Question: Using the AASHTO rigid design procedure, design a pavement for a provincial road with an expected design ESAL of 2 0 x 1 0 6
Using the AASHTO rigid design procedure, design a pavement for a provincial road with an expected design ESAL of x The pavement structure is to consist of Portland cement concrete with an elastic modulus of x psi and a modulus of rupture of psi, and a in thick unbounded granular material as subbase. The pavement is to be plain jointed and jointed reinforced concrete with tied PCC shoulder and having load transfer devices. The climate consists of a wet season NovemberApril and a dry season MayOctober Freezing of the subbase and subgrade is considered negligible. The elastic modulus of the subbase is psi during the dry season and psi during the wet season. The elastic modulus of the subgrade is psi during the dry season and psi during the wet season. The subgrade depth to the bedrock is ft It is estimated that it will take a day for water to drain from the pavement and that the pavement will be saturated about percent of the time. Assume that a reliability level of about is required and that the initial serviceability index is and the final serviceability index is Assume S
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