Research Article
Delivering Sustainable Solutions through Improved Mix and Structural Design Functions for Bitumen Stabilised Materials
Table 5
Pavement structures for design comparison [
10].
| Pavement | Pavement layer | Material class | Thickness (mm) | Stiffness (MPa) | BSM properties |
| 1 | Surfacing | HMA | 35 | 3500 | C (kPa) | 250 | Base | BSM 1 | 250 | 720 | φ (°) | 40 | Sub-base | G5 | 250 | 240 | RetC (%) | 75 | Selected subgrade | G8 | 180 | 120 | Pmod (%) | 100 | Subgrade | G8 | N/A | 90 | | |
| 2 | Surfacing | HMA | 20 | 2500 | C (kPa) | 225 | Base | BSM 2 | 280 | 500 | φ (°) | 39 | Sub-base | G6 | 250 | 200 | RetC (%) | 70 | Selected subgrade | G8 | 150 | 100 | Pmod (%) | 98 | Subgrade | G8 | N/A | 90 | | |
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