Heavy duty pavement design airports apsds the course is offered for those who are familiar with pavement design, or who have completed any of the cpee twoday flexible pavement design courses, and oneday mechanistic pavement design circly. Guide for design and construction of concrete parking lots aci 330r01 concrete parking lots serve many transportation facilities, industrial plants, commercial developments, and multifamily housing projects. Hipave heavy industrial pavement design is software for design of flexible pavements in facilities such as intermodal container terminals and yards hipave models the extremely heavy loads from vehicles such as mast lifts, reachstackers, straddle carriers etc. For heavy duty lots, the newer standard specifies four inches of asphalt over 12 inches of base vs. Caltrans context for heavy duty pavement design old pavement concrete pavement, urban highvolume freeways, 30 50 years old 23 asphalt surfaced. Preliminary analysis using the finite element program confirmed that the critical. Office of asset management, pavement, and construction. Founded in 1904 and headquartered in farmington hills, michigan, usa, the american concrete institute is a leading authority and resource worldwide for the development, dissemination, and adoption of its consensusbased standards, technical resources, educational programs, and proven expertise for individuals and organizations involved in concrete design. Terminal anchor joint selection for concrete pavement 6. Roadway design florida department of transportation home. Is the hot mix asphalt surface stiff enough to resist deformation ruts or indentations.
Typical concrete is composed of coarse aggregate crushed stone and gravel, fine. Different pavement types use different types of joints and reinforcement to control the forces acting on the concrete pavement. How thick should a concrete slab be to support a heavy truck. An ebook reader can be a software application for use on a computer. This makes it economically impractical to build up subgrade strength with thick layers of crushed stone or gravel.
Interlocking concrete pavement systems have been proven to be a durable and effective alternative, even in vehicular applications. Icpi is your resource for emerging trends, technology and education. Heavy duty concrete pavement design spreadsheet civilweb. Join the association for the segmental concrete pavement industry. It is designed to conveniently model each combination of. The guide is a collaborative effort currently involving dr.
The third edition of the british ports association heavy duty pavement design. This design method determines the thickness for both. Laser screeded concrete parking lots with a 3d profiler will brighten up any commercial or industrial setting with little impact on the environment. For heavy duty industrial pavements, which carry heavy industrial vehicles such as loaders or container haulers, the design may be. For pavement thickness greater than 400 mm, specialised software design tools should be used to determine the optimum pavement thickness. Based on both mechanistic and empirical formulas, the software considers thickness design concepts, such as. Guide for design and construction of concrete parking lots aci 330r01. Heavy duty pavement design container terminals hipave.
How thick should a concrete slab be to hold a 75000 pound. Heavy duty industrial archives rcc pavement council. The structural design of heavy duty pavements john knapton. Rollercompacted concrete rcc thickness design acpa wiki. Circly is a powerful, userfriendly, windowsbased package that analyses a comprehensive range of load types acting on layered elastic systems. Key words heavyduty mix, asphalt pavement, superpave, pavement design, mix design, stone onstone contact. In roller compacted concrete structural design, the pavement thickness is increased or the strength of the concrete is increased until the stress ratio is reduced sufficiently to provide for adequate fatigue performance. Quality asphalt pavement may be constructed in a wide range of soil, weather, and loading conditions. Furthermore, an analysis is performed to research the plastic properties of the pavement. This means that when a design has been produced using the chart, the designer. Heavy duty concrete pavement design cannot use the same empirical methods as concrete road design.
What is the bearing capacity of the sub grade the concrete. The structural design of heavy duty concrete block pavements. The guide is a collaborative effort currently involving leigh wardle of mincad systems, ian rickards pioneer road services pty ltd, melbourne, australia, john. In order to develop appropriate light duty pavement designs, aci committees 325 and 330 applied the pca 1984 method to develop simple design tables. Jun 28, 2018 using traditional design methodologies, standard duty concrete lots required 7inch of concrete over a 6in subbase. There are many design guides available for heavy duty pavements, some that are specified for ports for container handling like the hipave program and others for airports like the layer elastic design of flexible and rigid pavements in a pavement design for airfields from the. Newly added with this version is jointed plain concrete overlay designs for all six types bonded on ashpalt, unbonded on asphalt, bonded on concrete, unbonded on concrete, bonded on composite, unbonded on compsosite. Is the pavement structure subgrade, subbase, base, and all asphalt layers adequate to support the loads. You need to purchase our ms23 manual, thickness design of asphalt pavements for heavy wheel loads. The guide is a collaborative effort currently involving. Guide for the structural design of heavy duty pavements.
Asphalt pavement thickness and mix design asphalt institute. This is because heavy duty concrete pavements must be designed to accommodate the loadings from heavy duty plant and equipment that are much larger than those allowed onto highways. Using traditional design methodologies, standard duty concrete lots required 7inch of concrete over a 6in subbase. Forces due to shrinkage and environment changes are large enough in the concrete pavement to cause cracks to form. Heavy duty pavement design airports apsds centre for. Heavy duty streetpave 7 with 12 joint spacing medium duty optipave 5. It is assumed that the surface comprises 80mm thick concrete pavers bedded in. Structural behavior of asphalt pavements provides engineers and researchers with a detailed guide to the structural behavioral dynamics of asphalt pavement including. Leigh wardle of mincad systems, ian rickards pioneer road services pty ltd, melbourne, australia, john lancaster vicroads, australia and dr. The third edition of the british ports association heavy duty pavement design manual was published in 1996 and for the first time, a radically new way of analysing pavements is incorporated in the design.
The pavement technology currently available is accessible to meet the future needs of container operations. These notes accompany the british precast concrete federationinterpave concrete block paving pack. The pca pavement design method is detailed in the pca publication thickness design for concrete highway and street pavements. By definition, plain pavements are constructed without any reinforcing steel or steel dowels at the control joints. For heavyduty industrial pavements, which carry heavy industrial vehicles such as loaders or container haulers, the design may be. As the voice of the industry, we work to promote and keep you informed on the industry interests. Pca pavement design spreadsheet civilweb spreadsheets. Typically, the pavements consist of a surface layer, either concrete blocks or. In most design methods, the material properties of the granular materials are assumed as elastic when they are not, they are elastoplastic.
This 2016 asphalt pavement design guide has been prepared to assist readers in understanding asphalt mix pavement design, construction, and rehabilitation. The design of heavy duty industrial concrete pavements. Also, the acpa developed streetpave design software to design these types of pavements. The rcc pavement council is a volunteer industry trade association representing the interest of those involved with the construction of roller compacted concrete pavements. Concrete pavements as concrete road slab, appear as a strong. A user friendly software for rigid pavement design request pdf. Acpa has also developed design of concrete pavements for city streets, information series is184p acpa 1992b. Concrete block paving has become the orthodox surfacing for container terminals worldwide and for this reason interpave with the support of the uk concrete centre has extended its partnership with the british ports association bpa to publish the fourth edition of the bpa port and heavy duty pavement design manual. Light duty pavement design concrete pavement design. This guide presents examples of designs, procedures, and applications that have. Design methods for concrete parking lot pavements are somewhat empirical and are based on the methods developed for the design of highway pavements that is, the portland cement association method thickness 1984 and the aash to design method aashto 1993. The fourth edition represents a significant step forward in the design of heavy duty pavements, i.
This guide provides information useful in the design and construction of a successful sitepaving project for heavy duty industrial and trucking facilities. Calculation of bearing capacity of pavement earthwork. The structural design of heavy duty pavements icpi. To navigate through the ribbon, use standard browser navigation keys. Aug 10, 2019 the most critical input parameters were winpas pavement design software and their typical values for local roads in iowa were used to run the existing streepave, winpas, and ipave pavement design software packages. This essentially treats rcc as a conventional concrete pavement without dowels. Similar to the manual procedure, the software was developed mainly for heavy duty pavement applications. The basic features of these three concrete pavement types are. The design methodology used by the civilweb pca pavement design spreadsheet is detailed below. The streetpave design program allows the engineer to design conventional concrete and roller compacted concrete pavements.
They are used for storing vehicles and goods, and provide maneuvering areas and access for delivery vehicles. Bpa heavy duty pavement design manual, published in j 1996. Design using the aashtoware pavement me design procedure publication no. Their values must be determined before the design procedure is pursued. Date 2019 rigid pavement design manual rpdm 110118 2018 rigid pavement design manual rpdm summary of changes to 2018 rpdm. Guide for the structural design of heavy duty pavements constructed of clay pavers or precast concrete paving blocks, bsi 2001 layered elastic design of heavy duty industrial pavements.
Thanks to this software, the user who wants to design the concrete pavement as. We developed the heavy duty industrial pavement design guide to help users of the hipave software. To try out a fully functional free trail version of this software, please enter your. Based on finite element modeling and the authors extensive experience with port pavements using this design method, interlocking concrete pavements can be designed for container and bulk port operations.
Acpa concrete pavements with undoweled joints for light traffic facilities isoo405p faq. The most critical input parameters were winpas pavement design software and their typical values for local roads in iowa were used to run the existing streepave, winpas, and ipave pavement design software packages. Experience in heavyduty pavement design has shown that pavement surfacing materials have little influence. The structural design of heavy duty pavements for port and other industries edition 4 published by interpave uk, this 90 page, 2007 edition of the british ports association manual is backed by almost 30 years of design experience, plus refined modeling, and provides an. This 70 page manual relies on the proven port pavement design methods in use since 1983 by the british ports association. Design guide and the aashtoware pavement me design software that is used for. A proven semiempirical pavement design method has been used to assess the levels of stress at critical positions in the following manner. Concrete pavement specifiers guidelines 2 foreword portland cement concrete pcc pavement refers to the rigid concrete layer of the pavement structure that is in direct contact with the traffic. It is designed to conveniently model each combination of vehicle model and container load and to combine the damage using.
Appendix aprocedures for concrete pavement design, p. The rcc pavement council supports research and promotion to improve the quality of rcc pavements and expand their use in a responsible and sustainable manner. Manual 55 design and construction of concrete masonry buildings is a comprehensive guide aimed at assisting engineers, architects and builders with the design and construction of concrete masonry walls in accordance with relevant australian standards. Canada show substantial savings on diesel fuel with heavy. Users can select interior or edge loading and have the options of standard vehicle loading or userdefined loading. Heavy duty concrete pavement design cannot use the same empirical methods.
Concrete pavements, design and construction of johts for concrete streets, and suggested specifications for. Guide for design and construction of concrete parking lots. These methods are primarily concerned with limiting both the stresses in the slab and. Heavy duty industrial pavement design guide pavement science. There are a couple of considerations on how thick the concrete should be. There are many design guides available for heavy duty pavements, some that are specified for ports for container handling like the hipave program and others for airports like the layer elastic design of flexible and rigid pavements in a pavement design for airfields from the united states army corps of engineering. Design considerations for interlocking concrete pavements. Heavy duty pavement design dr wei liu senior engineer fugropms. The interlocking concrete pavement institute icpi, founded in 1993, is the north american trade association representing the segmental concrete paving industry.
This spreadsheet can be used to design hevy duty concrete pavements using the bpa. Heavy duty lots that were once designed with 8inch of concrete over a 6inch subbase now require 6inch concrete over a 4inch subbase. It is assumed that the surface comprises 80mm thick concrete pavers bedded. Is it reinforced, and if so, with what reinforcing. Concrete pavements can provide a service life of over 30 years with minimal maintenance and environmental impact. Similar to the manual procedure, the software was developed mainly for heavyduty pavement applications. Streetpave 12 is the latest in jointed plain concrete pavement thickness design. Design manuals interlocking concrete pavement institute. Cmaas manuals and documents in this section relate to concrete blocks and concrete masonry walling. The default design life using aci 330r08 is 20 years. Heavy duty concrete pavement design cannot use the same empirical. This design method determines the thickness for both plain and reinforced concrete pavements. The newer standard specifies 5inch of concrete with no subbase.
Streetpave is the latest in concrete thickness design software for streets and local road pavements, produced by the american concrete pavement association acpa. Design chart procedure to completely understand this method of design it is imperative that the user be familiar with the following terms. This research is focused on design of heavy duty pavement which is when a. They explain how the third edition of the british ports association heavy duty pavement design manual can be used to design pavements surfaced with pavers. Our unique design spreadsheet allows the designer to complete a heavy duty. These forces include drying shrinkage of the concrete, environment changes, and traffic loads. Software the airport pavement structural design system apsds is a powerful, userfriendly, windowsbased pavement design package for airports and airfields. Hipave heavy industrial pavement design is for the mechanistic analysis and design of flexible pavements subjected to the extremely heavy wheel loads associated with freight handling vehicles in industrial facilities, in particular, intermodal container terminals. The heavy duty industrial pavement design guide has been developed for users of the hipave software. For jointed concrete pavements, regardless of whether. Both those methods are widely used around the world. It expands the number of design solutions as compared with the previous three editions by including a.
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