Q2: A pavement system must be designed to accommodate 1,000 20-kip single axle loads per day. The pavement should provide 99% reliability and accommodate a standard devation of 0.35. The pavement should be comprised of either a 10-inch concrete slab or a 6-inch hot-mix asphalt surface on top of a 7-inch dense-grade crushed stone base and a 10-inch crushed stone subbase. Determine whether the rigid or flexible pavement will lost longer given the following pavement and soil characteristics: • PSI = 4.5 (both pavements) • TSI = 2.5 (both pavements) • CD =1.0 • E = 4,000,000 • k= 300 pci • J= 3.0 • M2 = M3 = 1.0 • MR = 12,500 psi Se = 1,000 psi Use the AASHTO pavement design equations or nomograph.

Q2: A pavement system must be designed to accommodate 1,000 20-kip single axle loads per day. The pavement should provide 99% reliability and accommodate a standard devation of 0.35. The pavement should be comprised of either a 10-inch concrete slab or a 6-inch hot-mix asphalt surface on top of a 7-inch dense-grade crushed stone base and a 10-inch crushed stone subbase. Determine whether the rigid or flexible pavement will lost longer given the following pavement and soil characteristics: • PSI = 4.5 (both pavements) • TSI = 2.5 (both pavements) • CD =1.0 • E = 4,000,000 • k= 300 pci • J= 3.0 • M2 = M3 = 1.0 • MR = 12,500 psi Se = 1,000 psi Use the AASHTO pavement design equations or nomograph.

Structural Analysis

6th Edition

ISBN:9781337630931

Author:KASSIMALI, Aslam.

Publisher:KASSIMALI, Aslam.

Chapter2: Loads On Structures

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