AASHTO and

DPWH Design for

Rigid Pavements

Engr. Jefferson R. Vallente Jr., CE, M.TSSP, M.EASTS

Asst. Instructor, Civil Engineering Dept.
 Daily Quiz: 20 mins only
Determine an ESAL value for a rigid pavement
using the predicted traffic mix below of a four
lane urban non-interstate highway:
Passenger Cards = 69%
Single-unit trucks:
2-axle, 22.22 KN/axle = 20%
2-axle, 40KN/axle = 5%
3-axle or more 100KN/axle = 4%
Use AADT = first four digits of your SLMIS ID
number with a traffic growth rate of 0 % in 25
years.
V. Thickness Design of Rigid Pavements
AASHTO Design Method (Only discussion)
Alternate Design Method
PCA Design Method
Mechanistic-Empirical Design Guide Method
DPWH D.O. No.22 s. 2011 Minimum Pavement
Thickness and Width of National Roads
(Required)
AASHTO Design Method
Factors:
Pavement Performance (Different from Flexible
Pavement design)
Subgrade Strength
Subbase Strength
Traffic (Same from Flexible Pavement design)
Concrete Properties
Drainage (Different from Flexible Pavement design)
Reliability (Different from Flexible Pavement design)
Pavement Performance
Method 1: Measured as serviceability
performance using the Present Serviceability
Index (PSI)
Pavement Performance
Method 2: Historical Performance
Failure at PCI = 1.0
AASHTO Design Method:
Subbase Strength recommended values
AASHTO Design
Method:
Subgrade Strength
recommended
values and range
AASHTO Design Method:
Traffic Given in terms of percentage
Table 19.4 or Eqn. 19.1
Given Given
Table 20.7/20.8
AASHTO Design Method:
Traffic
Total ESAL is determined also after the design
period and traffic growth factors are known.
Flexible highways are designed for 10 to 20-
year period.
AASHTO Design Method:
Concrete Properties
AASHTO Design Method:
Drainage & Reliability
 Definition of drainage quality and finding recommended
mi values

Time required to
drain the
base/subbase layer
Step 1 to 50% saturation.

If Fair and 25%

exposure, then mi
is 0.90.

1.25-1.20

Step 2
 Reliability
Since ESAL values are dependent on growth rate
factors which may not be accurate reliability needs
to be measured.

This determines the assurance level

So ranges within 0.3 to 0.4 for rigid pavement
 Determine whether the 9 in.
pavement design of Example 20.2
will be adequate on a rural
expressway for a 20-year analysis
period and the following design
criteria
Pi = 4.5; Pt = 2.5
ESAL on design lane during first year
of operation = 0.2 x 10^6
Traffic growth rate 4%
Concrete elastic modulus,
Ec = 5 x 10^6 lb/in2
Mean concrete modulus of rupture
= 700 lb/in2
Drainage conditions are such that
Cd = 1.0
R = 0.95 (ZR 1.645)
So = 0.30 (for rigid pavements So
0.3 to 0.4)
Growth factor = 29.78 (from Table
19.6)
k = 170 (from Example 20.2)
Assume D = 9 in. (from Example
20.2)
ESAL over design period = 0.2 x
10^6 = 29.78 = 6 x 10^6
DPWH D.O. No.22 s. 2011: PCCP
A. For new road construction, rehabilitation or
upgrading, the minimum thickness of the
pavement shall be 280 mm. However, a
thickness of less than 280 mm., but in no case
less than 230 mm., may be adopted if the
Cumulative Equivalent Single Axle Load
(CESAL) is not more than 7.0 x 106.
DPWH D.O. No.22 s. 2011 : PCCP
B. For pavement rehabilitation using the crack
and seat method, a minimum thickness of 260
mm. shall be adopted for the new pavement
that will be constructed on top of the
deteriorated concrete pavement.
DPWH D.O. No.22 s. 2011 : PCCP
C. For pavement reblocking, the thickness of
the new pavement shall be the same as the
replaced blocks.
DPWH D.O. No.22 s. 2011 : Asphalt
Pavement
A. For overlaying works, the minimum
thickness of the overlay shall be 50 mm.
B. On grounds of economy, pavement
thickness of more than 50 mm. shall be
considered only if the cost of the asphalt
pavement of such thickness is less than the
cost of a 230 mm. thick PCCP.
DPWH D.O. No.22 s. 2011 : Pavement
Width
1. In new construction, the minimum width of
the carriageway shall be 6.70 meters.
2. In rehabilitation or upgrading works
involving a length of at least 500 meters, the
minimum width of the carriageway to be
adopted shall be 6.70 meters, provided that
such works will not require right-of-way
acquisition.
DPWH D.O. No.22 s. 2011 Procedure
DPWH D.O. No.22 s. 2011 Procedure
DPWH D.O. No.22 s. 2011 Procedure
Pavement Layout Plan