Question: ( Points: 2 0 ) How many years is a flexible pavement designed to last given the following conditions: Daily traffic: 9 , 5 6

(Points: 20) How many years is a flexible pavement designed to last given the following conditions:
Daily traffic: 9,567 cars (each with two 2-kip single axles),57 buses (each with two 20-kip single axles), and 157 heayy trucks (each with one 12-kip single axle and two 34-kip tandem axles)
7-inch sand-mix asphaltic surface
8-inch crushed stone base with a drainage coeficient of 0.9
8-inch crushed stone subbase with a drainage coefificient of 0.95
Subgrade CBR of 5.5
Overall standard deviation of 0.45
Reliability of 90%
Initial PSI of 4.2 and final PSI of 2.5
( Points: 2 0 ) How many years is a flexible

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