19.7 - Failure of flexible pavements
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Practice Questions
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What is fatigue cracking?
💡 Hint: Consider how loads affect material integrity over time.
Describe rutting in flexible pavements?
💡 Hint: Think about the appearance of the pavement under heavy vehicle loads.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What primarily causes fatigue cracking in pavements?
💡 Hint: Think about what happens over time with traffic.
Rutting is a characteristic related to which pavement failure?
💡 Hint: Consider the shape of the pavement with heavy traffic.
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Challenge Problems
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Design a flexible pavement structure for a region with heavy truck traffic. Consider how the various failures can occur.
💡 Hint: Think about each layer's role and the environmental conditions.
Evaluate a case study of a pavement that experienced extensive thermal cracking and propose methods of mitigation.
💡 Hint: Consider the root causes of the thermal issue.
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