FLEXIBLE PAVEMENT DESIGN: STATE-OF-THE-ART 1975

This paper presents a state-of-the-art of asphalt concrete pavement design. It includes a summary of a few of the widely used existing design procedures for both highway and airfield pavements as well as a summary of some of the research of the past 10 yr considered to be implementable. In the first portion of the paper, a framework of pavement design concepts is established and the current design procedures are viewed within this framework. The second section of the paper summarizes recent research that can be used to extend the bounds of pavement design to consider increased loadings beyond those associated with existing procedures and more effective use of stabilized and marginal materials and provide improved reliability in design. This implementable research includes improved methods for determining useful material properties, predicting pavement response to both load and environmental effects, and distress prediction including fatigue, rutting and thermal cracking.

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  American Society of Civil Engineers

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• Authors:
  • Monismith, C L
  • Finn, F N
• Publication Date: 1977-1

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 1-53
• Serial:
  • Journal of Transportation Engineering
  • Volume: 103
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0733-947X
  • Serial URL: https://ascelibrary.org/journal/jtepbs

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airport runways; Asphalt concrete; Defects; Durability; Environmental impacts; Fatigue (Mechanics); Flexible pavements; Loads; Pavement cracking; Pavement design; Pavement distress; Pavements; Stabilized materials; State of the art studies
• Uncontrolled Terms: Loading
• Old TRIS Terms: Highway pavement
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Materials; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00152722
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 20 1977 12:00AM