lb each
100-single axles at 23,000 lb each
100-tandem axles at 32,000 lb each
30 - single axles at 32,000 lb each
100-triple axles at 40,000 lb each

A flexible pavement is designed to have 4 inches of sand-mix asphalt wearing surface, 6

inches of soil cement base, and 7 inches of crushed stone subbase. The pavement has a
10-year design life, a reliability of 85%, an overall standard deviation of 0.30, drainage
coefficients of 1.0, an initial PSI of 4.7, and a TSI of 2.5. What is the minimum acceptable
soil resilient modulus?

2.) Consider the loading conditions in problem 1. A rigid pavement is used with a modulus of
subgrade reaction of 200 lb/in3, a slab thickness of 8 inches, a load transfer coefficient of
3.2, a modulus of elasticity of 5 million lb/in2, a modulus of rupture of 600 psi, and a
drainage coefficient of 1.0. How many years would the pavement be expected to last
using the same reliability as in problem no. 1? (Assume all other factors are as in problem
no. 1)