6. ME Pavement Design
Why roads fail
Pavement design methods
Mechanistic-
Mechanistic Empirical
M h i i -E i i l pavement d i
design
The need for seasons
ME-
ME-PDG
21. NYSDOT Comprehensive
Pavement Design Manual
Black or white – Asphalt or PCC
Mr – Subgrade resilient modulus
ESALs
ESAL – 50 year design life
d i lif
29. Two Most Common
Fatigue Failure Criteria
Tensile strain in the surface (εt) cracking
(ε
Vertical strain on the subgrade (εv) rutting
(ε
30. 3.9492
⎛ ⎛E⎞
1.281
1 ⎞
N f surface (106 ) = ⎜ 0.00432 C ⎜ ⎟ ⎟
⎜ ⎝ E' ⎠ εt ⎟
⎝ ⎠
Asphalt Horizontal Tensile Strain Criteria
10,000
10 000
strain)
train (micros
Average Coefficients
K = 220.3
a = 4.260
1,000 b = -0.85 (Asph. Inst.)
E 435 100
E' = 435,100 psi
Horizontal St
H
100
100 1,000 10,000 100,000 1,000,000 10,000,000 100,000,000
Number f Repetitions
N b of R titi
Asphalt Inst. TRL - 1 Average NAASRA Shell Denmark DTU
31. 3.902
⎛ 1 ⎞
N f subgrade (10 ) = ⎜ 619.5
⎜
6
⎟
⎟
⎝ εV ⎠
Subgrade Vertical Compressive Strain Criteria
10,000
ain)
Vertical Strai (microstra
1,000
in
Average Coefficients
g
V
K = 619.5
a = 3.902
100
100 1,000
, 10,000
, 100,000
, 1,000,000
, , 10,000,000
, , 100,000,000
, ,
Number of Repetitions
Denmark DTU Shell Average Nottingham Dorman & Metcalf TRL Asphalt Inst.
32. 3.902
⎛ 1 ⎞
N f subgrade (10 ) = ⎜ 619.5
6
⎜ ⎟
⎟
⎝ εV ⎠
~4
⎛ 1 ⎞
N f subgrade (10 ) ∝ ⎜
6
⎜ε ⎟⎟
⎝ V⎠
~4
N f subgrade (car ) ⎛ ε V (truck ⎞
∝⎜
⎜ ε (car ) ⎟ ⎟
N f subgrade (truck ) ⎝ V ⎠
33. Q: How many passes by a standard
automobile are needed to equal the
damage of one fully loaded 10-wheel
10-
dump truck?
5,000-
5,000-10,000
34. Elastic Layer Theory
Forward Calculation
P, a
Θ E1,η1,t1 Traffic
P = Load
R E2,η2,t2 a = Area
Pavement layers
Stress σX,Y,Z Ei = Modulus
E3,η3,t3
Strain εX Y Z
X,Y,Z
ηi = Poisson’s ratio
Poisson s
Disp. δX,Y,Z ti = Thickness
E4,η4,∞
37. ⎛ 1.281
1⎞
3.9492
ESAL Load
N f surface (10 ) = ⎜ 0.00432 C ⎛ E ⎟
⎜
⎞ 6 ⎟
⎜ ⎝ E' ⎠ ⎟
εt ⎠ 9,000
9 000 lbs
⎝
Asphalt Horizontal Tensile Strain Criteria
10,000
10 000
strain)
train (micros
Average Coefficients
K = 220.3
a = 4.260
1,000 b = -0.85 (Asph. Inst.)
E 435 100
E' = 435,100 psi
Horizontal St
H
100
100 1,000 10,000 100,000 1,000,000 10,000,000 100,000,000
Number f Repetitions
N b of R titi
Asphalt Inst. TRL - 1 Average NAASRA Shell Denmark DTU
41. Miner’s Hypothesis
yp
T ,season ,...
, ,
nf
D=
Nf
∑ Di , j ,...
i =1, j =1,..
,
D ≤1
42. ME Design
Traffic Seasons
P = Load Annual
a = Area Daily
Pavement layers Long-
Long-term
Ei = Modulus Asphalt aging
ηi = Poisson’s ratio Cracking
ti = Thickness …
44. How Backcalculation 1. Select
Works… Pavement layer /
FWD Sensor
100 2. Use S d
2 U Seed
Value Initial
ction, mils
deflection
m
10
3. Select 2nd
modulus
Deflec
1 2nd deflection
4. Use FWD
0.1 deflection to
1,000 10,000 100,000 estimate
Modulus, psi
M d l i modulus
48. Effect of Changing
Season Lengths
Initial inputs
7 days of Spring thaw
Nf = 660 000 ESAL
660,000 ESALs
Increase Spring-thaw from 7 to 28 days
Spring-
Nf = 490 000 ESALs
490,000
26.2% decrease in lifespan
56. Critical Variables
Traffic
Need to account for overloads
Weather
Daily changes
Seasonality
Pavement structure & materials
Thickness
Quality of construction
Long-
Long-term changes
All variables
60. Q: What are the primary 2 failure
modes for asphalt pavement?
Tensile strain in the surface
Fatigue cracking
Compressive strain on the subgrade
C i i h b d
Subgrade rutting
64. Thank You
David Orr
Senior Engineer
Cornell L l R d P
C ll Local Roads Program
416 Riley-Robb Hall
Riley-
Ithaca, NY 14853
Ithaca
607-255-
607-255-8033
dpo3@cornell.edu
p @
www.clrp.cornell.edu