WYOMING METHOD OF FLEXIBLE PAVEMENT DESIGN

DESIGN IS BASED ON CBR TESTS AND CBR WHEEL LOAD CURVES. ITEMS EVALUATED ARE: (1) ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; (2) WATER TABLE; (3) FROST ACTION; (4) EXISTING CONDITIONS, INCLUDING SURFACE DRAINAGE, SUBDRAINAGE, AND SNOW CONDITIONS; AND (5) ESTIMATED TRAFFIC. TESTS ARE MADE ON THE PRELIMINARY SOIL SAMPLES, THEN PRELIMINARY DESIGN, AND ESTIMATES, ARE ENTERED ON THE SOIL PROFILE, WHICH IS USED IN COMPLETING THE PLANS FOR THE PROJECT AND KEPT AS A PERMANENT RECORD OF THE PROJECT. CONSTRUCTION TESTS AND CONSTRUCTION DESIGN ARE ALSO ENTERED ON THE SOIL PROFILE. ANY CHANGES IN CONDITIONS OR DESIGN ARE ENTERED ON THE PROFILE AND APPROPRIATE ADJUSTMENTS ARE MADE. /AUTHOR/

• Record URL:
  https://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrbproceedings/27/27-009.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 27, pp 84-91, 4 FIG, 4 REF. 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:
  • Russell, I E
  • Olinger, D J
• Publication Date: 1948

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Monograph Title: Proceedings of the Twenty-Seventh Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board Held at Washington, D.C. December 2-5, 1947
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Proceedings
  • Volume: 27
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: California bearing ratio; Flexible pavements; Frost action; Pavement design; Paving; Snow; Soil profiles; Soil samplers; Subdrains; Surface drainage; Traffic; Water table; Wheel loads
• Old TRIS Terms: Precipitation
• Subject Areas: Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Operations and Traffic Management; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00205909
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jul 2 1971 12:00AM