Different pavement types use different types of joints and reinforcement to control the forces acting on the concrete pavement. Runway pavement design of a proposed airport with the use of. Faa rigid and flexible iterative elastic layered design, known as faarfield, is a new software package for airport pavement thickness design. Sustainable airfield pavement engineering solutions. Faarfield stands for faa rigid and flexible iterative elastic layered design. According to the results obtained from each software design, the pavement thickness and the share of airplanes from the amount of cumulative damage are measured. New faa pavement design software international airport. Pavement computer programs software description faarfield v 1.
Parameter sensitivity analysis of airport rigid pavement. Roads a software for pavement design and rate analysis of. Area to be served, origin and destination of residents and nonresidents of the area, population growth in that. Faarfield considers the cumulative damage factor cdf in the subgrade for the design of airport pavement layers. Airport design software airports federal aviation administration. Stand alone software version of the pavement design portion of the ce calc website. The analyses show that the ability of faarfield software to design based on threedimensional finite element method, makes the prediction of the. Faarfield new faa airport pavement thickness design software. The american concrete pavement association acpa is pleased to announce the formal release of airpave 11 concrete pavement thickness design software this newest generation of acpas software.
Aug 09, 2011 rate analysis of 498 items of road works, std. Rigid pavement design brief background on 3d finite element example new rigid design rigid overlay. The new computer program will become the faa standard with the release of advisory circular ac 15053206e in early 2008. Evaluation of airport flexible pavement hma fatigue using. Faarfield uses a mechanisticempirical design approach to determine the pavement thickness required for a. The main differences between the faarfield rigid pavement design procedure and the procedure as implemented in ledfaa 1. Using faarfield the federal aviation administrations faa new airport pavement thickness design program, faarfield faa rigid and flexible iterative elastic layered design, is expected to supersede ledfaa 1. Flexible pavement design july 11, 2012october 2, 20 enter traffic mixture the job file workshop. Icao overloading practice versus airport pavement design life. This software is used to design airport rigid pavement based on the theory of westergaurd page and in choosing the airplanes, based on the list of available airplanes in ledfaa program. The revised ac will make faarfield the faas standard thickness design procedure for both rigid and flexible pavements, including overlays.
Faa pavement design flexible pavement faarfield design example 2008 eastern region airport conference rodney n. State of the practice in pavement structural design. Added tables for minimum layer thickness for flexible and rigid pavement structures. Airport pavement design and evaluation, dated september 30, 2009. Airfield pavement design for a major airport using faarfield. Roads a software for pavement design and rate analysis. Faarfield download computer program for airport pavement.
Pavement calculator pavement design calculator software. Faarfield pavement thickness design software by faa feafaa multislab finite element method model by faa fem finite element method fwd falling weight deflectometer gps3 general pavement study three for the fhwa ltpp project ilsl2. Flexible rigid overlay current version is faarfield 1. Design faarfield is the standard faa airport pavement thickness design program. Faarfield is a computer program for airport pavement thickness design. Advances in faa pavement thickness design software. It implements both layered elastic based and threedimensional finite elementbased design procedures developed by the federal aviation administration for new and overlay design of flexible and rigid pavements.
Defined regular use for pavement design as at least 250 annual departures, which is equivalent to 500 annual operations. Streetpave 12 is the latest in jointed plain concrete pavement thickness design. Rigid pavementrigid pavement 21 rigid pavements, though costly in initial investment, are cheap in long run because of low maintenance costs, the cost of construction of single lane rigid pavement varies from 35 to 50 lakhs per km in plain area, rigid pavement have deformation in the sub grade is not transferred to subsequent layers. Ac 15053206f, airport pavement design and evaluations, 10.
The paper presents a case study describing the design of airfield pavements for a major airport using both the faarfield and apsds aircraft pavement structural design system procedures developed. In this section, software that is chosen for runway pavement design are described and their basis of application are evaluated. Included all pavement design in chapter 3, including previous guidance on pavement design for airplanes weighing less than 30,000 pounds 610 kg. The 3d finite element models used for rigid pavement designs are. Runway design and structural design of an airfield pavement. To avoid typing the airplane list by hand, try copying the above job file to the working directory and opening it in faarfield. Introducing federal aviation administration faarfield 1. Facilitates flexible and rigid pavement information required in comfaa 3. Specs, tables, charts, tender, manual, pavement learning course. Performs civil engineering calculations for trafficroad geometry, surveyingearthwork, pavement, concrete floors and unit c download transportation engineering software pavement calculator 2.
There are many different types of empirical equations available today but this section will present the 1993 aashto guide basic design equation for rigid pavements as an example. Developing rigid airport pavement multipleslab response. The faarfield computer code is used for both flexible pavement design and rigid pavement design. Faarfield software to design based on threedimensional finite element method, makes the prediction of the. Federal aviation administration rigid and flexible iterative elastic layered design faarfield software program became the exclusive approved method for airport pavement thickness design adopted by federal aviation administration faa in the united states after the advisory circular ac15053206e airport pavement design and evaluation was issued in september 2009.
Civil engineer airfield pavement airport engineering division. The newly released program, designated faarfield 1. Aug 24, 2017 these program upgrades accompanied a thorough revision of advisory circular ac 15053206 covering airport pavement design and evaluation. The new program is called faa rigid and flexible iterative elastic layered design, but is known by its acronym, faarfield. New faa pavement design software transportation research board. Investigation of runway pavement design software and. One of the major observed failure modes for rigid pavements, topdown cracking, is poorly accounted for in the current faarfield rigid pavement design procedure. It implements both layered elastic based and threedimensional finite elementbased design procedures developed by the federal aviation administration faa for new and overlay design of flexible and rigid pavements. The federal aviation administration faa released the faa rigid and flexible iterative elastic layer design faarfield software as the faa standard for airfield pavement design upon publication of its advisory circular ac 15053206e. Revised text and design examples to incorporate changes in faarfield v1. These program upgrades accompanied a thorough revision of advisory circular ac 15053206 covering airport pavement design and evaluation. Faarfield uses a mechanisticempirical design approach to determine the pavement thickness required for a 20year design life. Ppt faa pavement design powerpoint presentation free. Mnpave flexible minnesota department of transportation.
As part of the federal aviation administrations transition to computerbased design procedures, faarfield offers advanced structural and failure prediction models designed to significantly save costs and. Sensitivity quantification of airport concrete pavement. Icao overloading practice versus airport pavement design. Ac 15053206f, airport pavement design and evaluations. Civil engineer airfield pavement a free powerpoint ppt presentation displayed as a flash slide show on id. Newly added with this version is jointed plain concrete overlay designs for all six types bonded on ashpalt, unbonded on asphalt, bonded on concrete, unbonded on concrete, bonded on composite, unbonded on compsosite. After a 10year research and development effort, the federal aviation administration faa is set to debut a new software package for airport pavement thickness design. State of the practice in pavement structural designanalysis. Faarfield new faa design software for airport pavement thickness. Report iprf01g002052 joint load transfer in concrete. To avoid typing the airplane list by hand, try copying the above job file to.
New design software available for concrete airport pavements. A research version of the faarfield design software has 48 been developed faarfield 2. Dotfaaar0957 calibration of faarfield rigid pavement. Mnpave flexible is a computer program that combines known empirical relationships with a representation of the physics and mechanics behind flexible pavement behavior. The faarfield code is compliant with advisory circular ac 15053206f specifications 11. Simplified and moved guidance on economic analysis to chapter 1. Provides software for pavement design and other airport design projects. Rigid pavement design brief background on 3d finite element example new rigid design rigid overlay design example hma on rigid overlay design example pcc on rigid overlay design faarfield output files more information discussion.
Ppt faa pavement design powerpoint presentation free to. In addition to putting the finishing touches on the faarfield software, the faa is also substantially. Unlike ledfaa, the faarfield program incorporates threedimensional finite element 3dfe stress computation 2, 3, 4, and 5 for final design of new rigid pavements and rigid overlays. Federal aviation administration rigid and flexible iterative elastic layered design faarfield is the new faa airport pavement thickness design program. Faarfield pavement thickness design software by faa feafaa multislab finite element method model by faa fem finite element method fwd falling weight deflectometer gps3 general pavement study three for the fhwa ltpp project ilsl2 finite element analysis software by ioannides et al. More than half of all airport improvement program funds go toward constructing or rehabilitating runways, taxiways, and aprons. New design methodologies for rigid and flexible pavements. Faarfield rigid incl 3d fem finite element method road.
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