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Flexible Pavement Design For: AC Method

The document provides details on the flexible pavement design for an airport, including the initial and stabilized base/subbase cross sections, frost considerations, design aircraft information, and subgrade compaction requirements. Flexible pavement is designed to a total thickness of 35.5 inches to support an aircraft weighing 150,000 pounds with annual departures of over 2000.

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Flexible Pavement Design For: AC Method

The document provides details on the flexible pavement design for an airport, including the initial and stabilized base/subbase cross sections, frost considerations, design aircraft information, and subgrade compaction requirements. Flexible pavement is designed to a total thickness of 35.5 inches to support an aircraft weighing 150,000 pounds with annual departures of over 2000.

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FLEXIBLE PAVEMENT DESIGN FOR 10/31/2005

Enter Airport Name AC Method


Enter City, State
Engineer - Enter Engineering Firm and Engineer AIP No. Enter AIP Project Number
Enter Comments
35.5" Total Thickness Required (inches)
No thickness adjustments required
Stabilized Base/Subbase Are Required
Initial Pavement Cross Section Stabilized or Modified Cross Section Factors
4" Pavement Surface Layer (P-401) 4" P-401 Plant Mix Bituminous Pavements
8" (6.11) Base Layer (P-209) 6" P-304, Cement Treated Base Course 1.3
23.5" Subbase #1 (P-154) CBR= 30 23.5" Not stabilized -- P-154 1
0" Subbase #2 CBR= 0 0" Material as defined by user
0" Subbase #3 CBR= 0 0" Material as defined by user
( ) = Submiminal base thickness calculation
Frost Considerations
0 lb/cf Dry Unit Weight of Soil
0 Degree Days ºF
No Data Provided"Frost Penetration Depth
5 Original CBR value of subgrade Soil
5 CBR Value used for the Subgrade Soil Non-Frost Code for Subgrade Soil
30 CBR Value used for subbase #1 Non-Frost code for Subbase #1
0 CBR Value used for subbase #2 Non-Frost code for Subbase #2
0 CBR Value used for subbase #3 No frost selection made for Subbase #3

Design Aircraft Information


The Design Aircraft is a DUAL150 - 150,000 lbs -- (Avianca - A320 UIO )
162925 lbs Gross Weight 20 Design Life (years)
2,019 Equivalent Annual Departures

Subgrade Compaction Requirements for Design Aircraft


Non-Cohesive Soils Cohesive Soils
Compaction Depth Required Compaction Depth Required
100% 0 - 19.5 95% 0 - 7.5"
95% 19.5 - 33.3" 90% 7.5 - 14.5"
90% 33.3 - 47.8" 85% 14.5 - 21.8"
85% 47.8 - 62.3" 80% 21.8 - 29"

See Appendix 5 to AC 150/5320-6D, Airport Design and Evaluation, for application of this software.

Version date 7/02/02

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