Effect of Multiple-Walled Carbon Nanotubes (MWCNTs) on Asphalt Binder Rheological Properties and Performance

Table 7

M–E pavement design criteria [23].

Design criterion		Design information
R (%)	90	Base layer construction started	May 2023
IRI° (m/km)	1.0	Surface construction	July 2023
Terminal IRI (m/km)	2.71	Traffic opening	Sep. 2023
Top-down fatigue cracking (m/km)	379	Climate station	(Taxes, station 133,191)
AC bottom-up fatigue cracking (%)	25
Thermal cracking (m/km)	189	Assumed ESAL	10 million
Rutting (AC only) (cm)	0.63	AADT (veh./day)	3,000
Rutting (total) (cm)	1.9

Due of its proximity to Iraq, the researchers chose Taxes as their climatic station.