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Cumulative Damage Factor from
Presentation on AC 150/5320-6E
by Rodney Joel

Presented to: IQPC Pre-Conference Workshop A

By: Gordon Hayhoe, FAA Airport Tech. R&D Branch
Location: Carlton Hotel, Singapore
Date: October 7, 2008
Chapter 3 - Pavement Design

Traffic Models
New procedures require that ALL anticipated traffic
be included in the traffic model.
Concept of design aircraft is no longer used
Cumulative Damage Factor (CDF) replaces need
for design aircraft procedure.

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Chapter 3 - Pavement Design

Traffic Model - Cumulative Damage Factor

Sums Damage From Each Aircraft
Based upon its unique pavement loading characteristics and
Location of the main gear from centerline

DOES NOT use the design aircraft method of

condensing all aircraft into one design model

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Chapter 3 - Pavement Design

Traffic Model - Cumulative Damage Factor

Sums Damage From Each Aircraft - Not From Design
Aircraft

number of applied load repetitions

CDF
number of allowable repetitions to failure

When CDF = 1, Design Life is Exhausted

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Chapter 3 - Pavement Design

Traffic Model - Cumulative Damage Factor

CDF is Calculated for each 10 inch wide strip over a
total 820 inch width.
Gear location and wander considered for each aircraft
Use Miners rule to sum damage for each strip

Must Input Traffic Mix, NOT Design Aircraft

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Chapter 3 - Pavement Design
Traffic Model - Cumulative Damage Factor
Critical location

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 Sample Aircraft Traffic Mix CDF
Contribution

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Condition specific and
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 Sample Aircraft Traffic Mix CDF
Contribution

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 Large Aircraft Traffic Mix Gear
Locations
B-777-200
B-747-400
A-330
B-767-200
A-300-B2
Runway Centerline .

B-757
B-727
B-737-400
MD-83
MD-90-30
DC-9-50
DW 100,000
Regional Jet 700
Regional Jet 200
DW 45,000
DW 30,000
SW 30,000

0 25 50 75 100 125 150 175 200 225 250 275 300 325 350 375 400
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