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Importance of Pavement design & District supportRoberto Treviño Flores, P.E.MNT – Pavement Analysis & Design

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Pavement design for a traffic projection of 10 million ESALs

Pavement Base StabilizedSubgrade

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Table of contents

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4-5Pavement design process

Importance of understanding your traffic projection

Importance of considering design and construction aspects

Importance of pavement investigation (forensics)

Summary and conclusion

District Support – How do we help?

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Pavement Design Process

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Evaluate

drainage

Evaluate

Subgrade

properties

Perform NDT (GPR and

FWD)

Collect soil samples

Evaluate origin of distress

Project selectionObtain TPP

Traffic projection Conduct site investigation

Select pavement rehab strategy

A good pavement design is one that is:– Cost effective– Can be built– Meets design requirements

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Pavement Design Process

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Critical considerations for a successful pavement design1. Understand your traffic projection2. Consider design and construction aspects 3. Pavement investigation

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What is 1 ESAL?– The DAMAGE of an 18,000 lb. single axle to a pavement

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Axle Load(lbs) Axle type LEF (flexible)

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12,000 Single 0.23

18,000 Single 1.0

30,000 Single 7.9

18,000 Tandem 0.11

34,000 Tandem 1.11

LEF Example: 80,000 lb truck Steering axle @ 12,000 lb = 0.23 ESAL Drive axle @ 34,000 lb = 1.11 ESAL Trailer axle @ 34,000 lb = 1.11 ESAL

Truck factor = 2.45 ESAL

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Importance of understanding your traffic projection

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What does this mean? Your proposed roadway will receive the 20 yr. traffic projection in ~5-6 years

Assume a truck factor = 1.0 ESAL/truck

(250 trucks/day)(1.0 ESAL/truck)(365 days/year)(20 years) = 1,825,000 ESAL

ESAL projection

Assume a truck factor = 1.0 ESAL/truck

(500 trucks/day)(1.0 ESAL/truck)(365 days/year)(20 years) = 3,650,000 ESAL

ESAL projection + truck % doubles

Assume a truck factor = 1.7 ESAL/truck

(500 trucks/day)(1.7 ESAL/truck)(365 days/year)(20 years) = 6,205,000 ESAL

ESAL projection + truck % doubles + Energy sector traffic

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Prior to pavement evaluation we need to understand the project scope

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How much pavement width do we have?

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What are we trying to build?

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How do we get there?

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Assumptions:– There are no available detours– The existing roadbed needs to carry traffic– Project needs to be built half at a time– Half of the road is only 20 feet wide

Requirements:1. Pavement needs a temporary widening to handle 2 way traffic2. A buffer is required for construction activities and safety3. The shoulder needs structural evaluation

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Widening considerations

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Widening considerations

– Shoulder evaluation

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Widening considerations– Temporary pavement and widening joint location

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Widening considerations– Drainage

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Widening considerations

– Match existing as best as possible

– Bound base widening can trap moisture

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Failures can occur in widening section

Joint in WP Drainage problem

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Importance of pavement investigation

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Begin your investigation once all design factors are considered

• Step 1: Investigate historical data

• Step 2: Perform NDT (GPR & FWD)

• Step 3: Develop your sampling and testing plan

• Step 4: Select your rehab strategy

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Step 1: Investigate historical data– Structure that was originally designed– Maintenance history– Field changes during construction

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Step 2: Perform NDT (GPR)

– GPR analysis for pavement thicknesses and irregularities

– Pavement irregularities need to be verified

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How to verify the irregularities?

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Step 2: Perform NDT (FWD)

– Evaluate pavement stiffness and remaining life

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Sample # 3

Sample # 2

Sample # 1

Step 3: Develop your sampling and testing plan

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Is the material base or subgrade?

Lime Cement Fly Ash Asphalt Stabilizer blend

What are my options?

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Step 4: Select your rehab strategy

– Can we reuse the existing material?

– How much material can we salvage?

– Can we raise the profile?

You are now ready to run the pavement design programs

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Summary and conclusion

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Why is pavement design important? Proper pavement design ensures that the design is used to calculate

project cost rather than cost dictating the pavement design Selecting the proper design strategy at the right time for the right

application will produce the best value

Review your traffic data – your proposed roadway may receive the original projection sooner which will lead to premature failures

Envision how the project will be designed and constructed to avoid failures when the pavement design inputs are correct

Use NDT to select the proper fix – inadequate design may be a temporary solution and overdesign is not cost effective

Traffic Design and Construction Forensics

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District support – How do we help?

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How do we (MNT) help?– Pavement Design training– Pavement Design and SOP support– Pavement evaluations– Forensic investigations

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Pavement Design training – Flexible and Rigid– We visit the Districts and provide pavement design training

• Childress and El Paso are next

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Pavement Design and SOP support: [email protected]– We perform reviews and offer suggestions

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Pavement evaluations: #[email protected]– We provide pavement design support and offer recommendations– Pavement design contracts

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Forensic investigations: #[email protected]– We collaborate with MTD and Universities to support the Districts

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Portable WIM is available for Problematic Sites (Energy sector)

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Questions??

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Roberto Treviño Flores, P.E.Branch Manager, Pavement Analysis & [email protected]

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Acknowledgments:Corey Barrow – AMAAldo Madrid – ELP

Sergio Cantu – PHRFrew Bogale – ODA

Wade Blackmon – PARSoojun Ha – HOUBoon Thian – DAL

Andres Gonzalez – SATGisel Carrasco - AUS