Program Date 04/30/04

Rigid Pavement Design For

AC Method

Any Airport
Associated City: Anywhere, USA
Design Firm: Engineer's Are Us
AIP Number: 3-XX-XXX-XX
Airport Name:

New Pavement Section Required

0.0
6.0
0.0
0.0

PCC Thickness
650 psi
Stabilized Base
Subbase
Non-Frost Layer (free draining material)

Date: today's date

Designer: Joe Engineer

Stabilized Subbase Is Not Required

New Concrete Flexural Strength

Large Aircraft Parallel to Joints (standard design)

Overlay Sections
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

Asphalt Overlay Thickness

Unbonded PCC without leveling course
Unbonded PCC with leveling course
Bonded PCC

N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

Existing Slab Thickness

PCC needed for existing section
Existing Stabilized Subbase
Existing Aggregate Subbase
Existing Slab Flexural Strength
F- Factor used in design
Cr Factor
Cb Factor

Frost Considerations (for new pavement section)

Dry Unit Weight of Soil (lb/cf )
100
Degree Days F
250
Soil Frost Code Non-Frost
Frost Depth Penetration (in)
22.53
k value on top of stabilized layer
215
k value on top of subbase layer
100
Original subgrade k value
100

Subgrade k-value was not modified for frost

Design Aircraft Information

None

20
0 lbs
0

Gross Aircraft Weight

Equivalent Annual Departures

See Appendix 5 to AC 150/5320-6D for application of this software.

Design Life (years)

FAA Rigid Pavement Design AC 150/5320-6D

Design Pavement Section
PCC Pavement
Stabilized Subbase Layer
Aggregate Subbase Layer
Subgrade
L
ayer

To assure correct answers - complete each step in

numerical order. If data is changed in any given step,
complete each step below that step.

This software may be used as noted in Appendix 5 of AC 150/5320-6D, Airport Pavement Design and Evaluation.

e each step in
n any given step,

uation.

Step 4 ENTER AIRCRAT DATA

(below)

Thickness
Required for
Each Individual
Aircraft

Annual
Departures

Max Takeoff
weight MTOW

See right for Large Aircraft Optional design

Aircraft
grouping ---Gear type AC
150/5320-6D
.
.
Default
Weight

User's name for

Aircraft
(optional)
e.g. Citation IV

Enter up to 21 aircraft (in any order)

None

0.00

None

0.00

None

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00

None

0.00

None
None

None
None

None
None
None
None
None
None
None
None
None
None
None
None
None

Large Aircraft Design

Gear Parallel to Joints (standard)

Gear Skew to Joints (optional)

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Required thickness for DUAL WH-100 at 100000 lbs k on top of all subbase = 215 psi PCC Flexural Strength = 650

18

16

17.08

17.04

16.99

16.94

16.89

16.83

16.71

16.64

16.57

16.5

16.41

16.32

16.22

16.11

15.99

16.5

ANNUAL DEPARTURES

16

15

14

13

12

11

10

15

15.5

PCCTHICKNESS (in)

17

16.77

17.5

gth = 650

From Aircraft Table

Aircraft Gross Load GL
Factor RGL
% load on gear WLP
Coverage Factor RCA
Gear Type IGEAR
# wheels per gear ITW
RC0
RC1
RC2
RC0-2
RC1-2
RC2-2
annual departures
years design
DF
Flex Strength
Poisson Ratio
Concrete Modulus
Subgrade k value

None
0
1
0
Initial thickness guess
10.000000
0
Final thickness
0.000000
0
0 this variable used to determine load configuration (edge or center)
0
1 find RC values
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Allowable Sig75 =
666.6667
0
0
B=
#DIV/0!
0
0
0
CONS =
1586.0743
20
CT4 = 1586074.2679
CT4 check 1586074.2679
1.3
Radius of Relative thickness RR=
35.4879
650 650 <-- New PCC Flex
check RR
35.4879
0.15
4,000,000
Stress TH2
#DIV/0!
check Th2
#DIV/0!
215
TH2^0.5
#DIV/0!
Difference
#DIV/0!

addition for traffic

total passes for 20 yrs
Bb =
RH =

#DIV/0!
#DIV/0!
#DIV/0!

Total thickness =

0.00000000

0 <--hidden value of thickness required for new design

6
650
Err:502
0.87
0.96

#DIV/0!
#DIV/0!
3

Err:502
#DIV/0!
#DIV/0!
-6

Existing slab thickness

Existing Slab Strength
F Factor
Err:502
Cr Factor
Cb Factor

Thick from new flex & exist section

thick from existing Flex & section

0
0

2
0

thickness of AC overlay
thickness of unbonded PCC overlay without leveling course
Thickness of unbonded PCC overlay with leveling course
Bonded

SUBGRADE K value as improved by Aggregate layer

starting subgrade K value

100

Original k input
100

starting K value
if check for zero

if check for zero

Thickness of aggregate layer
type of aggregate material

100
0.0
0
K<50

Y=
X=
sk for <50

1
2
100

0.0

Frost k
0.00
K > 50
S=
175

Thickness of stabilized layer

7.5

SK for >50

100

Final SK to use 500 or less

100
100

LOOKUP AIRCRAFT DATA

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

0.00

0.00000000

ess required for new design

departure thickness
rounded x-grid
xgrid
3000
3000 15.98508 15
15.99
3000
3400 16.11017
16.11
3000
3800 16.22132
16.22
3400
4200 16.32134
16.32
3400
4600 16.41226
16.41
3800
5000 16.49559
16.5
3800
5400 16.5725
16.57
4200
5800 16.64391
16.64
4200
6200 16.71056
16.71
4600
6600 16.77304
16.77
4600
7000 16.83185
16.83
5000
7400 16.88738
16.89
5000
7800 16.93999
16.94
5400
8200 16.98997
16.99
5400
8600 17.03757
17.04
5800
9000
9000
17.083 18
17.08
5800
USED TO MAKE CHART
6200
Required thickness for None at 0 lbs k
6200
6600
6600
7000
7000
7400
7400
7800
7800
8200
8200
8600
8600
9000
9000

used for overlay design

used for light aircraft issues
<-- cell used for light aircraft minimum thickness notification

Stabilized subbase material

starting K value
100
if check for zero
100

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18
15
15
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18
15
15
18
18
15
15
18
18
15
15
18
18
15
15
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18
15
15
18
18
15
15
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18
15

ckness of stabilized layer

6.0

K<50
Y = 0.6982324041
X = 2.258714413
sk for <50 181.43221933

6.0

K > 50 S =
195

10

SK for >50

215

Final SK to use 500 or less

215
215

xlabels
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15
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15
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15
15
15
15

PSI
PSI
thickness
rounded x-grid xgrid xlabels
500
500 19.5507
14
19.55 500
14
14
520 19.04561
19.05 500
20
14
540 18.57072
18.57 520
20
14
560 18.12321
18.12 520
14
14
580 17.70061
17.7 540
14
14
600 17.30075
17.3 540
20
14
620 16.92171
16.92 560
20
14
640 16.56179
16.56 560
14
14
660 16.21947
16.22 580
14
14
680 15.89339
15.89 580
20
14
700 15.58234
15.58 600
20
14
720 15.28524
15.29 600
14
14
740 15.00109
15 620
14
14
760
14.729
14.73 620
20
14
780 14.46816
14.47 640
20
14
800
800 14.21784
20
14.22 640
14
14
USED TO MAKE CHART
660
14
Required thickness for None at 0 lbs k 660
20
680
20
680
14
700
14
700
20
720
20
720
14
740
14
740
20
760
20
760
14
780
14
780
20
800
20
800
14

19.05

20

19.55

Required thickness for DC 10-30WING at 600000 lbs k on top of all subbase = 100 psi 10851 departures -- subgrade k = 100

18.12

18.57

19

16.92

15.89

16.22

16.56

17

PCC Flexural Strength

14.22
16

14.73

14.47
15

13

12

11

10

14

15

14

15

15.29

15.58

16

PCCTHICKNESS (in)

17.3

17.7

18

e k = 100

Any Airport

AIP Number

Anywhere, USA

3-XX-XXX-XX

Equiv. annual
departures of
design Aircraft

Computed wheel
Load of aircraft

Departures of
equiv gear

% load on main gear

Gear Type (code)

Annual
Departures

Max Takeoff
weight MTOW

Aircraft
grouping ---Gear type AC
150/5320-6D

Widebody?

Design Aircraft
--- /--Additional aircraft

today's date

Joe Engineer
INPUT VALUES

MTOW used by
design

Engineer's Are Us

AC Method

None

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None

0 0.00
0
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Equivalent Annual Departures of the None

0
0

None

None
None

None
None
None
None
None
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None
None
None

0.00
0.00
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