Faarfield uses a mechanisticempirical design approach to determine the pavement thickness required for a 20year design life. New design software available for concrete airport pavements. Faarfield is a computer program for airport pavement thickness design. 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. State of the practice in pavement structural design. Flexible pavement design july 11, 2012october 2, 20 enter traffic mixture the job file workshop. Ppt faa pavement design powerpoint presentation free to. Parameter sensitivity analysis of airport rigid pavement. 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. Pavement computer programs software description faarfield v 1. Ac 15053206f, airport pavement design and evaluations, 10. 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.
State of the practice in pavement structural designanalysis. 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. Runway design and structural design of an airfield pavement. Faarfield download computer program for airport pavement.
Dotfaaar0957 calibration of faarfield rigid pavement. New faa pavement design software international airport. 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. The analyses show that the ability of faarfield software to design based on threedimensional finite element method, makes the prediction of the. Streetpave 12 is the latest in jointed plain concrete pavement thickness design. Flexible rigid overlay current version is faarfield 1. Icao overloading practice versus airport pavement design.
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. Civil engineer airfield pavement airport engineering division. To avoid typing the airplane list by hand, try copying the above job file to. 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. 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.
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. Introducing federal aviation administration faarfield 1. Civil engineer airfield pavement a free powerpoint ppt presentation displayed as a flash slide show on id. 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. Added tables for minimum layer thickness for flexible and rigid pavement structures.
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. Ac 15053206f, airport pavement design and evaluations. The faarfield code is compliant with advisory circular ac 15053206f specifications 11. One of the major observed failure modes for rigid pavements, topdown cracking, is poorly accounted for in the current faarfield rigid pavement design procedure.
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. The mechanistic portions of the program rely on finding the tensile strain at the bottom of the asphalt layer, the compressive strain at the top of the subgrade, and the maximum. Provides software for pavement design and other airport design projects. Developing rigid airport pavement multipleslab response.
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. Pavement calculator pavement design calculator 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. 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. Rigid pavement design brief background on 3d finite element example new rigid design rigid overlay. Area to be served, origin and destination of residents and nonresidents of the area, population growth in that. Faa rigid and flexible iterative elastic layered design, known as faarfield, is a new software package for airport pavement thickness design. Faa pavement design flexible pavement faarfield design example 2008 eastern region airport conference rodney n. Faarfield new faa design software for airport pavement thickness. The new program is called faa rigid and flexible iterative elastic layered design, but is known by its acronym, faarfield. Design faarfield is the standard faa airport pavement thickness design program. Aug 24, 2017 these program upgrades accompanied a thorough revision of advisory circular ac 15053206 covering airport pavement design and evaluation.
Revised text and design examples to incorporate changes in faarfield v1. Federal aviation administration rigid and flexible iterative elastic layered design faarfield is the new faa airport pavement thickness design program. Specs, tables, charts, tender, manual, pavement learning course. These program upgrades accompanied a thorough revision of advisory circular ac 15053206 covering airport pavement design and evaluation. Sensitivity quantification of airport concrete pavement. 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.
Ppt faa pavement design powerpoint presentation free. Faarfield stands for faa rigid and flexible iterative elastic layered design. Stand alone software version of the pavement design portion of the ce calc website. The revised ac will make faarfield the faas standard thickness design procedure for both rigid and flexible pavements, including overlays. The newly released program, designated faarfield 1. Faarfield new faa airport pavement thickness design software. Mnpave flexible is a computer program that combines known empirical relationships with a representation of the physics and mechanics behind flexible pavement behavior. Different pavement types use different types of joints and reinforcement to control the forces acting on the concrete pavement. 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.
Report iprf01g002052 joint load transfer in concrete. Faarfield uses a mechanisticempirical design approach to determine the pavement thickness required for a. 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. Airport design software airports federal aviation administration. Runway pavement design of a proposed airport with the use. Included all pavement design in chapter 3, including previous guidance on pavement design for airplanes weighing less than 30,000 pounds 610 kg. Faarfield software to design based on threedimensional finite element method, makes the prediction of the. Aug 09, 2011 rate analysis of 498 items of road works, std. Investigation of runway pavement design software and. Airport pavement design and evaluation, dated september 30, 2009. Faarfield considers the cumulative damage factor cdf in the subgrade for the design of airport pavement layers. Facilitates flexible and rigid pavement information required in comfaa 3. Sustainable airfield pavement engineering solutions. 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.
Faarfield rigid incl 3d fem finite element method road. Icao overloading practice versus airport pavement design life. Advances in faa pavement thickness design software. New faa pavement design software transportation research board. In addition to putting the finishing touches on the faarfield software, the faa is also substantially. The faarfield computer code is used for both flexible pavement design and rigid pavement design. The 3d finite element models used for rigid pavement designs are. New design methodologies for rigid and flexible pavements. Simplified and moved guidance on economic analysis to chapter 1. Defined regular use for pavement design as at least 250 annual departures, which is equivalent to 500 annual operations. Airfield pavement design for a major airport using faarfield. Runway pavement design of a proposed airport with the use of.
Roads a software for pavement design and rate analysis of. Roads a software for pavement design and rate analysis. Available software include faarfield, comfaa, compsys, and other programs. The main differences between the faarfield rigid pavement design procedure and the procedure as implemented in ledfaa 1. The flexible pavement design module within faarfield is based on layered elastic analysis of the pavement structure. Mnpave flexible minnesota department of transportation. 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. To avoid typing the airplane list by hand, try copying the above job file to the working directory and opening it in faarfield.
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