methods of pavement design

Through these methods, determination of the pavement thickness is based on the previous experience of the thicknesses required for various wheel loads on different types of soil.

The soils were described according to their :-

Grading characteristics

Liquid limit, and

Plastic limit.

The two most popular methods for pavement design which utilize soil classification tests are:-

Group Index method

Michigan State Highway Department method.
 

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