A section of a two-lane rural highway is to be realigned and replaced by a four-lane highway with a full-depth asphalt pavement. The AADT (both ways) on the existing section can be represented by 500 ESAL. It is expected that construction will be completed 5 years from now. If the traffic growth rate is 5 percent and the effective CBR of the subgrade on the new alignment is 8.5, determine a suitable depth of the asphalt pavement (in inches) using the AASHTO method. Take the design life of the pavement as 20 years. The resilient modulus of the asphalt (EAC) is 400,000 lb/in.2. Assume m, for the subgrade is 1 and the percent of traffic on the design lane is 45 percent. Use a reliability level of 90 percent, a standard deviation of 0.45, and a design serviceability loss of 2.0. inches

A section of a two-lane rural highway is to be realigned and replaced by a four-lane highway with a full-depth asphalt pavement. The AADT (both ways) on the existing section can be represented by 500 ESAL. It is expected that construction will be completed 5 years from now. If the traffic growth rate is 5 percent and the effective CBR of the subgrade on the new alignment is 8.5, determine a suitable depth of the asphalt pavement (in inches) using the AASHTO method. Take the design life of the pavement as 20 years. The resilient modulus of the asphalt (EAC) is 400,000 lb/in.2. Assume m, for the subgrade is 1 and the percent of traffic on the design lane is 45 percent. Use a reliability level of 90 percent, a standard deviation of 0.45, and a design serviceability loss of 2.0. inches

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