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CEGR 492 · Engineering Design Studio · Transportation Engineering

Pavement Design

Asphalt resurfacing: the construction operation a pavement rehabilitation recommendation actually buys.

Phase VI · Engineering Design Studio · Week 5–8

Pavement Design Studio

Design flexible and rigid pavements using ESALs, subgrade support, layer coefficients and drainage.

AASHTO 1993
MEPDG
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Learning objectives

  • Compute design ESALs
  • Size pavement layers
  • Plan pavement drainage

Engineering judgment

  • Subgrade support controls flexible pavement thickness.
  • Drainage doubles pavement life.

Governing standards

  • AASHTO Green Book

    A Policy on Geometric Design of Highways and Streets

    Alignment, sight distance, cross-section

    Ch. 3 Elements
    Ch. 5–8 Design
  • HCM 7

    Highway Capacity Manual

    Capacity and level of service

    Vol. 2 Uninterrupted
    Vol. 3 Interrupted
  • AASHTO 1993

    Guide for Design of Pavement Structures

    Flexible and rigid pavement thickness design

    Part II Design

FE Civil connection

Pavement design

Handbook section: Transportation

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