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John DAngelo
Federal Highway Administration
Washington, DC
Pavement Design
In a modern world can we afford to over
design?
Limited resources
Limited money
High demand
Fatigue Theory
High Strain = Short Life
Strain
Strain
Fatigue Life
Fatigue Cracking
Repeated
Bending
Leads to
Fatigue Cracking
Fatigue Cracking
Repeated
Bending
Leads to
Fatigue Cracking
0.01
0.001
0.0001
0.00001
1.0E+0 1.0E+0 1.0E+0 1.0E+0 1.0E+1 1.0E+1 1.0E+1
2
4
6
8
0
2
4
Strain
Strain
Unlimited
Fatigue
Life
70
Fatigue Life
Stiffness, Mpa
7000
6000
5000
4000
0.0E+00
5.0E+06
1.0E+07
1.5E+07
2.0E+07
2.5E+07
3.0E+07
3.5E+07
4.0E+07
FAILURE MODES
Eventual Distress
Non-Structural Rutting
Mass
Rod
Reference
FWD Testing
Traffic
Pavement
Reactions
h1
Deflection ()
Tensile Strain (t)
Layer 1
HMA
E1
Layer 2
Granular Base
E2
h2
Compressive Strain (v)
Layer 3
Subgrade Soil
E3
No
horizontal
boundary,
assume
layers
extend
infinitely.
Threshold
Strain
Log N
No Damage Accumulation
Perpetual Pavement
Structure Lasts 50+ years.
Bottom-Up Design and Construction
Indefinite Fatigue Life
References