Naasra Guide To The Structural Design Of Road Pavements (May 1988)

The National Association of Australian State Road Authorities (NAASRA) has recently published the Guide to the Structural Design of Road Pavements which supersedes the Interim Guide to Pavement Thickness Design published in 1979. The new guide incorporates a mechanistic design procedure for flexible pavements that represents a quantum leap forward in road pavement design technology in Australia as it allows, for the first time, the design of pavements using fundamental engineering parameters that are not dependent on past experience. The guide contains detailed discussion on subgrade evaluation, pavement materials evaluation, analysis of traffic loading and structural design in addition to other factors relevant to pavement design.