INVERTED FLEXIBLE PAVEMENT RESPONSE AND PERFORMANCE

An inverted section consists of an unstabilized crushed-stone base sandwiched between a lower cement-stabilized layer and the upper asphalt concrete (AC) surfacing. Two inverted full-scale instrumented pavement sections were tested to rutting or fatigue failure in a laboratory facility. One inverted section had a 152-mm (6-in.) cement-stabilized silty sand subbase. The inverted sections were loaded up to 4.4 million load repetitions at failure. A 28.9-kN (6,500-lb) uniform circular loading was applied to the surface and systematically moved to prevent a punching failure. The inverted sections exhibited better performance compared to conventional and full-depth AC sections also tested. The inverted sections had lower vertical stresses on the subgrade and lower resilient surface deflections than the other sections. The rigid cement-stabilized subbase was effective in bridging a weak subgrade. The inverted section made optimum use of the compressive characteristics of the unstabilized aggregate base where stresses were compressive. A nonlinear finite-element program, GT-PAVE, was used to calculate the resilient pavement response. GT-PAVE did a reasonable job of simultaneously predicting the measured deformation and stress and strain response at six points in the different layers of the inverted sections. A sensitivity analysis indicates the use of a 152-mm (6-in.) unstabilized aggregate base and a 152- to 203-mm-thick (6- to 8-in.) cement-stabilized subbase to be an attractive inverted section design.

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• Authors:
  • Tutumluer, Erol
  • Barksdale, Richard D
• Publication Date: 1995

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 102-110
• Monograph Title: Pavement design and analysis
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 1482
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Base course (Pavements); Cement; Cement treated soils; Crushed rock; Deflection; Deformation; Deformation curve; Finite element method; Flexible pavements; Load tests; Pavement performance; Pavements; Resilience (Materials); Sensitivity analysis; Silty sands; Soil stabilization; Stresses; Subbase (Pavements); Thickness
• Uncontrolled Terms: Cement treated bases; Subbase; Vertical stress
• Old TRIS Terms: Cement stabilization; Inverted sections; Pavement deflection; Thickness design
• Subject Areas: Design; Geotechnology; Highways; Pavements; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways; I23: Properties of Road Surfaces;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00713509
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Nov 7 1995 12:00AM