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Mechanistic Pavement Design
Mechanistic Pavement Design
Input
Compute Pavement Responses
•Material Properties
Using Structural Models
•Axle Load
Compute Allowable
•Failure Criteria
Number of Repetitions of
•Reliability
Standard Axle Using Distress Models
No DR
Satisfactory?
Yes
Final Design
Layer 1
Asphalt Surface Course
Granular Subbase
εc
Rutting
Compacted Subgrade
Layer 3
Natural Subgrade
Fatigue Cracking Model
k1 k2
1 1
Nf = k 3
ε t E
Nf = No. of cumulative standard axles to
produce 20% cracked surface area
εt = Tensile strain at the bottom of
Bituminous Concrete layer
E = Elastic Modulus of Bituminous Surface
(MPa)
k1, k2 = Laboratory calibrated parameters
K3 = Transfer parameter
IRC Fatigue Cracking Model
Fatigue Cracking model
3.89 0.854
−41 1
N f = 2.21× 10 E
εt
Rutting model
4.5337
1
−8
N R = 4.156 × 10
εc
Bituminous Layers
Default value of µ at 35/45 oC = 0.5
Default value of µ at 20 - 30 oC = 0.35
Traffic
Design life in number of years
NH & SH – 15 years
Expressways & Urban Roads – 20 years
Other roads – 10 to 15 years
Vehicle damage factor (VDF)
Need to be worked out from axle load
survey
Distribution of commercial traffic over the
carriageway. (D & L Factors)
Computation of design traffic
365 * [(1 + r ) n − 1]
N= * A* D * F
r
=148 msa
Design Section
AC, 50 mm thick
Rutting model
4.477
1
−9
N R = 1.365 × 10
ε c