FLEXIBLE PAVEMENT DESIGN
Table 2-1: Design Period
Table 2-2: Vehicle Classifcaton
Table 2-3: Frequency of Trafc Counts
Table 2-4: Frequency of Axle Load Surveys
Table 2-5: Equivalency Factors for Diferent
Axle Loads
Table 2-6: Average equivalency factors for
diferent vehicle types
Table 2-7: Factors for design trafc loading
Table 2-8: Trafc Classes for Flexible
Pavement Design
Table 2-9: Inital Trafc Volumes (Example)
Table 2-10: Equivalency Factors (Example)
Table 2-11: ADDT and Flow (Example)
Table 2-12: Cumulatve Trafc (Example)
Table 2-13: Cumulatve ESAs (Example)
Table 3-1: Subgrade Strength Classes
Table 3-2: Estmated Design Subgrade
Strength Class under Sealed Roads in the
Presence of a Water Table
Table 3-3: Typical Design CBR Values
Table 4-1: Slope Rato Table – V to H
Table 5-1: Sources of water ingress to, and
egress from a road pavement
Table 5-2: Typical material permeability
Table 5-3: Classifcaton of road drainage
Table 6-1: Propertes of Unbound Materials
Table 6-2: Grading Limits for Graded
Crushed Stone Base Course Materials (GB1)
Table 6-3: Mechanical Strength
Requirements (Ten Per Cent Fines Test) for
the Aggregate Fracton of Crushed Stone
Base Course Materials (GB1)
Table 6-4: Coarse Aggregate Gradings for
Dry-bound and Water-bound Macadam
Table 6-5: Recommended Partcle Size
Distributons for Mechanically Stable
Natural Gravels & Weathered Rocks for use
as Base Course Material (GB2, GB3)
Table 6-6: Recommended Plastcity
Characteristcs for Granular Sub-Bases (GS)
Table 6-7: Typical Partcle Size Distributon
for Sub-bases (GS)
Table 7-1: Propertes of Cement and Lime-
Stabilised Materials
Table 7-2: Guide to the Type of Stabilisaton
Likely to be Efectve
Table 7-3: Desirable Propertes of Material
before Stabilisaton
Table 8-1: Required Propertes for HMA
Aggregates
Table 8-2: Minimum PSV for Coarse
Surfacing Aggregates
Table 8-3: Requirements for Penetraton
Grade Bitumen
Table 8-4: South African Specifcatons for
Penetraton Grade Bitumens (SANS-307)
Table 8-5: Part of the European (CEN)
specifcatons for paving grade bitumens
Table 8-6: Volumetric Nomenclature and
Test Methods
Table 8-7: Partcle Size Distributons for AC
Wearing Courses (Asphalt Insttute, 1994)
Table 8-8: Partcle Size Distributons for AC
Roadbases and Binder Courses (Asphalt
Insttute, 1994)
Table 8-9: Partcle Size Distributons for
DBM Wearing Courses
Table 8-10: Partcle Size Distributons for
DBM Binder Course and Roadbase Layers
Table 8-11: Critcal Values of VIM (afer
Secondary Compacton)
Table 8-12: Minimum VMA Specifed for AC
Mixes
Table 8-13: AC Wearing Course
Specifcatons for up to 5 million esa
Table 8-14: AC wearing course specifcaton
for more than 5 million esa
Table 8-15: Tolerances for the Manufacture
of AC
Table 8-16: HMA Mixing Temperatures
