FLEXIBLE AND RIGID PAVEMENT OVERLAY DESIGN PROCEDURE
This manual presents design procedures for overlays of both flexible and rigid pavements. The design procedure includes an evaluation of the existing pavement based on nondestructive deflection testing, condition surveys, and materials sampling and testing. Based on this information the pavement is divided into separate design sections and each section is classified according to its condition of cracking. An analysis to determine the required overlay thickness is then made based on the category to which the existing pavement is assigned. The overlay analysis makes extansive use of elastic layered theory and selects the overlay thickness based on the concept of failure by fatigue cracking or rutting. The design procedure uses three computer programs for the pavement evaluation and overlay thickness design. Input guides and illustrative problems for the use of these programs are presented in this report. (FHWA)
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Corporate Authors:
Austin Research Engineers Incorporated
2600 Dellana Lane
Austin, TX United States 78746Federal Highway Administration
Engineering Research and Development Bureau, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Authors:
- Treybig, H J
- McCullough, B F
- Smith, P
- Von Quintus, H
- JORDAHL, P
- Publication Date: 1977-10
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Pagination: 102 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Computer aided design; Computer programs; Deflection; Design methods; Flexible pavements; Nondestructive tests; Overlays (Pavements); Pavement cracking; Pavement design; Pavements; Rigid pavements; Thickness
- Old TRIS Terms: Pavement deflection
- Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Pavements;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00315048
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
- Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-RD-77-133 Final Rpt., FCP 35D2-202
- Contract Numbers: DOT-FH-11-8544
- Files: NTL, TRIS, USDOT
- Created Date: Aug 5 2000 12:00AM