AASHTO 1993 Design Guide Worksheet:

Flexible Pavement
This worksheet is for educational purposes only and shall not be used for actual design
procedures.

Dr. Armen Amirkhanian, P.E.

Last Revision: Spring 2021

Summary of Assumptions

Reliability: 99%
Standard Deviation: 0.30
Design Traffic (W18): 5,000,000 ESALs
Resilient Modulus of Subgrade (MR): 10,000 psi
Serviceability Loss (ΔPSI): 1.5
Max Performance Period: 16 Years
Subbase CBR: 10
Base CBR: 55
Subbase Drainage Condition: Fair, 10% Saturated Time
Base Drainage Condition: Excellent, 10% Saturated Time
Elastic Modulus of Asphalt Concrete, (EAC): 200,000 psi
The charts below are for use with the in-class exercise. These charts are different from the ones
presented in the AASHTO 1993 Design Guide.
 Design Process to Account for Frost Heave and Swelling

Expected Design Life, years:

Design Serviceability Loss, ΔPSI:

2 3 4 5 6
Design Serviceability Traffic Estimated
Backcalculated
Iteration Performance, Loss from Serviceability Performance,
ESALs
years Frost/Swell Loss years

Subbase Properties

Strength:
Corresponding layer coefficient (a3):
Drainage Coefficient (m3):

Base Properties

Strength:
Corresponding layer coefficient (a2):
Drainage Coefficient (m2):
Pavement Structural Design Calculations

Layer Drainage Design

Iteration SNi Target SN
Coefficient Coefficient Thickness