RESEARCH INTO THE DESIGN OF FLEXIBLE ROAD PAVEMENTS

THIS PAPER CONSIDERS THE BASIC PRINCIPLES INVOLVED IN THE DESIGN OF FLEXIBLE ROAD PAVEMENTS AND REVIEWS THE PROGRESS WHICH HAS BEEN MADE IN APPLICATION OF ELASTIC THEORY TO THIS PROBLEM. INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION IN THIS FIELD REQUIRES UNIFIED METHODS OF EVALUATING TRAFFIC AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF MORE WIDELY ACCEPTABLE CRITERIA FOR JUDGING PAVEMENT PERFORMANCE. IN THE LATTER CONNECTION THE AMERICAN CONCEPT OF A PRESENT SERVICEABILITY INDEX IS NOT CONSIDERED FULLY SATISFACTORY. BRITISH FULL-SCALE PAVEMENT DESIGN EXPERIMENTS AND DEFLECTION STUDIES ARE REVIEWED WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE MAJOR EXPERIMENT NOW MORE THAN SIX YEARS OLD AT ALCONBURY HILL, HUNTINGDONSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM. /AUTH/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 2, DiviSION 3-8, PP 36-40, 2 FIG, 11 REF
• Authors:
  • Croney, D
  • Lister, N W
• Conference:
  • Intl Conf Soil Mech & Fdn Eng Proc
• Publication Date: 1965-9

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: California bearing ratio; Deflection; Durability; Elasticity (Mechanics); Flexible pavements; Pavement design; Pavements; Research; Serviceability; Smoothness; Test tracks; Traffic density; Wheel loads
• Uncontrolled Terms: Criteria; Serviceability Index
• Old TRIS Terms: Elastic theory; Pavement smoothness
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Pavements; Research;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00205432
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: CANADIAN GOOD ROADS ASSOCIATION
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 15 1994 12:00AM