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28 Pavement Design
28 Pavement Design
CE 453 Lecture 28
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Objectives
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AASHTO Pavement Design
Method Considerations
Pavement Performance
Traffic
Roadbed Soil
Materials of Construction
Environment
Drainage
Reliability
Life-Cycle Costs
Shoulder Design
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Two Categories of Roadway Pavements
Rigid Pavement
Flexible Pavement
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Advantages of Rigid Pavement
Good durability
Long service life
Withstand repeated flooding and
subsurface water without deterioration
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Disadvantages of Rigid Pavement
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Flexible Pavement Typical
Applications
Traffic lanes
Auxiliary lanes
Ramps
Parking areas
Frontage roads
Shoulders
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Advantages to Flexible Pavement
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Basic AASHTO Flexible
Pavement Design Method
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Basic AASHTO Rigid Pavement
Design Method
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Variables included in
Nomographs
Reliability, R
Incorporates a degree of certainty
into design process
Ensures various design alternatives will
last the analysis period
Resilient Modulus for Roadbed Soil,
MR
Generally obtained from laboratory
testing
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Variables included in
Nomographs
Effective Modulus of Sub-Grade
Reaction, k
Considers:
1. Sub-base type
2. Sub-base thickness
3. Loss of support
4. Depth to rigid foundation
Drainage Coefficient, mi
Use in layer thickness determination
Applies only to base and sub-base
See Tables 20.15 (flexible) and 21.9 (rigid)
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Flexible Pavement Design
Pavement structure is a multi-layered elastic
system, material is characterized by certain
properties
Modulus of elasticity
Resilient modulus
Poisson ratio
Wheel load causes stress distribution (fig 20.2)
Horizontal: tensile or compressive
Vertical: maximum are compressive, decrease with
depth
Temperature distribution: affects magnitude of
stresses
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Components
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Sensitivity Analysis
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OTHER ISSUES
Drainage
Joints
Grooving (noise vs. hydroplaning)
Rumble strips
Climate
Level and type of usage
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FAILURE EXAMPLES
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FATIGUE CRACKING
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RUTTING
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SHOVING
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PUMPING
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