Title: The structural design of heavy duty concrete block pavements
Abstract: This paper presents the background to the British ports association (bpa) industrial pavement design manual as it relates to concrete block paving. The paper describes the method of analysis used in the manual and the design criteria adopted. The range of pavements that can be designed and the material properties of these pavements are described. The way in which industrial pavement loading is assessed is described and the concepts of the port area wheel load (pawl) and load classification index (lci) are defined. The design of overlays is explained and material conversion factors are tabulated for all commonly used UK pavement construction materials. Design examples are presented for both new pavements and pavement strengthening. Conclusions are drawn regarding the advances in pavement design brought about by the development of the bpa pavement design method (a).
Publication Year: 1986
Publication Date: 1986-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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