BFC 3042 HIGHWAY ENGINEERING Lecturer: Mr.

Basil David Daniel

CHAPTER 3

PAVEMENT DESIGN:
Flexible Pavement Design
(AASHTO Method)

BFC 3042 HIGHWAY ENGINEERING Lecturer: Mr. Basil David Daniel

Traffic Load Pavement Serviceability

Equivalent Standard Pavement Serviceability Index (PSI)

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)
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
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

BFC 3042 HIGHWAY ENGINEERING Lecturer: Mr. Basil David Daniel

Surface Base Subbase

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