4. General information on pavement design
While rational calculation methods were developed very early on in other fields, notably engineering structures, for many decades pavement design was determined empirically, based on observation of the behavior of existing pavements. It was with the AASHO (American Association of States Highway Officials) tests carried out in the United States from 1951 to 1961 that engineers first sought to provide a serious experimental basis for the choice of pavement thicknesses. However, specialists were quick to regard the conclusions of these tests as limited in scope, since, as already emphasized, experimentation can only be truly fruitful if it is underpinned by rational models that guide its organization and enable interpretation.
The search for mathematical models for the multilayer systems that make up pavements has been the subject of a great deal of work, marked by...
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Bibliography
Bibliography
Standards and norms
- Chaussées, terrassements, terminologie, partie 1, terminologie relative au calcul de dimensionnement des chaussées. - NF P 98-080-1 - 1992
- Chaussées, terrassements, dimensionnement des chaussées routières, éléments à prendre en compte pour le calcul de dimensionnement. - NF P 98-086 - 1992
- Dimensionnement des chaussées routières, détermination des trafics routiers pour le dimensionnement des structures...
Regulations
Article R 312-5 of the French Highway Code, June 2001.
Article R 312-6 of the French Highway Code.
Directive 85/3/EEC of December 1984 relating to the weights, dimensions and certain other technical characteristics of certain road vehicles (updated by Directive 96/53/EC of July 25, 1996 laying down for certain road vehicles circulating within the Community the maximum authorized...
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