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MISCELLANEOUS PAPER GL-85-27

6
RELIABILITY OF THE FLEXIBLE PAVEMENT
DESIGN MODEL
by
John C. Potter
Geotechnical Laboratory

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

Waterways Experiment Station, Corps of Engineers
PO Box 631, Vicksburg, Mississippi 39180-0631

September 1985
Final Report
Approved For Public Release, Distribution Unlimited

for DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

Prepared
Assistant Secretary of the Army (R&D)
Washington, DC 20315
Under lLlR Project No. 4A161101A9'lD,
Task 02, Work Unit 160
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AIBCRAFT IFAFFIC VOLUM FACTOR. PASSES

Flgure 3. CoDposlte plot of load rpetltlon factors versus Passes

(afrr Ahlvln er a1. 1971)

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7
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Flgure 4. CrEparl.sbn of the CBR curve and the rgresslon equatlon by Ahlvln et 81. (1971)

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' COVERAGES

Flgure 5. Flexible paveEent thlckness adjustbent cunea for varlous landlng gears
(after Cooksey and Ladd r971)
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