FULL-DEPTH ASPHALT AIRFIELD PAVEMENTS

A brief review is presented of the newly revised edition of The Asphalt Institute airfield pavement design manual. A new design procedure predicated upon multilayered elastic concepts is introduced. The method is based on the necessity for designing against two types of pavement distress: (1) Cracking in the asphalt layer due to fatigue; and (2) excessive deformation due to overstressing the subgrade. The design method is based on the theory that a full-depth asphalt pavement is a multilayered elastic system and that the application of load to the pavement produces two critical elastic strains: (1) Horizontal tensile strain at the bottom of the asphalt concrete layer; and (2) vertical compressive strain at the top of the subgrade layer. Design criteria based on maximum allowable values for the strains are used in developing the design procedure. Influence and effects of materials and environmental factors are examined. /ASCE/

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/8674831
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at the October 16-22, 1972, ASCE Annual Environmental Engineering Meeting, Houston, Texas.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Civil Engineers

  345 East 47th Street
  New York, NY  United States  10017-2398
• Authors:
  • Witczak, M W
  • Shook, J F
• Publication Date: 1975-5

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 297-309
• Serial:
  • Journal of Transportation Engineering
  • Volume: 101
  • Issue Number: TE2
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0733-947X
  • Serial URL: https://ascelibrary.org/journal/jtepbs

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airport runways; Asphalt concrete; Asphalt pavements; Cold weather construction; Defects; Deflection; Design methods; Environmental impacts; Flexible pavements; Frost; Full-depth asphalt pavements; Materials; Mechanical elasticity; Mechanical fatigue; Pavement cracking; Pavement design; Pavement distress; Pavement subgrade; Pavements; Specifications; Stresses; Tension
• Uncontrolled Terms: Vertical stress
• Old TRIS Terms: Elastic theory; Horizontal stresses; Materials specifications
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Design; Environment; Highways; Materials; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00127689
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: ASCE #11331 Proceeding
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 10 1976 12:00AM