Abstract: The effects of variable granular subbase thickness on the structural responses of flexible airport pavement test sections subjected to six-wheel and four-wheel multiple-wheel heavy aircraft gear loading are discussed. Four ...

Abstract: Pavement surface deflection basins provide valuable information for the structural evaluation of flexible pavements. Surface deflection measurements are rapid, inexpensive, and nondestructive and are used frequently as an ...

Abstract: The Federal Aviation Administration’s National Airport Pavement Test Facility (NAPTF) was constructed to generate high-quality, full-scale accelerated test data from pavements subjected to dynamic simulated heavy aircraft ...

Abstract: Surface deflections using nondestructive tests (NDTs) were measured prior to and throughout the traffic testing at the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration’s National Airport Pavement Test Facility (NAPTF). The first series ...

Abstract: A new F‐15 aircraft is now the heaviest fighter aircraft in the United States Air Force inventory. A mechanistic design procedure is developed for flexible pavements to accommodate the heavyweight F‐15 loading. The ILLI‐PAVE ...