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Highway Engineering
Lecture 7
Structural Design
Flexible Pavement
Design
Pavement Layers
Structural Design
The purpose of structural design is to limit the
stresses transferred to the foundation (soil) by traffic
to a safe level at which deformation of the foundation
is insignificant while at the same time ensuring that
the road structure does not deteriorate to any serious
extent within a specified period of time (design period,
10 to 40 years).
Pavement wear/distress is the degradation of
pavement quality due to climate (water and
temperature) as well as loading by traffic. When roads
are designed it is assumed that adequate routine and
emergency maintenance will be carried out during
the design period of the road and that at the end of
the design period a relatively low level of
Surfacing
(asphalt)
Roadbase
Formation
Subgrade
Road-
5,000 kg 9,000 kg