PRIN.OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERING&TRAFFIC ANA.
PRIN.OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERING&TRAFFIC ANA.
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ISBN: 9781119610526
Author: Mannering
Publisher: WILEY
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Chapter 4, Problem 20P
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The structural number of the flexible pavement.

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A rigid pavement is designed with a 11-inch slab, an E_c of 6 million Ib/in^2, a concrete modulus of rupture of 432 Ib/in^2, a load transfer coefficient of 3.0, an initial PSI of 4.50, and a TSI of 2.5. The overall standard deviation is 0.56, the modulus of subgrade reaction is 190 Ib/in^3, and a reliability of 90% is used along with a drainage coefficient of 0.87. The pavement is designed assuming that traffic is composed entirely of trucks (50 per day). Each truck has one 20-kip single axle and one 42-kip tandem axle (the effect of all other vehicles is ignored). A section of this road is to be replaced (due to different subgrade characteristics) with a flexible pavement having a SN of 5 and is expected to last the same number of years as the rigid pavement. What is the assumed soil resilient modulus? (Assume that all other factors are the same as for the rigid pavement). Please report your answer as a decimal in units of Ib/in^2. For example, report 3000.6 Ib/in^2 as 3000.6.
You have been asked to design a flexible pavement and the following daily traffic is expected for design: 6375 passenger cars with two 2-kip single axles, 375 18-wheel trucks with one 12-kip single axle and two 32-kip tandem axles, 225 triple-trailer trucks with one 18-kip single axle and six 36-kip tandem axles, and 525 single unit trucks with one 10-kip single axle and one 24-kip tandem axle. There are 3 lanes in the design direction (conservative design is to be used). Assuming a structural number of 5.0, determine the design-lane 18-kip ESALs for the pavement projected 15-year design life with the TSI of 2.5.
2- Describe six of the main differences between rigid and flexible pavements.
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