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Program Date 02/10/03

Rigid Pavement Design For


Any Airport Associated City: Anywhere, USA Design Firm: Engineer's Are Us AIP Number: 3-XX-XXX-XX
Airport Name:

AC Method Date: today's date Designer: Joe Engineer

New Pavement Section Required


0.0 6.0 4.0 0.0 PCC Thickness 650 psi Stabilized Base Subbase Non-Frost Layer (free draining material)

Stabilized Subbase Is Not Required New Concrete Flexural Strength

Large Aircraft Parallel to Joints (standard design)

Overlay Sections
N/A N/A N/A N/A Asphalt Overlay Thickness Unbonded PCC without leveling course Unbonded PCC with leveling course Bonded PCC N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Existing Slab Thickness PCC needed for existing section Existing Stabilized Subbase Existing Aggregate Subbase Existing Slab Flexural Strength F- Factor used in design Cr Factor Cb Factor

Frost Considerations (for new pavement section)


Dry Unit Weight of Soil (lb/cf ) 100 Degree Days F 250 Soil Frost Code Non-Frost Frost Depth Penetration (in) 22.53 k value on top of stabilized layer 253 k value on top of subbase layer 130 Original subgrade k value 100

Subgrade k-value was not modified for frost

Design Aircraft Information


None 0 lbs 0 Gross Aircraft Weight Equivalent Annual Departures 20 Design Life (years)

This software is currently under development and is not officially adopted as a FAA standard. Designs developed using this program should be checked against AC 150/5320-6D to insure accuracy and conformance to existing standards

FAA Rigid Airport Pavement Design


Design Pavement Section
PCC Pavement Stabilized Subbase Layer Aggregate Subbase Layer Subgrade

To assure correct answers - complete each step in numerical order. If data is changed in any given step, complete each step below that step.

This software is currently under development and is not officially adopted as a FAA standard. Designs developed using this p should be checked against AC 150/5320-6D to insure accuracy and conformance to existing standards

CC Pavement zed Subbase Layer gate Subbase Layer

complete each step in changed in any given step,

gns developed using this program

Step 4 ENTER AIRCRAT DATA (below) Enter up to 21 aircraft (in any order) Aircraft grouping ---- Gear type AC 150/5320-6D . . Default Weight User's name for Aircraft (optional) e.g. Citation IV See right for Large Aircraft Optional design Max Takeoff weight MTOW Thickness Required for Each Individual Aircraft 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

3 2 2 2

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Annual Departures

Large Aircraft Design Gear Parallel to Joints (standard) Gear Skew to Joints (optional)

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PCC THICKNESS (in)


15.5 16.5 17.5 15 3000 15.99 3400 16.11 3800 16.22 4200 16.32 4600 16.41 5000 16.5 5400 16.57 5800 16.64 6200 16.71 16 17

18

Required thickness for None at 0 lbs k on top of all subbase = 253 psi PCC Flexural Strength = 650

ANNUAL DEPARTURES
6600 7000 7400 7800 8200 8600 9000

16.77

16.83

16.89

16.94

16.99

17.04

17.08

From Aircraft Table Aircraft Gross Load GL Factor RGL % load on gear WLP Coverage Factor RCA Gear Type IGEAR # wheels per gear ITW RC0 RC1 RC2 RC0-2 RC1-2 RC2-2 annual departures years design DF Flex Strength Poisson Ratio Concrete Modulus Subgrade k value

0 1 0 Initial thickness guess 10.000000 0 Final thickness 0.000000 0 0 this variable used to determine load configuration (edge or center) 0 1 find RC values 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Allowable Sig75 = 666.6667 0 0 B= #DIV/0! 0 0 0 CONS = 1347.8497 20 CT4 = 1347849.6743 CT4 check 1347849.6743 1.3 Radius of Relative thickness RR= 34.0730 650 650 <-- New PCC Flex check RR 34.0730 0.15 4,000,000 Stress TH2 #DIV/0! check Th2 #DIV/0! 253 TH2^0.5 #DIV/0! Difference #DIV/0! addition for traffic total passes for 20 yrs Bb = RH = Total thickness =

#DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! 0.00000000

0 <--hidden value of thickness required for new design Thick from new flex & exist section thick from existing Flex & section 0 0

6 650 1 0.85 0.75

Existing slab thickness Existing Slab Strength F Factor #NUM! Cr Factor Cb Factor

2 0

0 thickness of AC overlay #DIV/0! #DIV/0! thickness of unbonded PCC overlay without leveling course #DIV/0! #DIV/0! Thickness of unbonded PCC overlay with leveling course 3 -6 Bonded

SUBGRADE K value as improved by Aggregate layer starting subgrade K value 100 Original k input 100 starting K value if check for zero

if check for zero Thickness of aggregate layer type of aggregate material

100 4.0 FALSE K<50 Y = 0.873695301 X = 2.088283195 sk for <50 122.5415009

Frost k 0.00 K > 50 175 SK for >50 Final SK to use 500 or less S= 7.5 130 130 130

Thickness of stabilized layer

4.0

LOOKUP AIRCRAFT DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0.00

0.00000000

ss required for new design

departure thickness rounded x-grid xgrid 3000 15.98508 15 15.99 3000 15 3400 16.11017 16.11 3000 18 3800 16.22132 16.22 3400 18 4200 16.32134 16.32 3400 15 4600 16.41226 16.41 3800 15 5000 16.49559 16.5 3800 18 5400 16.5725 16.57 4200 18 5800 16.64391 16.64 4200 15 6200 16.71056 16.71 4600 15 6600 16.77304 16.77 4600 18 7000 16.83185 16.83 5000 18 7400 16.88738 16.89 5000 15 7800 16.93999 16.94 5400 15 8200 16.98997 16.99 5400 18 8600 17.03757 17.04 5800 18 9000 9000 17.083 18 17.08 5800 15 USED TO MAKE CHART 6200 15 Required thickness for None at 0 lbs k on top of 6200 all subbase = 18 253 psi PCC Fl 6600 18 6600 15 7000 15 7000 18 7400 18 7400 15 7800 15 7800 18 8200 18 8200 15 8600 15 8600 18 9000 18 9000 15 3000

used for overlay design used for light aircraft issues <-- cell used for light aircraft minimum thickness notification

Stabilized subbase material starting K value 130 if check for zero 130

ckness of stabilized layer

6.0 K<50 0.698232404 2.338273354 217.9080899 K > 50 S = 232.83

Y= X= sk for <50

10

SK for >50 252.8292 Final SK to use 500 or less 252.8292 253

6.0

xlabels 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15

PSI PSI thickness rounded x-grid xgrid xlabels 500 500 19.5507 14 19.55 500 14 14 520 19.04561 19.05 500 20 14 540 18.57072 18.57 520 20 14 560 18.12321 18.12 520 14 14 580 17.70061 17.7 540 14 14 600 17.30075 17.3 540 20 14 620 16.92171 16.92 560 20 14 640 16.56179 16.56 560 14 14 660 16.21947 16.22 580 14 14 680 15.89339 15.89 580 20 14 700 15.58234 15.58 600 20 14 720 15.28524 15.29 600 14 14 740 15.00109 15 620 14 14 760 14.729 14.73 620 20 14 780 14.46816 14.47 640 20 14 800 800 14.21784 20 14.22 640 14 14 USED TO MAKE CHART 660 14 Required thickness for None at 0 lbs k on 660 top of all 20 subbase = 253 psi 0 departures -- subgrade k = 100 680 20 680 14 700 14 700 20 720 20 720 14 740 14 740 20 760 20 760 14 780 14 780 20 800 20 800 14

PCC THICKNESS (in)


14 500 19.55 520 19.05 540 18.57 560 18.12 580 17.7 600 17.3 620 16.92 640 16.56 660 16.22 15 16 17 18 19 20

Required thickness for None at 0 lbs k on top of all subbase = 253 psi 0 departures -subgrade k = 100

PCC Flexural Strength


680 15.89 700 15.58

720

15.29

740

15

760

14.73

780

14.47

800

14.22

Any Airport Anywhere, USA Engineer's Are Us INPUT VALUES Aircraft grouping ---- Gear type AC 150/5320-6D Max Takeoff weight MTOW % load on main gear

AIP Number 3-XX-XXX-XX Joe Engineer Computed wheel Load of aircraft MTOW used by design

AC Method today's date

Design Aircraft --- /--Additional aircraft

n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n

3 2 2 2

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Equiv. annual departures of design Aircraft 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0.00 0 0 0 Equivalent Annual Departures of the None

Departures of equiv gear

Widebody?

Annual Departures

Gear Type (code)

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