Ultimate design of unbound granular base courses for flexible pavements
This study aims to introduce alternative design procedures for a flexible pavement base course by utilizing ultimate strength criteria with the sophisticated laboratory results of base course materials. Based on the design protocol, only the design criteria of the horizontal tension and the vertical...
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| author | Jitsangiam, Peerapong Nikraz, Hamid Siripun, Komsun |
| author2 | Dar-Hao Chen |
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| description | This study aims to introduce alternative design procedures for a flexible pavement base course by utilizing ultimate strength criteria with the sophisticated laboratory results of base course materials. Based on the design protocol, only the design criteria of the horizontal tension and the vertical compression occur at the bottom of the asphalt layer and at the top of the subgrade, respectively are employed. The real behavior of a base course under traffic loads has been rarely accounted into the pavement design protocol. Nowadays, traffic is growing in terms of magnitude and frequency far beyond the past causing premature deterioration in base course layers leading to major damage in pavements. The study presents theoretically a more suitable approach of stress and strain distributions in a flexible pavement using the finite element method. The effects of uniform design pressure and material attributes generated when a vehicle travels, namely the stress and strain contributions between tires and pavement layers, were investigated. Moreover, new design criteria for an unbound granular layer were defined as the ultimate strength design and the bearing capacity factor resulting from the application of the shallow foundation bearing capacity concept within the California Bearing Ratio (CBR) results. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-330932023-01-27T05:52:10Z Ultimate design of unbound granular base courses for flexible pavements Jitsangiam, Peerapong Nikraz, Hamid Siripun, Komsun Dar-Hao Chen Jia-Ruey Chang Musharraf Zaman Chaoyang Zhao Zhanyong Yao Pavements Flexible pavements Subbase course Design This study aims to introduce alternative design procedures for a flexible pavement base course by utilizing ultimate strength criteria with the sophisticated laboratory results of base course materials. Based on the design protocol, only the design criteria of the horizontal tension and the vertical compression occur at the bottom of the asphalt layer and at the top of the subgrade, respectively are employed. The real behavior of a base course under traffic loads has been rarely accounted into the pavement design protocol. Nowadays, traffic is growing in terms of magnitude and frequency far beyond the past causing premature deterioration in base course layers leading to major damage in pavements. The study presents theoretically a more suitable approach of stress and strain distributions in a flexible pavement using the finite element method. The effects of uniform design pressure and material attributes generated when a vehicle travels, namely the stress and strain contributions between tires and pavement layers, were investigated. Moreover, new design criteria for an unbound granular layer were defined as the ultimate strength design and the bearing capacity factor resulting from the application of the shallow foundation bearing capacity concept within the California Bearing Ratio (CBR) results. 2011 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/33093 American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) restricted |
| spellingShingle | Pavements Flexible pavements Subbase course Design Jitsangiam, Peerapong Nikraz, Hamid Siripun, Komsun Ultimate design of unbound granular base courses for flexible pavements |
| title | Ultimate design of unbound granular base courses for flexible pavements |
| title_full | Ultimate design of unbound granular base courses for flexible pavements |
| title_fullStr | Ultimate design of unbound granular base courses for flexible pavements |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ultimate design of unbound granular base courses for flexible pavements |
| title_short | Ultimate design of unbound granular base courses for flexible pavements |
| title_sort | ultimate design of unbound granular base courses for flexible pavements |
| topic | Pavements Flexible pavements Subbase course Design |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/33093 |