Development of Comprehensive Low-Volume Pavement Design Procedures

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• Creators:
  Hall, Kevin D. ; Bettis, John W.
• Corporate Contributors:
  Mack-Blackwell National Rural Transportation Study Center (U.S.) ; Arkansas. State Highway & Transportation Department
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Low volume roads
  • Design standards
  • Pavement design
  • Literature reviews
  • Recommendations
• Publication/ Report Number:
  MBTC FR-1070
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Arkansas ; United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  Arkansas. State Highway & Transportation Department
• Abstract:
  Historically, "low-volume" pavements (less than 500 ADT) in Arkansas were typically constructed using a "standard" section, i.e. a double surface treatment over a specified thickness of granular base. Subsequent analysis indicated these sections were structurally inadequate in many cases. In response, the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department (AHTD) moved to designing low-volume pavements by normal methods, such as the AASHTO Guide for the Design of Pavement Structures. Other state highway agencies have developed or adopted other design methods for lower-volume pavements. In many cases, "normal" design methods often provide substantial, and perhaps unwarranted, structural sections for low-volume pavements, resulting in fewer miles of low-volume pavements constructed annually. This project compiled efforts by pavement agencies to develop specific low-volume design methods, and suggests potential method(s) for designing low-volume pavements for a variety of traffic, materials, soils, and environmental conditions in Arkansas. The recommendations provide a framework for developing a low-volume design method. This document is also available in HTML at http://www.mackblackwell.org/research/finals/arc1070/framereport1070.html
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/14160/dot_14160_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 72.53 KB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:4630c065d2f068e20c8e9f131d2a20fb4cf0b81001e30ff9e166a1ebf1dd511f