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The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) currently has an existing jointed plain concrete pavement (JPCP) design method based on mechanistic-empirical (M-E) principles. The objective of this research was to provide IDOT with an improved design process for JPCP based on new research findings over the past 15 years. Existing JPCP methods such as the Mechanistic Empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG) were reviewed.
The research objective was to evaluate the IDOT FDHMAP design method and suggest modifications to accommodate ELHMAP thickness design for Illinois conditions.
Mechanistic design concepts for conventional flexible pavement (asphalt concrete (AC) surface + granular base/subbase) for highways are proposed and validated. The procedure is based on ILLI-PAVE, a stress dependent finite element computer program, coupled with appropriate transfer functions. Two design criteria are considered: AC flexural fatigue cracking and subgrade rutting. Fatigue cracking is controlled by limiting the tensile strain at the bottom of the AC layer. Subgrade rutting is controlled by limiting the stress-ratio at the granular layer-subgrade interface. Algorithms were developed relating pavement response parameters (stresses, strains, deflections) to AC thickness, AC moduli, granular layer thickness, and subgrade moduli. Extensive analyses of the AASHO Road Test flexible pavement data are presented supporting the validity of the proposed concepts.
Concepts for a mechanistic based thickness design procedure for high strength stabilized base pavements are presented. The proposed procedure is based on stabilized layer fatigue consumption and a ILLI-PAVE based algorithm for estimating stabilized layer flexural stress. The design concept can easily be developed into a comprehensive practical thickness design procedure for Illinois DOT utilization. Appendix A is a State-of-the-Art summary entitled "The Selection of Stress-Strain, Strength, and Fatigue Relationships for use in Mechanistic Design Procedures." Appendix B is an "ILLI-PAVE Data Base for Stabilized Base Pavements."
Introductory technical guidance for civil engineers and construction managers interested in continuously reinforced concrete pavements for streets and highways. Here is what is discussed: 1. INTRODUCTION TO MECHANISTIC–EMPIRICAL DESIGN OF CRCP 2. AASHTO PAVEMENT ME DESIGN GUIDE PRINCIPLES 3. AASHTO PAVEMENT ME DESIGN USER INPUTS 4. PAVEMENT TYPE SELECTION AND PORTLAND CEMENT CONCRETE MATERIAL PROPERTIES 5. SELECTING SUPPORT LAYERS FOR DESIGN 6. SELECTING REINFORCEMENT AND OTHER PAVEMENT PARAMETERS. 7. TRAFFIC 8. CLIMATE 9. CRCP FAILURE ANALYSIS AND DESIGN THICKNESS OPTIMIZATION 10. AASHTO PAVEMENT ME DESIGN INPUT SENSITIVITY 11 SUMMARY.
Design related project level pavement management - Economic evaluation of alternative pavement design strategies - Reliability / - Pavement design procedures for new construction or reconstruction : Design requirements - Highway pavement structural design - Low-volume road design / - Pavement design procedures for rehabilitation of existing pavements : Rehabilitation concepts - Guides for field data collection - Rehabilitation methods other than overlay - Rehabilitation methods with overlays / - Mechanistic-empirical design procedures.