A PROCEDURE FOR DETERMINING THE THICKNESS OF FLEXIBLE PAVEMENTS

THE PROCEDURE WAS DEVELOPED PRIMARILY TO PROVIDE FIELD ENGINEERS WITH A DEFINITE AND SIMPLE METHOD FOR APPLYING THE RESULTS OF TESTS, MADE IN FIELD LABORATORIES, ON SAMPLES OF SUBGRADE SOILS AND THE SOILS OR OTHER MATERIALS AVAILABLE FOR SUBBASE OR BASE COURSES. BECAUSE OF THE FREQUENCY WITH WHICH INCOPATIBLE TEST DATA WERE ENCOUNTERED, IT WAS CONSIDERED ADVISABLE TO USE SOME SAFEGUARDS AND NOT DEPEND ENTIRELY ON ANY ONE TEST OR PROCEDURE FOR ESTIMATING THE THICKNESS OF PAVEMENT. THE ALLOWANCE FOR POOR DRAINAGE WAS INVENTED IN AN EFFORT TO OBTAIN A BALANCED DESIGN THROUGHOUT THE LENGTH OF A PROJECT. IT AIMS TO PROVIDE PAVEMENTS OF EQUAL LOAD CAPACITY BY USING AN EXTRA THICKNESS OF SUBBASE OVER BAD SUBGRADE SOILS WHERE NATURAL DRAINAGE IS POOR. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 27, No 6, PP 31-39, 1 FIG, 4 TAB
• Authors:
  • Mills, W H
• Publication Date: 1957-6

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Highway Research Abstracts
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board (HRB)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Flexible pavements; Subbase (Pavements); Thickness
• Uncontrolled Terms: Subbase
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00205981
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: May 16 1972 12:00AM