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Predicting the Fatigue Life of Flexible Airfield Pavements--A Recommended Approach

D. S. Decker

The pavement engineer currently has no realistic means of predicting the fatigue life of an existing asphalt pavement or the service of a new asphalt pavement surface. The development of information that would enable engineers to make realistic fatigue life predictions, and thereby to make the best use of the increasingly scarce pavement maintenance dollar, is critically needed. This report reviews current fatigue and routine design test methods and examines the effects of materials and environmental conditions on fatigue life. The extensive literature review indicates a possibility that fatigue life may be estimated by correlating known fatigue parameters with results of routine design tests. The repeated-load indirect tensile (fatigue) test and the resilient modulus indirect tensile (routine design) test are recommended for use in U.S. Air Force investigations.

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Predicting the Fatigue Life of Flexible Airfield Pavements--A Recommended Approach

D. S. Decker

The pavement engineer currently has no realistic means of predicting the fatigue life of an existing asphalt pavement or the service of a new asphalt pavement surface. The development of information that would enable engineers to make realistic fatigue life predictions, and thereby to make the best use of the increasingly scarce pavement maintenance dollar, is critically needed. This report reviews current fatigue and routine design test methods and examines the effects of materials and environmental conditions on fatigue life. The extensive literature review indicates a possibility that fatigue life may be estimated by correlating known fatigue parameters with results of routine design tests. The repeated-load indirect tensile (fatigue) test and the resilient modulus indirect tensile (routine design) test are recommended for use in U.S. Air Force investigations.

Predicting the Fatigue Life of Flexible Airfield Pavements--A Recommended Approach

D. S. Decker

The pavement engineer currently has no realistic means of predicting the fatigue life of an existing asphalt pavement or the service of a new asphalt pavement surface. The development of information that would enable engineers to make realistic fatigue life predictions, and thereby to make the best use of the increasingly scarce pavement maintenance dollar, is critically needed. This report reviews current fatigue and routine design test methods and examines the effects of materials and environmental conditions on fatigue life. The extensive literature review indicates a possibility that fatigue life may be estimated by correlating known fatigue parameters with results of routine design tests. The repeated-load indirect tensile (fatigue) test and the resilient modulus indirect tensile (routine design) test are recommended for use in U.S. Air Force investigations.

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Title:

Predicting the Fatigue Life of Flexible Airfield Pavements--A Recommended Approach

Contributors:

D. S. Decker (author)

Publication date:

1979

Size:

124 pages

Type of media:

Report

Type of material:

No indication

Language:

English

Keywords:

Civil Engineering , Pavements , Fatigue life , Test methods , Asphalt , Life expectancy , Mathematical prediction , Loads(Forces) , Fatigue tests(Mechanics) , Stress testing , Environments , Runways , Aggregates(Materials)

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