BFC 3042 HIGHWAY ENGINEERING Lecturer: Mr.

Basil David Daniel

CHAPTER 3

PAVEMENT DESIGN:
Flexible Pavement Design
(AASHTO Method)
Frost Heave
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Traffic Load
Equivalent Standard
Axle Load (ESAL)
Subgrade Property
Resilient Modulus (MR )
Subbase, Base and
Surface Properties
Resilient Modulus (MR )
Structural Coefficients (a)
Environmental Effects
Exposure to moisture, quality of
drainage
Drainage coefficient (m)
Lecturer: Mr. Basil David Daniel
Pavement Serviceability
Pavement Serviceability Index (PSI)
Initial PSIi = 4.5,
Terminal PSIt = 2.5 3.0 (expressways/highways);
2.0 (local roads)
AASHTO FLEXIBLE Reliability
PAVEMENT DESIGN
Based on functional
CONSIDERATIONS
classification and
location (rural/urban)
Traffic/Performance Variation
Standard deviation (So)
presents the designers ability to
predict variations in traffic and
pavement performance
So is usually 0.3 - 0.5
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AASHTO FLEXIBLE PAVEMENT DESIGN PROCEDURE

PSI MR SN a m
Design Resilient Structural Structural Drainage
serviceability Modulus of Number of Coefficients Coefficients
loss subgrade, surface, base of surface, of surface,
subbase and and subbase base and base and
base subbase subbase
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Surface Base Subbase

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 MR1=30k psi

MR2=13k psi

MR3=6.8k psi