A MANUFACTURER'S POINT OF VIEW OF ACN / PCN

Reflecting on the historical record of full-scale airfield pavement testing (dating from the 1940's to the 1970's), and updating the record with test-to-failure data from the FAA National Airport Pavement Test Program, the pavement life cycle relationship to aircraft loading as indexed by landing gear type (dual, dual tandem, triple dual tandem, etc.) has been revisited in this paper. The resulting collection of pavement failure data was analyzed for applicability to the existing S-77-1 methodology (using what is commonly referred to as the CBR equation). The investigation establishes that the CBR equation retains its utility for predicting pavement thickness requirements and pavement life for airfield pavements. It is concluded that the unique solution of the CBR equation at the 10,000 coverage level, for four subgrade support conditions (as defined by ICAO ACN guidelines) continues to be well suited to the use for which it was intended.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Full conference proceedings available on CD-ROM.
• Corporate Authors:

  World Road Association (PIARC)

  La Grande Arche, Paroi Nord, Niveau 5
  F-92055 La Defense Cedex,   France 
• Authors:
  • Gervais, E L
• Conference:
  • The XXIInd PIARC World Road Congress
  • Location: Durban, South Africa
  • Date: 2003-10-19 to 2003-10-25
• Publication Date: 2003

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 6p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airport runways; Data collection; Guidelines; Life cycle analysis; Load factor; Methodology; Pavement performance; Pavements; Testing
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Design; Highways; Pavements; Terminals and Facilities; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00987843
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 3 2005 12:00AM