Pavement transportation computer assisted structural engineering pcase develops and provides computer programs for use in the design and evaluation of transportation systems airfields, roads, and railroads. Guide for design and construction of concrete parking lots aci 330r01 concrete parking lots serve many transportation facilities, industrial plants, commercial developments, and multifamily housing projects. Concrete street design in uses acpas streetpave software underlying method. With one pavement design tool, you can design equivalent concrete and asphalt sections and evaluate the best possible solutions for your pavement needs. Ac 15053206, airport pavement design and evaluation. The american concrete pavement association presents a new video that shows the features and benefits of pavementdesigner. They are used for storing vehicles and goods, and provide maneuvering areas and access for delivery vehicles. Properties of rigid pavements components of rigid pavements created by aman dembla help the. Pavementdesigner improves upon traditional pavement design software programs, and. Click on the publication title in the sortable list below. Education foundation, and the portland cement association pca. Lecture 39 concrete pavement design pca and aashto. Software tools and solutions to design concrete pavements. The primary objective of this study is to unveil the technical know how of the portland cement association pca pavement thickness.
Design software interlocking concrete pavement institute. The accompanying software, aashtoware pavement me design, was released in 2011. Software tools and solutions to design concrete pavements wcpa 2017 annual concrete pavement workshop february 15 17, 2017. Guide for design and construction of concrete parking lots. Concrete and cement industry groups introduce free webbased pavement design platform. This is far enough away from the slab joints for them to have a significant impact on the stresses developed in the pavement.
In this study, a userfriendly software has been developed based on aashto 1993, pca 1984 design methods and westergaard formulas. Jan 23, 2018 pavementdesigner is built on updated versions of acpas streetpave, airpave, and winpas programs, as well as pcas pcapave program. Save permeable pavement design timeand access free updates 247. Implementation of composite pavement systems, fhwahif19014 2019. Save valuable design time with these userfriendly software programs from icpi. Also, design charts from the portland cement association pca are included to provide an additional method for determiningchecking required slab thickness for flexure. American or metric versions include an extensive documentation and help library, as well as onscreen, mouseover advice. Software programs interlocking concrete pavement institute. Streetpavedesign software pavement design tool geared primarily to streets and roads. Pavementtransportation computer assisted structural engineering pcase develops and provides computer programs for use in the design and evaluation of transportation systems airfields, roads, and railroads.
The mechanistic portions of the program rely on finding the tensile strain at the bottom of the asphalt layer, the compressive strain at the top of the subgrade, and the maximum. This is a textbook on the structural analysis and design of highway pavements. Pcapav for damage analysis of pcc pavements based on the pca design method. Pca pavement design method current iowa dot concrete pavement design method mndot allows use of streetpave by city, county and consulting engineers. Concrete and cement industry groups introduce free webbased. This design method determines the thickness for both plain and reinforced concrete pavements. Design tools international society for concrete pavements. Pca the portland cement association americas cement.
It uses stateoftheart pavement material properties and performance models. A new interactive design tool for pavement for construction pros. American concrete pavement association design of concrete pavement. A free, new online concrete pavement design tool now offers features and benefits never before available to the cement and concrete industry and engineers are snapping it up for use in the few. Pavement thickness design for local roads in iowa, tr586. Rigid pavement design software for the 1998 supplement to the aashto guide for design of pavement structures, part ii. The portal includes pavement design guidance, substructure sensitivity, and asphalt design evaluation capabilities. Comparative studies of flexible and rigid pavement design. The calculation in streetpave follows the pca procedure with a few exceptions. Soil cement, fdr and rcc pavement market 2018 tariffs impact on cement consumption, april 2018. If you need further assistance, please call our office at.
Pavement thickness design evolves with latest software. The primary objective of this study is to unveil the technical know how of the portland cement association pca pavement thickness design procedure. The level is selected based on the amount and quality of information known about the material properties and traffic data. It should also be noted that in 2008, aashto released the mechanisticempirical pavement design guide. Based on the pcas pavement thickness design methodology. Pavement designanalysis software university of idaho. The present study applied the aashto and pca method for design of rigid pavements, for both pavement types using 20 year design life and 5% annual growth rate. Fhwa considers implementation of mechanisticempirical pavement design a critical element in improving the national highway system. On behalf of the portland cement association pca, national ready mixed. The asphalt paving association of iowa apai, in conjunction with drs. As a result of several changes in construction methods and performance experience since that time, a new pca design procedure was developed by packard and tayabji in 1983. Streetpave 12 is the latest in jointed plain concrete pavement thickness design. This method is based on limiting the concrete flexural stress under load and pavement distress caused by the erosion of the subbase andor subgrade at the joints.
These programs are dosbased and they provided in the diskette with the huangs textbook. Pca earns 2020 energy star partner of the year award pca applauds 2019 epa energy star certified cement manufacturing plants pca launches shaped by concrete educational campaign. Promotional and technical publications are available for free download or purchase. Complemented with new design manuals and aashto pavement overlays and dipav 2 software greatly facilitate optimization in pavement design in the republic of ecuador. Pavement structure design lecture 7 rigid pavement. Permeable design pro provides hydrological and structural solutions for permeable interlocking concrete pavement picp via this allinone application. Pavementdesigner improves upon traditional pavement design. The common design method for flexible pavement are the aashto method, asphalt institute and two layer system. Pca pavement design spreadsheet civilweb spreadsheets. Rcc pavement council rollercompacted concrete pavement. The new internet interactive pavement design program created by the acpa, pca, and nrmca makes it easy to design a wide variety of.
Sum fatigue and erosion damage factors over all of the axle load classes. Detailed procedures are given for the design of concrete pavement for runways, taxiways, and aprons, including. The following programs can be downloaded and be used by students in ce475 or ce575 for educational purposes only. A user friendly software for rigid pavement design request pdf.
Pdf new pca design procedure for concrete highways and. Similar to the manual procedure, the software was developed mainly for heavyduty pavement applications. The first publication by the portland cement association pca on thickness design procedure for concrete pavements for highways and streets was issued in 1966. Rigid pavement design of pavements lec14 part1 youtube. Washington state i90 pavement rehabilitation using precast concrete pavement, fhwahif19026 2019. This design method determines the thickness for both. In 2010, adot contracted with applied research associates, inc. Lecture 39 concrete pavement design pca and aashto methods. Streetpave 12 is available as a free download and may be used without a license for upto 30 days. The ability to analyze the capacity of a slab on grade subjected to continuous wall linetype load as well as stationary, uniformly distributed live loads is also provided. Airport construction standards access to individual standards ac 150537011, use of nondestructive testing in the evaluation of airport pavements. Lecture series on introduction to transportation engineering by prof. To try out a fully functional free trail version of this software, please enter your.
Pcawin program for jointed concrete pavement design. A life cycle cost analysis module allows you to perform a detailed costbenefit analysis and make informed decisions on your pavement design project. The design of rigid pavement in australia has traditionally followed, albeit with modifications, the portland cement association method. Relevant design data where obtained from dar consult and technique cone. It calculates the cumulative damage induced by the traffic spectrum. The american concrete pavement association presents a new video that shows the features and benefits of, the cement and concrete industrys concrete pavement thickness design platform that allows users to design pavements free of charge using a computer or other digital devices. Sudhakar reddy, department of civil engineering, iit kharagpur.
Nov 19, 2008 lecture series on introduction to transportation engineering by prof. Pavia systems, with sponsorship from the asphalt pavement alliance apa and its constituent members, has developed free online pavement thickness design software called pavexpress. Oct 29, 2015 complemented with new design manuals and aashto pavement overlays and dipav 2 software greatly facilitate optimization in pavement design in the republic of ecuador. The american concrete pavement association presents a new video that shows the features and benefits of, the cement and concrete industrys concrete pavement thickness design platform that allows users to design pavements free of charge using a computer or other digital devices the program was created for city, county, and consultant engineers, academia, or anyone. The sensitivity analysis of these four design input parameters were performed using three pavement design software packages to identify which input parameters require the most attention during pavement design. Chris williams and ashley buss of iowa state university have developed an easytouse pavement design tool known as ipave tm. Characterizing existing hotmix asphalt layer damage for mechanistic pavement rehabilitation design fhwaproj140126. Theoretical studies of pavement stresses and deflections by h.
The streetpave design program allows the engineer to design conventional concrete and roller compacted concrete pavements. Concrete and cement industry groups introduce free web. Circly leading pavement design software for roads and highways. Mnpave flexible is a computer program that combines known empirical relationships with a representation of the physics and mechanics behind flexible pavement behavior.
Rubicon toolbox is a suite of tools that can greatly increase the productivity of engineers involved with pavement rehabilitation design. We are a volunteer industry trade association supporting research and promotion of roller compacted concrete pavement to improve the quality of rcc pavements and expand their use in a responsible and sustainable manner. If you know of a design tool thickness design software, stressdeflection analysis software, etc. Acpas perspective is that pavement me is currently the most comprehensive and scientific approach to developing comparable pavement designs.
Need expert guidance or support designing your pavement solution. Pcase is supported by the triservices army, air force, and navy and is based on current triservice criteria. Newly added with this version is jointed plain concrete overlay designs for all six types bonded on ashpalt, unbonded on asphalt, bonded on concrete, unbonded on concrete, bonded on composite, unbonded on compsosite. Rigid pavement design pca method by san htet aung becivil publication date 20181030 topics rigid pavement design. The design procedure presented in this publication, utilizes the method and theories that are outlined in the portland cement association publication, thickness design for concrete h.
Ltpp program to supplement the aashto pavement rigid design system. Fatigue failure due to slab flexure erosion failure due to foundation compression edge loads produce the worst stresses fatigue based on tensile stress due to edge loads corner loads produce the worst deflections erosion based on deflections due to corner loads 2. Software includes input errortrapping for learners. The design approach used for rcc pavements is similar to the procedure used by the portland cement association for design of concrete airfield and heavy industrial pavements.
Different pavement types use different types of joints and reinforcement to control the forces acting on the concrete pavement. Mnpave flexible minnesota department of transportation. Pavementdesigner is built on updated versions of acpas streetpave, airpave, and winpas programs, as well as pcas pcapave program. Pcastructurepoint concrete design software programs for analysis, design, investigation of reinforced concrete buildings, bridges, tanks, foundations by aci.
Design permeable interlocking concrete pavement for pedestrian areas, parking lots, alleys and streets, the most durable and repairable permeable pavement surface. Jun 17, 2017 this lecture includes following topics design of rigid pavements what are rigid pavements. Ac 150537010, standards for specifying construction of airports. More than half of all airport improvement program funds go toward constructing or rehabilitating runways, taxiways, and aprons. Development of the rpd software rpd software features and capabilities how to use the rpd software. Civil engineering pavement design calculation software covers calculations for traffic, road geometry, surveying, earthwork, asphalt pavement, concrete pavement, concrete floors on grade and unit conversions. Backcalculation software bakfaa more pavement design acs airport.
Since 1987 it has been part of the austroads pavement design guide, the standard for road design in australia and new zealand. Campus students are required to use it for their design activities. Thanks to this software, the user who wants to design the concrete. Thanks to this software, the user who wants to design the concrete pavement as concrete road slab can obtain the essential parameters automatically by entering the required data for the design. Software tools and solutions to design concrete pavements wcpa 2017 annual concrete pavement workshop february 15 17, 2017 eric ferrebee technical services engineer american concrete pavement association 2017 wcpa annual concrete pavement workshop wisconsin concrete pavement association february 16, 2017.
To help move the implementation forward, fhwa intends to provide significant support for these efforts. Advanced tools such as monte carlo simulation and finite elements can enhance the depth and scope of pavement analysis and design calculations. The software simplifies the process of using both the 1993 aashto design guide for asphalt pavements and 1998 aashto supplement for concrete pavements. Portland cement association publication, thickness design for concrete h. The civilweb pca pavement design spreadsheet completes a full concrete. Based on the current pavement design procedures and sensitivity analysis results, a prototype pavement design and sensitivity analysis. Aashtoware pavement me design is a mechanisticempirical pavement thickness design software that was formerly known as the mechanisticempirical pavement design guide mepdg and darwin me. Bituminous testing spreadsheet version 2, xlsm 400 kb if you have data in a version 1 spreadsheet and would like it updated to version 2, contact bruce. With ipave, you can design pavements using aashto 93 design methods and find the optimum rehabilitation method for your next project. The fatigue analysis used in the pca pavement design method is based on the edge stress condition where the load is situated on the edge of the midslab. The program calculates inflow and outflow from picp under a variety of design options and base. Roots date back to the 1960s pca method tailored for streets and roads. Pavement design free pavement design software download.
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