DESIGN CURVES FOR FLEXIBLE PAVEMENTS BASED ON LAYERED SYSTEM THEORY
A SERIES OF DESIGN CURVES FOR 18,000 LB AXLE LOADING IS BASED ON THE THREE-LAYER ELASTIC THEORY AND TAKES A FATIGUE FACTOR INTO ACCOUNT. THE DESIGN METHOD PROVIDES A PAVEMENT THICKNESS WHICH IS ADEQUATE TO PREVENT FAILURE AT CRITICAL LOCATIONS IN THE PAVEMENT STRUCTURE CONSIDERATION BEING GIVEN TO THE EXTENT OF STRAIN /DISPLACEMENT/ IN THE SUBGRADE AND MAGNITUDE OF TENSILE STRAIN AT THE BASE OF THE ASPHALT SURFACING. WITHIN CALCULABLE LIMITS SURFACING AND BASE CAN BE REPLACED BY EACH OTHER. EXAMPLES DEMONSTRATE THE USE OF THESE PRINCIPLES FOR WEAK AND STRONG PAVEMENTS. /RRL/
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Authors:
- Dorman, G M
- METCALF
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Discussers:
- Peattie, K R
- Publication Date: 1965
Media Info
- Media Type: Print
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: pp 69-84
- Monograph Title: Flexible pavement design; 1963 and 1964
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Serial:
- Highway Research Record
- Issue Number: 71
- Publisher: Highway Research Board
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Asphalt; Base course (Pavements); Bituminous mixtures; Curves (Geometry); Design; Dislocation (Geology); Elasticity (Mechanics); Fatigue (Mechanics); Flexibility; Flexible pavements; Pavement design; Pavement layers; Pavements; Subgrade (Pavements); Surface course (Pavements); Surfacing; Systems; Tension; Theory; Thickness
- Uncontrolled Terms: Base; Flexible; Pavement thickness; Tensile stress
- Old TRIS Terms: Design data; Elastic theory; Layered system mechanics
- Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Pavements;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00205421
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: Dec 12 1994 12:00AM