![Page 1: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
www.fh.co.nz
AUSTROADS Pavement Design
Dr Bryan Pidwerbesky
Group Technical Manager
Fulton Hogan Ltd
![Page 2: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
2www.fh.co.nz
Pavement
Subgrade
Load, W
P0
P0
P1
P1
![Page 3: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
3www.fh.co.nz
Pavement
Subgrade
Compression Tension
Load, W
![Page 4: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
4www.fh.co.nz
Pavement Life Cycle StrategiesPavement Strategies
Life Cycle Analysis Period (years or esa)
Perf
orm
an
ce M
easu
re
![Page 5: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
5www.fh.co.nz
AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003
Two design processes for Flexible Pavements
Empirical Design Chart
• flexible pavements consisting of unbound
granular materials, sprayed seal surface
Mechanistic
• flexible that contain one or more bound
layers
![Page 6: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
6www.fh.co.nz
8
AUSTROADS Guide Figure 8.4
![Page 7: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
7www.fh.co.nz
Fundamentals of Mechanistic Design
• Pavement performance related to elastic
strain
• Advantages
– rational / scientific
– flexible
– portable
• Really semi-empirical
![Page 8: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
8www.fh.co.nz
Definitions of Stress & Strain
Strain (ε)
unit movement / unit length
dimensionless (µm/m)
Elastic strain
100% rebound after load is removed
Recoverable (resilient) strain
strain that rebounds after load is
removed
Residual (permanent) strain
Stress (σ)
unit load / unit area
kN/m2 = kPa
Modulus
• stress / strain
• Elastic modulus
• Flexural modulus
• Resilient modulus
![Page 9: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
9www.fh.co.nz
Mechanistic Design Process
Design Traffic (ESA)
![Page 10: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
10www.fh.co.nz
Single
ε2
Single tyre – Single Axle
![Page 11: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
11www.fh.co.nz
ε1
ε2
Direction of Travel
ε1 ε2= Permanent strain = Resilient strain
![Page 12: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
12www.fh.co.nz
Dual Tyre
ε4
Individual tyre’s effect
Combined effect
Dual tyre – Single Axle
Equivalent Standard Axle (esa)
![Page 13: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
13www.fh.co.nz
ε3
ε4
Direction of Travel
ε3 ε4= Permanent strain = Resilient strain
Tandem
Combined effect
![Page 14: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
14www.fh.co.nz
Equivalent Standard Axle (esa)
Tyre & Axle Configuration
Single tyre - single axle
Dual tyre - single axle
Dual tyre - tandem axle
Dual tyre - tri-axle
• Number of standard axles to cause same damage =
Reference Axle Load (kN)
53
80
135
181
Actual axle load 4
Reference axle load
![Page 15: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
15www.fh.co.nz
Traffic Loading
• For seal design: use equivalent light vehicles -
convert heavy vehicles to elv
• For highway pavement design: ignore light
vehicles, use only HCVs, converted to Equivalent
Standard Axles (esa)
• For ports & log handling yards, DON’T use esa
or 4th power rule for converting loads!
• For airports, special loading formula
![Page 16: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
16www.fh.co.nz
Mechanistic Design Process
Design Traffic (ESA)
Proposed Pavement Model
![Page 17: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/17.jpg)
17www.fh.co.nz
Pavement Model
• ESA loading
• layers defined by E, υ, h
• anisotropic (value depends on
direction)
– subgrade
– unbound
• isotropic (same in any
direction)
– asphalt
– cemented
E1, υ1, h1
E2, υ2, h2
E3, υ3, h3
En, υn, hn
ESA Load
![Page 18: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/18.jpg)
18www.fh.co.nz
Typical, Reasonable Input Values
Material Modulus (MPa) Poisson’s Ratio
Asphalt (> 75 mm thick) 1500 – 4500depends on mixproperties & vehiclespeed
0.40
Unbound Base 200 – 450(!) 0.35
Unbound Subbase 150 – 300 0.35
Subgrade 10 – 250 0.45
![Page 19: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/19.jpg)
19www.fh.co.nz
Sub-layering
Asphalt Modulus = 3200 MPa
Subgrade Modulus = 100 MPa
Granular Layer Modulus = 400 MPa
![Page 20: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/20.jpg)
20www.fh.co.nz
Selected subgrade materials• 1992 Guide: Ev = 10 * Design Subgrade CBR for
entire layer thickness
• concern that this resulted in higher moduli than granular materials
• new procedure developed to sublayer select material,
• modulus is limited by modulus of underlying insitu subgrade
• modulus doubles every 150 mm thickness of select material, up to max 10 x CBR
150) / thicknesslmat' subgrade selected (
insitu 2 x E =selectE
![Page 21: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/21.jpg)
21www.fh.co.nz
New granular sublayering rules
divide total granular thickness into 5 equally thick layers
5
4
3
2
1
Sublayer
T/5
T/5
T/5
T/5
T/5
Modulus
(MPa)
Thickness
(mm) First step: calculatemodulus of top
sublayer
![Page 22: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/22.jpg)
22www.fh.co.nz
Modulus of top granular sublayer
and that determined using the following formula:
doubling of modulus every 125mm
125) / thickness granular (SubgradesublayergranularTop 2 x E E =
ETop granular sublayer
Modulus of Cover1 Material (MPa)Thickness of
OverlyingMaterial
1000 2000 3000 4000 5000
40 mm 350 350 350 350 35075 mm 350 330 310 290 280100 mm 320 280 260 240 220125 mm 280 240 210 190 170150 mm 250 200 160 150 150175 mm 220 160 150 150 150200 mm 180 150 150 150 150>=250 150 150 150 150 150
1. Cover material is either asphalt or cemented material or a combination of these materials.
vertical modulus of top sub-layer, minimum of
![Page 23: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/23.jpg)
23www.fh.co.nz
New granular sublayering rules
5
4
3
2
1
Sublayer
4160
5760
7960
10960
15060
Modulus
(MPa)
Thickness
(mm)
5
1
=
subgrade
sublayer granular top
E
E R
Modulus of each Sublayer calculated from ratio of
modulus of top granular sublayer and subgrade:
R = (150/30)1/5
= 1.38
Subgrade modulus = 30
![Page 24: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/24.jpg)
24www.fh.co.nz
Definition of Project ReliabilityBecause of this lack of certainty in performance of
the constructed pavement, an appropriate measure of
anticipated performance of the proposed pavement is
its Project Reliability:
“The Project Reliability is the probability that the
pavement when constructed to the chosen design will
outlast its design traffic before major rehabilitation
is required”
![Page 25: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/25.jpg)
25www.fh.co.nz
Typical Desired Project Reliabilities
Table 2.1
Typical Project Reliability Levels
Road Class Project Reliability (%)
Freeway 95-97.5
Highway: lane AADT>2,000 90-97.5
Highway: lane AADT<2,000 85-95
Main Road: lane AADT>500 85-95
Other Roads: lane AADT<500 80-90
![Page 26: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/26.jpg)
26www.fh.co.nz
Desired reliability achieved by using
reliability factors in the performance relationships
mk
RFN
=
µε
Reliability Factor varies with selected desired project reliability
![Page 27: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/27.jpg)
27www.fh.co.nz
Cemented materials
Characterisation for Pavement Design
• isotropic (Ev=Eh)
• elastic modulus
• Poisson’s ratio 0.2
![Page 28: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/28.jpg)
28www.fh.co.nz
Improved guidance on presumptive moduli for cemented materials
• Subbase gravels, 4-5% cement E= 2,000 MPa
• Crushed rock, 2-3% cement E= 3,500 MPa
• Base with 4-5% cement E= 5,000 MPa
• Lean mix concrete (rolled) E= 7,000 MPa
• Lean mix concrete (screeded) E=10,000 MPa
![Page 29: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/29.jpg)
29www.fh.co.nz
Cemented materials fatigue relationship
• Modified to allow to design to desired project
reliability, includes Reliability Factor (RF)
( ) 128040 191000113
+=
µε
.E/,RFN
Desired Project Reliability
80% 85% 90% 95% 97.5%
4.7 3.3 2.0 1.0 0.5
![Page 30: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/30.jpg)
www.fh.co.nz
Asphalt
Characterisation for Pavement Design
• isotropic (Ev=Eh)
• elastic modulus
• Poisson’s ratio 0.4
![Page 31: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/31.jpg)
31www.fh.co.nz
asphalt fatigue relationship• modified to allow to design to desired project
reliability, includes Reliability Factor (RF)
5
360
+=
e S
1.08) V6918(0.856 RF N
.mix
B
µ
D e s i r e d P r o j e c t R e l i a b i l i t y
I n t ’ l 8 0 % 8 5 % 9 0 % 9 5 % 9 7 . 5 %
5 t o 1 0 2 . 5 2 . 0 1 . 5 1 . 0 0 . 6 7
![Page 32: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/32.jpg)
32www.fh.co.nz
Mix Stiffness
• Resilient modulus is a measure of ‘stiffness’
• As stiffness increases, load is spread over a
wider area
• Smix (t, T) ∝ σ/ε
• Smix (t, T) = mix stiffness at a particular rate
of loading (t) and temperature (T)
![Page 33: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/33.jpg)
33www.fh.co.nz
Gyratory
Compaction
![Page 34: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/34.jpg)
34www.fh.co.nz
Advantages of Gyratory
Compaction • Better replication of
mixes laid in the field
• Opportunity to vary compaction conditions
• Gives information on mix compactibility
• Rational
• Affordable
• Safe
• Allows fuller characterisation of mixes at design stage:♦ air voids at several
compaction levels
♦ compaction to refusal density (250 cycles)
♦ assessment of mix compactability
• Allows optimisation of aggregate blend
![Page 35: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/35.jpg)
35www.fh.co.nz
Resilient Modulus Test
• Apply vertical load, P, at a specified rate (Pulse repetition period, 3.0 ±0.05 seconds) and for a specified time (Rise time, 0.04 ± 0.005 seconds)
• Different rates of loading and different load pulse times simulate different loading conditions.
Extensometersmeasurehorizontaldisplacement
![Page 36: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/36.jpg)
36www.fh.co.nz
MATTA
• IPC Universal Materials Testing Apparatus
• Indirect tensile test setup, for measuring stiffness modulus
• Normally measured at 25 ºC, but different temperatures can be specified depending on field conditions.
![Page 37: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/37.jpg)
37www.fh.co.nz
FH MATTA Results
Modulus
Bitumen
Location
Modulus
Bitumen
Location
Mix
Bitumen
3390 MPa
@ 4.8%
Dunedin
2880 MPa
@ 5.1%
Nelson
2970 MPa
@ 5.5%
Nelson
3350 MPa
@ 5.4%
Waikato
2930 MPa
@ 4.5%
Southland
1570 MPa
@ 5.6%
Nth Hrbr
1570 MPa
@ 5.8%
Southland
2300 MPa
@ 5.8%
Auckland
40 mm
B80
20 mm
B80
14-16 mm
B80
14-16 mm
B60
![Page 38: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/38.jpg)
38www.fh.co.nz
Increase Resilient Modulus by:
• Reducing bitumen content
– Relative to Marshall optimum binder content
• Increasing bitumen viscosity
– decreasing penetration grade
• Coarser gradation
• Increasing compactive effort (to a critical limit for some mixes)
• Reducing temperature
• Aging (generally increases modulus)
![Page 39: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/39.jpg)
39www.fh.co.nz
Effect of Temperature on Modulus
0
2000
4000
6000
8000
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
Temperature (C)
Mo
du
lus
(M
Pa
)
Mix10
Mix16
Mix20
• 120 Gyratory
compaction cycles
• 80/100 pen bitumen
• Auckland basalt
• Air voids:
– Mix 10 = 4.8%
– Mix 16 = 4.8%
– Mix 20 = 4.6%
![Page 40: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/40.jpg)
40www.fh.co.nz
Repeat Load Triaxial Apparatus
On-sample Axial Strain Measurement
LVDT core extensions
Minature LVDT
LVDT clamp screwed to target
glued on test specimen
LVDT extension bracket
screwed to brass target
glued on test specimen
![Page 41: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/41.jpg)
41www.fh.co.nz
Non-linearity of Unbound Aggregates
For most bound materials,
modulus is independent of
confining pressure, but does
vary with load duration (speed)
For unbound aggregates, modulus
depends on confining pressure
(kPa), load magnitude (kN) &
duration (speed)
Modulus increases as confining /
applied pressure increases
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
Applied Pressure (kPa)
Mo
du
lus
(MP
a)
Non-linearNon-linearLinear
![Page 42: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/42.jpg)
42www.fh.co.nz
Mechanistic Design Process
Design Traffic (ESA)
Proposed Pavement Model
Calculate Critical Strains
CIRCLY
![Page 43: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/43.jpg)
43www.fh.co.nz
3 Distress modes, 3 critical strains
Uniform stress
(equal to tyre pressure)
1 Tensile strain at bottom of asphalt - asphalt fatigue
2 Tensile strain at bottom of cemented material - cement mat fatigue
3 Compressive strain at top of subgrade - rutting & shape lossDenotes likely locations of critical strains due to applied loading
3 Subgrade
1 Asphalt
2 Cemented Material
Spacing of Dual Wheels – Full Axle Configuration
330mm
Crushed Rock
![Page 44: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/44.jpg)
44www.fh.co.nz
Critical Strains
• Critical strains
– subgrade
– cemented layers
– asphalt
Asphalt
Cemented
Subgrade
![Page 45: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/45.jpg)
45www.fh.co.nz
CIRCLY
• Accumulates ‘damage’ contributed by each axle load in the traffic spectrum at each analysis point
• Cumulative Damage Factor (CDF) is the sum of damage factors over all the loadings
– Pavement reaches its design life when CDF = 1.0
– If CDF < 1.0, then pavement has excess capacity, & CDF gives proportion of life consumed
– If CDF > 1.0, then pavement could fail early!
![Page 46: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/46.jpg)
46www.fh.co.nz
Asphalt layer thickness
Compression Tension
STRAIN IN BOTTOM OF ASPHALT LAYERSTRAIN IN BOTTOM OF ASPHALT LAYER
Asphalt
Layer
Thickness
& Strains
50 mm
75 mm
![Page 47: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/47.jpg)
47www.fh.co.nz
Thickness AC Tensile strain
25 50 75 100Asphalt
layer thickness
Compressivestrain
Granular layers
Subgrade
Environment issues
dominate
Structural issues
dominate
Typical Multi-layer Flexible Pavement -
Design Parameters
![Page 48: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/48.jpg)
48www.fh.co.nz
Typical Multi-layer Flexible Pavement -
Design Parameters
Thickness AC Tensile strain
25 50 75 100Asphalt
layer thickness
Compressivestrain
Granular layers
Subgrade
Environment issues
dominate
Structural issues
dominate
![Page 49: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/49.jpg)
49www.fh.co.nz
Thickness AC Tensile strain
25 50 75 100Asphalt
layer thickness
Compressivestrain
Granular layers
Subgrade
EB 200 MPa
EB 400 MPa
Typical Multi-layer Flexible Pavement -
Design Parameters
![Page 50: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/50.jpg)
50www.fh.co.nz
Mechanistic Design Process
Design Traffic (ESA)
Proposed Pavement Model
Calculate Critical Strains
Apply Performance Criteria
CIRCLY
![Page 51: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/51.jpg)
51www.fh.co.nz
Performance Criteria
N
.
=
85117 14
µε Subgrade
N =
93007
µε
![Page 52: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/52.jpg)
52www.fh.co.nz
100
1000
10000
10000 100000 1000000 10000000
Cumulative Load Repetitions
Ver
tica
l C
om
pre
ssiv
e S
ub
gra
de
Str
ain
(µ
m/m
)
Shell, 1978 NZ Primary, 1983
NZ Secondary, 1983 AUSTROADS, 1992
AUSTROADS 2001
(1)
(2)
(3)
Dormon & Metcalf, 1965
(4)
(5)
Test Pavement Number
(2' )
Pidwerbesky
(6)
(7)
Subgrade Strain Criterion
![Page 53: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/53.jpg)
53www.fh.co.nz
Performance Criteria
CementedNE
====++++
113000 19112
.804
µεµεµεµε
![Page 54: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/54.jpg)
54www.fh.co.nz
Modified Materials
• Small proportion of binder ( < 2% )
• Improved properties
– PI, workability, reduced water susceptibility
• Provides stable working platform
• Primarily compressive mode of failure
• Cracking not significant
![Page 55: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/55.jpg)
55www.fh.co.nz
Cemented Materials
• Greater proportion of binder
• Adds significant strength
• Relies on slab action
• Attracts stress
• Prone to fatigue cracking
• Prone to shrinkage cracking
![Page 56: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/56.jpg)
56www.fh.co.nz
Definition of Modified Materials
Unbound Modified Cemented Lean-mix Concrete
Tensile Strength
< 80 kPa > 80 kPa
Dunlop (1978)
Increasing Binder Content
![Page 57: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/57.jpg)
57www.fh.co.nz
Performance Criteria
N
.
=
85117 14
µε
Subgrade
Modified Subgrade Sub-layering
N =
93007
µε
![Page 58: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/58.jpg)
58www.fh.co.nz
Performance Criteria
AsphaltN
V
S
B
Mix
=+
6918 0 856 1080
5( . . )
.36 µε
NV
S
B
Mix
=+
6918 0 856 1080
5( . . )
.36 µεRF
![Page 59: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/59.jpg)
59www.fh.co.nz
Tyre/Axle Load Configuration
![Page 60: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/60.jpg)
60www.fh.co.nz
Mechanistic Design Process
Design Traffic (ESA)
Proposed Pavement Model
Calculate Critical Strains
Apply Performance Criteria
Determine Theoretical Service Life (esa)
CIRCLY
![Page 61: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/61.jpg)
61www.fh.co.nz
Mechanistic Design Process
Design Traffic (ESA)
Proposed Pavement Model
Calculate Critical Strains
Apply Performance Criteria
Determine Theoretical Service Life (ESA)Not OK
CIRCLY
![Page 62: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/62.jpg)
62www.fh.co.nz
Mechanistic Design Process
Design Traffic (ESA)
Proposed Pavement Model
Calculate Critical Strains
Apply Performance Criteria
Determine Theoretical Service Life (ESA)
Input to Decision
Not OKOK
CIRCLY
![Page 63: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/63.jpg)
63www.fh.co.nz
Subgrade Evaluation
• One strategy is to compact subgrade at a
Equilibrium Moisture Content (EMC)
• Number of methods to establish design subgrade
strength • e.g measure on nearby pavement with similar materials &
conditions
• vertical modulus = 10xCBR & horiz modulus = 5xCBR
• poissons ratio = 0.45
• Potential to reduce costs by using a design strength other than soaked CBR
![Page 64: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/64.jpg)
64www.fh.co.nz
Rutting Resistance of AsphaltRutting Resistance of Asphalt
• Larger mix size
• Angular/textured aggregates
• Stiffer/plastomeric binders
• Coarser grading
• Reducing air voids (min 3%)
• Increase filler
![Page 65: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/65.jpg)
65www.fh.co.nz
Fatigue Resistance of AsphaltFatigue Resistance of Asphalt
• Elastomeric binders
• Increase binder content
• Reduce air voids (min 3%)
![Page 66: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/66.jpg)
66www.fh.co.nz
Durability of AsphaltDurability of Asphalt
• Reduce air voids
• Softer binders
• Increase binder film thickness
![Page 67: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/67.jpg)
67www.fh.co.nz
Skid Resistance of AsphaltSkid Resistance of Asphalt
• Larger mix size
• Coarser grading
• Angular/rough aggregate
• Higher Polished Stone Value (PSV) of
larger aggregate component only
![Page 68: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/68.jpg)
68www.fh.co.nz
Workability of AsphaltWorkability of Asphalt
• Increase VMA
• Higher binder content
• Softer binders
• Reduce filler
• Rounded aggregate
![Page 69: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/69.jpg)
www.fh.co.nz
Moisture in the Pavement
A small amount is okay, and is
beneficial
Too much - disastrous!
Everything in Moderation!
![Page 70: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/70.jpg)
70www.fh.co.nz
Pavement stress dissipation
Radius of contact
about 100 mm
Pressure > 100 psi
Granular layer(s)
Subgrade
Radius of stress
about 500 mm
Pressure ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ 4 psi
Radius of stress
about 300 mm
Pressure ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ 10 psi
![Page 71: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/71.jpg)
71www.fh.co.nz
Pavement saturation
Numerous contact points each,
under high stress in a well compacted granular material
Aggregate particles
In a saturated system the applied load
is transmitted equally in all directions, forcing the aggregate particles apart
![Page 72: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/72.jpg)
72www.fh.co.nz
HeaveHeave
SubgradeSubgrade
Distance of heave from wheelpath is Distance of heave from wheelpath is
relative to depth/extent of failurerelative to depth/extent of failure
HeaveHeave
RutRut
Subgrade shear failure Subgrade shear failure
due to saturationdue to saturation
Saturated pavement rutting & heavingSaturated pavement rutting & heaving
![Page 73: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/73.jpg)
73www.fh.co.nz
300 mm rain in 3 days!
![Page 74: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/74.jpg)
74www.fh.co.nz
Model of asphalt interfaces and potential hydraulic debonding stress
If the voids at the interface become
near saturated the hydraulic stress will
tend to debond the surfacing which is
not confined by the load.
LoadLoad
Air voids will be concentrated at the layer
interface because the overlay mix will not
conform identically to the texture of the
substrate material.
![Page 75: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/75.jpg)
75www.fh.co.nz
Pavement Construction Quality• Density - % of Max Density & Optimum
Moisture– Nuclear Density Meter– sand cone displacement
• In situ CBR and Plate Bearing tests
• Dynamic Cone (Scala) penetrometer
• Performance properties - Field tests– NOT Clegg Hammer - measures consistency of
the surface finish– Deflection bowls - including Benkelman Beam
• Laboratory tests
![Page 76: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/76.jpg)
76www.fh.co.nz
![Page 77: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/77.jpg)
77www.fh.co.nz
Deflection Testing Equipment
• Full scale, heavy load devices:
– Benkelman Beam
– Deflectograph
– Falling Weight Deflectometer
• Single point portable devices:
– Clegg hammer
– Prima
![Page 78: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/78.jpg)
78www.fh.co.nz
![Page 79: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/79.jpg)
79www.fh.co.nz
Prima 100
Portable
FWD Device
AC; Run 1 Ch 10 Pt 37
-100
-50
0
50
100
150
0 5 10 15 20 25 30Time (ms)
Fo
rce
(kP
a)
& D
efl
ecti
on
(m
icro
ns)
Force (kPa) D(1) (µm)
Force (kPa) D(1) (µm)
Force (kPa) D(1) (µm)
TYPICAL PLOT PRIMA LOAD & DEFLECTION v LOAD DURATION
![Page 80: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/80.jpg)
80www.fh.co.nz
Deflection Bowl Analysis
-3
-2.5
-2
-1.5
-1
-0.5
0
0 0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8 1 1.2
1.4
1.6
1.8
Distance from Centre of Load (m)
Def
lect
ion
(m
m)
![Page 81: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/81.jpg)
81www.fh.co.nz
Curvature Function (CF) of a deflection bowl
• D0 = maximum deflection for a test point
• D200 = deflection measured where the test load is 200 mm from the point of maximum deflection (in the direction of travel).
![Page 82: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/82.jpg)
82www.fh.co.nz
Characteristic Deflections &
Curvatures
Determined for each sub-section
Homogeneous sub-sections have:
• Coefficient of Variation (CoV) < 0.25
• Characteristic deflection (CD) or curvature (CC) is equal to average deflection or curvature (µ) + a factor (f) x standard deviation (σ):
CD or CC = µ + f x σ– f is selected based on reliability required
![Page 83: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/83.jpg)
83www.fh.co.nz
Coefficient of Variation (CoV)
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
Per
cen
tag
e (%
)
0.5 0.7 0.9 1.1 1.3 1.5
Deflections (mm)
• Statistical measure of
consistent quality of
construction
• Std dev of values divided by
average value x 100%
– ± 1 Standard deviation includes
68% of values
• Typical maximum values for
CoV are < 25 or 30%
– If deflection high, reduce to 20%
![Page 84: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/84.jpg)
84www.fh.co.nz
Coefficient of Variation
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
Per
cen
tag
e (%
)
0.5 0.7 0.9 1.1 1.3 1.5
Deflections (mm)
• Previous distribution:
– Average = 1.0 mm
– Std. Dev. = 0.1 mm
– CoV = 10%
• This distribution:
– Average = 1.0 mm
– Std. Dev. = 0.2 mm
– CoV = 20%
• Greater variation!
![Page 85: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/85.jpg)
85www.fh.co.nz
Factor ‘f’ for Characteristic Values
Road Functional
Class
f % of all deflection measurements which will
be covered by the Characteristic Deflection*
1 and 6
2, 7, 8 and 9
3, 4 and 5
2.00
1.65
1.30
97.5
95
90
CD or CC = µ + f x σ
* after identifying areas to be patched/reconstructed
![Page 86: Pavement Design 2004pavementanalysis.geosolve.co.nz/images/papers/documents... 5 AUSTROADS Pavement Design Guide 2003 Two design processes for Flexible Pavements Empirical Design Chart](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022041000/5e9fa65ca489f62d01406767/html5/thumbnails/86.jpg)
86www.fh.co.nz
Example Calculation of
Characteristic Deflection (CD)
Sub-section: Average Deflection µD = 1.0 mm
Standard Deviation σD = 0.1 mm
Require 95% confidence, for f
CD = µD + f x σD