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    The document describes the evolution of flexible pavement design methods from early heuristic approaches in the 1900s to mechanistic-empirical methods in the 21st century. It also outlines some of the key road tests that have been conducted to study pavement performance, including the Bates, Maryland, WASHO, and AASHO road tests in the US as well as the WesTrack, NCAT Test Track, and LTPP tests. The document lists some of the main factors considered in pavement design, such as traffic loads and volumes, material properties, environment, and failure criteria for flexible and rigid pavements.

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    The document describes the evolution of flexible pavement design methods from early heuristic approaches in the 1900s to mechanistic-empirical methods in the 21st century. It also outlines some of the key road tests that have been conducted to study pavement performance, including the Bates, Maryland, WASHO, and AASHO road tests in the US as well as the WesTrack, NCAT Test Track, and LTPP tests. The document lists some of the main factors considered in pavement design, such as traffic loads and volumes, material properties, environment, and failure criteria for flexible and rigid pavements.

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    Flexible Pavement Design Methods

    • Heuristic Methods (early 1900s)


    • Empirical Based on Soil Class (1920s)
    • Empirical Based on Soil Strength (1930s)
    • Limiting Shear Stress (1940s)
    • Limiting Deflection (1950s)
    • Regression-Based (1960s)
    • Mechanistic-Empirical (21st Century)

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    7133 Earth Structures
    • Analysis, design, and construction of earth
    dams, levees, embankments and slopes;
    soil stabilization; seepage, drainage, and
    flow nets.

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    Rigid Pavement Design Methods
    • 1919 – Goldbeck’s Formula
    • 1926 – Westergaard’s Equations
    • 1951 – Pickett’s Equations
    • 1965 – Finite Element Methods
    • 1979 – ILLI-SLAB
    • 1981 – WESLIQUID & WESLAYER
    • 1985 – KENSLABS

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    Road Tests
    • Bates Road Test (rigid & flexible)
    • Maryland Road Test (rigid)
    • WASHO Road Test (flexible)
    • AASHO Road Test (flexible & rigid)
    • WesTrack (flexible)
    • NCAT Test Track (flexible)
    • SHRP LTPP (flexible & rigid)

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    AASHO Road Test

    Source: Highway Research Board Special Report 61A-G

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    AASHO Road Test

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    AASHO Road Test

    Source: Highway Research Board Special Report 61A-G

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    AASHO Road Test

    Source: Highway Research Board Special Report 61A-G

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    AASHO Road Test

    Source: Highway Research Board Special Report 61A-G

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    AASHO Road Test

    Source: Highway Research Board Special Report 61A-G

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    AASHO Road Test

    Source: Highway Research Board Special Report 61A-G

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    AASHO Road Test

    Source: Highway Research Board Special Report 61A-G

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    WesTrack

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    WesTrack

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    WesTrack

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    NCAT Test Track

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    NCAT Test Track

    Source: Better Roads, November 2006

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    NCAT Test Track

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    SHRP LTPP

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    Pavement Design Factors
    • Traffic • Materials
    – Axle Loads – Elastic Modulus
    – Contact Pressure – Poisson’s Ratio
    – Load Repetitions – Resilient Modulus
    – Vehicle Speed – Creep Compliance
    • Environment – Fatigue Life
    – Temperature – Subgrade Reaction
    – Moisture – Modulus of Rupture
    – Freeze/Thaw – Strength

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    Failure Criteria
    • Flexible Pavements
    – Fatigue Cracking in Asphalt
    – Rutting in Asphalt and Base
    – Permanent Strain in Subgrade
    – Thermal Cracking in Asphalt
    • Rigid Pavements
    – Fatigue Cracking in Slab
    – Permanent Strain in Subgrade

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    Highway vs. Airport
    • Load Magnitudes
    • Load Durations
    • Contact Pressures
    • Traffic Volume
    • Tracking / Wander
    • Gear Configurations
    • Edge Effects

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    Highway Wander

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    Airport Wander

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    Gear Configurations

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    Dual Wheel – Single Axle

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