Research Article

Impact of Subgrade Strength on Pavement Performance

Volume: 24 Number: 71 May 16, 2022
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Impact of Subgrade Strength on Pavement Performance

Abstract

Based on the standard design of flexible pavement structure conducted in Turkey, only subbase course layer is affected by the variation of subgrade strength and other pavement layers (wearing course, binder course, asphalt concrete (AC) base course, and crushed stone base course) are not influenced by the variation of subgrade strength. Therefore, the aim of this study is to investigate the impact of subgrade strength on flexible pavement distresses. To achieve the objectives, firstly, three different flexible pavement structures designed using the Turkish Flexible Pavement Design Guide 2008 were chosen and secondly, the effect of variation of subgrade strength [5 to 50 California Breading Ratio (CBR)] on pavement performance (rutting and fatigue cracking) for three different traffic levels [5000, 10000, and 15000 average annual daily truck traffic (AADTT)] for climatic condition of Izmir region using AASHTOWare Pavement ME Design v2.5.5 were analyzed. The results of the study show that, reducing subgrade CBR values from 50 to 5 CBR resulted in an increase by 3.7mm in total rutting depth and 5.6% in alligator cracking magnitude. Also, results demonstrated that the influence of subgrade strength on rutting within asphalt concrete layers (AC rutting) is negligible. By contrast, increasing subgrade CBR value from 5 to 50 resulted in a significant increase (65.1 to 314.7 m/km) in longitudinal cracking magnitude while thermal (transverse) cracking is not sensitive to the variation of subgrade CBR values. This study can assist highway agencies and individual pavement designers in the design a more practical pavement.

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Supporting Institution

Department of Scientific and Research Project, Dokuz Eylul University

Project Number

2019.KB.FEN.038

Thanks

The authors would like to express their profound appreciations to the Department of Scientific and Research Project, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey for their financial support (Project Number: 2019.KB.FEN.038). Also, thank and appreciate to the Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Dokuz Eylul University for their assistance.

References

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Engineering

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

May 16, 2022

Submission Date

June 21, 2021

Acceptance Date

October 19, 2021

Published in Issue

Year 2022 Volume: 24 Number: 71

APA
Shakhan, M. R., Topal, A., & Sengoz, B. (2022). Impact of Subgrade Strength on Pavement Performance. Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Mühendislik Fakültesi Fen Ve Mühendislik Dergisi, 24(71), 501-508. https://doi.org/10.21205/deufmd.2022247115
AMA
1.Shakhan MR, Topal A, Sengoz B. Impact of Subgrade Strength on Pavement Performance. DEUFMD. 2022;24(71):501-508. doi:10.21205/deufmd.2022247115
Chicago
Shakhan, Mohammad Razeq, Ali Topal, and Burak Sengoz. 2022. “Impact of Subgrade Strength on Pavement Performance”. Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Mühendislik Fakültesi Fen Ve Mühendislik Dergisi 24 (71): 501-8. https://doi.org/10.21205/deufmd.2022247115.
EndNote
Shakhan MR, Topal A, Sengoz B (May 1, 2022) Impact of Subgrade Strength on Pavement Performance. Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Mühendislik Fakültesi Fen ve Mühendislik Dergisi 24 71 501–508.
IEEE
[1]M. R. Shakhan, A. Topal, and B. Sengoz, “Impact of Subgrade Strength on Pavement Performance”, DEUFMD, vol. 24, no. 71, pp. 501–508, May 2022, doi: 10.21205/deufmd.2022247115.
ISNAD
Shakhan, Mohammad Razeq - Topal, Ali - Sengoz, Burak. “Impact of Subgrade Strength on Pavement Performance”. Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Mühendislik Fakültesi Fen ve Mühendislik Dergisi 24/71 (May 1, 2022): 501-508. https://doi.org/10.21205/deufmd.2022247115.
JAMA
1.Shakhan MR, Topal A, Sengoz B. Impact of Subgrade Strength on Pavement Performance. DEUFMD. 2022;24:501–508.
MLA
Shakhan, Mohammad Razeq, et al. “Impact of Subgrade Strength on Pavement Performance”. Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Mühendislik Fakültesi Fen Ve Mühendislik Dergisi, vol. 24, no. 71, May 2022, pp. 501-8, doi:10.21205/deufmd.2022247115.
Vancouver
1.Mohammad Razeq Shakhan, Ali Topal, Burak Sengoz. Impact of Subgrade Strength on Pavement Performance. DEUFMD. 2022 May 1;24(71):501-8. doi:10.21205/deufmd.2022247115

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