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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' pavement design procedures are particularly appropriate for low-volume road applications because they were developed from traffic tests using relatively low traffic volumes and thin pavement sections on low-strength subgrades. The large loads and low volumes of traffic used in their development are especially analogous to situations encountered in mining, logging, and similar industrial applications, or in port facilities. The flexible pavement criteria are most appropriate for thin asphalt concrete pavements in granular base courses and subbases. Generally, rigid pavements have not been associated with low-volume roads because of their cost. However, development of roller-compacted concrete pavement construction has made rigid low-volume pavements feasible in many situations, and the Corps design method is capable of addressing roller-compacted concrete pavement characteristics. These design procedures, published in Army technical manuals, have also been computerized. The Corps of Engineers' design criteria can now be applied quickly and efficiently, even by pavement engineers unfamiliar with the Corps criteria or programs, to design economical pavements for military installations and other low-volume facilities.

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Asphalt concrete; Costs; Design; Design methods; Flexible pavements; Granular bases; Low volume roads; Military engineering; Pavement design; Pavements; Rigid pavements; Roller compacted concrete pavements; Thickness

Design criteria; Pavement thickness

Design; Finance; Highways; Pavements; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways

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