A flexible pavement is to be designed according to the AASHTO design method. The total expected ESAL for a new highway = 9 x106, APSI= 2, reliability = 99%, overall standard deviation = 0.4, if the pavement layers are: Thickness (inch) Layer Wearing surface Base Subbase 4 4 ? Structural layer coefficient a₁ = 0.44 a2 = 0.14 a30.11 The subgrade resilient modulus=20,000 psi, m2, m3=1, determine the thickness required for the subbase layer?

A flexible pavement is to be designed according to the AASHTO design method. The total expected ESAL for a new highway = 9 x106, APSI= 2, reliability = 99%, overall standard deviation = 0.4, if the pavement layers are: Thickness (inch) Layer Wearing surface Base Subbase 4 4 ? Structural layer coefficient a₁ = 0.44 a2 = 0.14 a30.11 The subgrade resilient modulus=20,000 psi, m2, m3=1, determine the thickness required for the subbase layer?

Structural Analysis

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Author:KASSIMALI, Aslam.

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Chapter2: Loads On Structures

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