CONSIDERATION OF APPROPRIATE ELEMENTS FOR RATING A PAVEMENT

ANY ONE OF THE ELEMENTS OF A ROAD, STARTING WITH THE WEARING COURSE AND PROCEEDING THROUGH THE BASE COURSE, SUBBASE COURSE AND INTO THE BASEMENT SOIL OR FOUNDATION, CAN AND DOES PERFORM IN A MANNER WHICH WILL CAUSE A PAVEMENT FAILURE. MOVEMENTS CAUSED BY FROST OR BY THE CHANGE OF VOLUME ASSOCIATED WITH THE SWELLING OF SOME SOILS IN THE PRESENCE OF WATER ARE DESTRUCTIVE. MOVEMENT OR DISTORTION OF THE PAVEMENT STRUCTURE CAN BE CAUSED BY THE APPLICATION OF LOADS OR BY NATURAL FORCES OF NATURE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH LOADING. RUTTING OCCURS THROUGH ADDITIONAL CONSOLIDATION OR DISPLACEMENT. SHEARING OCCURS THROUGH THE APPLICATION OF LOADS BEYOND THE CAPABILITIES OF THE STRUCTURE. EXAMPLES ARE GIVEN OF VISIBLE EVIDENCE OF FAILURE. OBSERVATIONS AND TOOLS USED TO MEASURE THE EVIDENCES OF FAILURE ARE DESCRIBED.

• Record URL:
  • http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrbbulletin/187/187-005.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • No 187, pp 69-71, 1 TAB Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Authors:
  • Livingston, R E
• Discussers:
  • Campen, W H
• Publication Date: 1958

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Pagination: 3p
• Monograph Title: Pavement Performance: Methods for Evaluation
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Bulletin
  • Issue Number: 187
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Base course (Pavements); Defects; Failure; Frost heaving; Measurement; Pavement distress; Pavement performance; Pavements; Plastic deformation; Ratings; Shear stress; Soils; Subbase (Pavements); Swelling; Swelling soils; Volume changes; Wearing course (Pavements)
• Uncontrolled Terms: Shearing; Subbase
• Old TRIS Terms: Frost heave; Soil swell
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00206963
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Oct 7 1994 12:00AM