Q1: Design the pavement for an expressway consisting of an asphalt concrete surface, a crushed stone base, and a granular subbase using the 1993 AASHTO design method. The cumulative ESAL in the design lane for a design period of 15 years is 7x106. The area has good quality drainage with 10% of the time the moisture level is approaching saturation. The effective roadbed soil resilient modulus is 7 ksi, the subbase has a CBR value of 80, the resilient modulus of the base is 40×103 psi, and the resilient modulus of asphalt concrete is 4.5×105 psi. Assume a reliability level of 95%, So of 0.45, po = 4.6, and pt = 3.0.

Q1: Design the pavement for an expressway consisting of an asphalt concrete surface, a crushed stone base, and a granular subbase using the 1993 AASHTO design method. The cumulative ESAL in the design lane for a design period of 15 years is 7x106. The area has good quality drainage with 10% of the time the moisture level is approaching saturation. The effective roadbed soil resilient modulus is 7 ksi, the subbase has a CBR value of 80, the resilient modulus of the base is 40×103 psi, and the resilient modulus of asphalt concrete is 4.5×105 psi. Assume a reliability level of 95%, So of 0.45, po = 4.6, and pt = 3.0.

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