CORPS OF ENGINEERS DESIGN PROCEDURES FOR RIGID AIRFIELD PAVEMENTS

The Corps of Engineers has prepared new design procedures for rigid airfield pavement design. Plain, reinforced, fiber-reinforced, prestressed, and continuously reinforced concrete pavements may be designed with these procedures. This paper describes the development of the Corps of Engineers rigid pavement design procedures, the assumptions and modifications required for each type of concrete pavement, and an example design of a medium-load airfield pavement. (Author)