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Design Pamphlet for the Determination of Design Subgrade in Support of the 1993 AASHTO Guide for the Design of Pavement Structures

FHWA-RD-97-083.pdf (202.84 KB)

Publication Information

Publication Type:
Other
Publication Number:
FHWA-RD-97-083
Abstract:

This design pamphlet details suggested procedures to determine the design resilience modulus of subgrade soils in support of the 1993 AASHTO Guide for the Design of Pavement Structures. The design pamphlet includes recommendations of the subsurface characterization and exploration of subsurface soils, laboratory test procedures, and determination of design resilient modulus using relative damage coefficients based on a serviceability criteria and the damage coefficients to minimize permanent deformations in the subgrade.

Publishing Date:
September 1997
Author(s):
Von Quintus, Harold
Killingsworth, Brian
FHWA Program(s):
Research
Infrastructure
FHWA Activities:
Long-Term Pavement Performance
Subject Area:
Research
Pavements