ROAD NOTE 31

• Issued by TRL (Transport Research Laboratory-UK) in 1993

• A Guide to the Structural Design of Bitumen-Surface Roads in Trofical

and Sub-Trofical Countries.

• Design are presented in the form of a structural cataloque.

• Traffic classes considere :

T1 = < 0.3 (106 ESAL) T5 = 3.0 – 6.0

T2 = 0.3 – 0.7 T6 = 6.0 – 10

T3 = 0.7 – 1.5 T7 = 10 – 17

T4 = 1.5 – 3.0 T8 = 17 – 30

• Subgrade strength classes :

S1 = < 2 (CBR %) S4 = 8 – 14

S2 = 3 – 4 S5 = 15 – 29

S3 = 5 – 7 S6 = > 30

• Designs are presented in 8 chart, each chart reprensetens a particular

combinations of layer materials

Chart 1 : Granular road base + surface dressing (not applicable for

traffic classes T7 and T8)

Chart 2 : Composite road base (unbound + cemented layer) + surface

drressing (not applicable for traffic classes T8)

Chart 3 : Granular road base + semi-structural surfacing (50 mm of

asphaltic materials) not applicable for traffic classes 7 and 8)

Chart 4 : Composite road base + semi-structural surfacing (not

applicable for traffic classes 1 and 2)

Chart 5 : Granular road base + structural surfacing (100 mm to 150

mm of asphaltic) applicable only for traffic classes 6, 7 and 8)

Chart 6 : Composite road base + structural surfacing (100 mm to 150

mm of asphaltic )

Chart 7 : Bitominous road base + semi-structural surfacing (not

applicable for traffic classes T1, T2 and T3) surface drressing

for for traffic classes T4, 50 mm asphaltic for 5, 6, 7 and 8)

Chart 8 : Cemented road base + surface dressing (not applicable for

traffic classes T9 and T8)

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• Design for New road no with resurfacing and maitenance.

• Type of pavement Flexible and rigit pavement.

• Used nomogram 5 (flexible) and 3 (rigid).

Nomogram flexible pavement :

Nomogram 1 : Thickness of sub-base

Nomogram 2 : Rolled asphalt (minimum thickness of surfacing and road

base)

Nomogram 3 : Dense macadam (minimum thickness of surfacing and road

base)

Nomogram 4 : Lean concrete, soil cement and cement-bound granular road

base (minimum thickness of surfacing and road base)

Nomogram 5 : Wet-mix and dry-bound macadan road base (minimum

thickness of surfacing and road base)

Nomogram rigid pavement :

Nomogram 1 : Concrete (minimun Thickness of slaps)

Nomogram 2 : Reinforcement (minimum weight for slaps)

Nomogram 3 : Maximun spacing of joint for reinforced concrete slaps

• For cummulative commercial vehicle used 5 variantgrowth rate ( 3%,

4%, 5% and 6%)