Chapter 1 provides the data required to use the charts. Publications offer design guidance on paving from domestic uses to. The performance of geotextiles in concrete block permeable pavements. Hicks department of civil engineering oregon state university corvallis, or 97331 paul curren pavement engineering inc. Argentinean concrete block association aabh argentinean portland cement institute icpa small element paving technologists sept british ports association port and heavy duty pavement design manual. Promotional cards pack showchasing the uk ports sector. Design axle loads associated with the different equipment are reported in container corner table 1. Lundy department of civil engineering oregon state university. Case study in engineered interlocking concrete pavement. Heavy vehicles cause greater deflection on flexible pavements rather than on rigid pavements. The third edition of the british ports association heavy duty pavement design manual has recently been published and for the first time, a radically new way of. The fourth edition represents a significant step forward in the design of heavyduty pavements, i. First edition published by british ports association, 1984. The structural design of heavy duty pavements for ports.
The background to the third edition of the british ports association. In this research two different design methods are thoroughly analyzed, the british ports associations heavy duty pavements manual which is a chart based procedure and the hipave program which is an australian heavy duty pavement design guide. Port and industrial pavement design with concrete pavers icpi. Hipave a mechanistic design tool for heavyduty industrial. Roller compacted concrete rcc into the design manual for roads and bridges dmrb and manual of contract documents for highways works mcwh series, volumes 1 and 2. A radically new way of analysing pavements is incorporated in the design method. Traditionally, port pavements have been designed using purely chartbased, empirical processes such as the british ports association method. It describes a radically new way of analysing pavements which is incorporated in the design method. In more recent times, designers have combined the full range of vehicles and shipping containers into a single number of repetitions of an equivalent standard axle.
A design example is also included which presents the design of a port pavement for the doha container terminal in qatar, using the empirical chartbased method, circly via an equivalent axle and. This page contains all the design charts for pavement thickness design. Asphalt paving design guide asphalt pavement association. Developing solutions britpave is active in the development of solutions and best practice for roads, rail, guided bus lanes, light rail, airfields, ports and soil. It includes a design chart which can be used to proportion the courses of heavy duty pavements. Ports specialist testing and analysis of failure mechanisms for ports and major hard standing areas in recent years, pms has integrated the pavement testing facility with materials technology and pavement design methodologies, to provide composite solutions for both non standard pavement designs such as ports.
Guidelines for the design and construction of port pavements. A link to the hmso www site can be found on the links page. The main emphasis in this thesis will be on heavy duty pavements for ports. Heavy duty industrial pavement design guide pavement science. Different design methods are discussed and compared for the pavement design of ports.
Publications offer design guidance on paving from domestic uses to the most taxing heavy industrial applications. For pavements with stabilised bases the tensile strain in the base is the active design constraint whereas subgrade compressive strain is the active design constraint for pavements with granular bases. The design of the whole pavement can be separated into design of the base and design. Good practice guide for roads 1 1 introduction this good practice guide contains transport scotlands requirements for inclusive design in the construction, operation and maintenance of road infrastructure. Supersedes structural design of heavy duty pavements for ports and other industries interpave, 1996.
The economic contribution of the maritime sector in wales a report for maritime uk and the welsh ports group in english language the economic contribution of the maritime sector in wales a report for maritime uk and the welsh ports group in welsh language scottish ports. While the standards contained in this manual provide a basis for uniform design practice for typical pavement design situations, precise rules which would apply to all possible situations are impossible to give. Marcom wg 165 design and maintenance of container terminal pavements 2015. Ports association publication the structural design of heavyduty pavements for ports and other. Hipave heavy industrial pavement design is for the mechanistic. They are a product association of british precast affiliated to the mineral products association. T0115 pavement structure design guidelines british columbia.
The third edition of the british ports association heavy duty pavement design manual was published in 1996 and for the first time, a radically new way of analysing pavements is incorporated. Road pavement design guide home kent county council. When the pavement deflects or moves, it absorbs a portion of the vehicle energy that otherwise would be available to propel the vehicle forward. English version of the paper dimensionering af havne og. This design method comes from a similar publication by the british ports association that has been used to design all types of port pavements around the world including icps. Pdf design of portand industrial pavements researchgate.
Pavement design is primarily a matter of sound application of acceptable engineering criteria and standards. This paper presents the background to the third edition of the british ports association bpa heavy duty pavement design manual, published in j 1996. Concretes rigid design reduces the pavement s deflection and corresponding fuel consumption. Design manuals interlocking concrete pavement institute. Aashto pavement thickness design guide when designing pavement thickness for flexible and rigid pavements, the following considerations should be used. Whilst some port pavements are constructed from concrete, the majority of port pavements are of flexible construction with either an asphalt or concrete segmental paver wearing course. Technical circular pavement structure design guidelines 2 table of contents 1. Load testing of instumented pavement sections improved techniques for appling the finite element method to strain predition in pcc pavement structures by university of minnesota, department of civil engineering submitted to mndot, march 24, 2002 b.
Structural design solutions for permeable pavements. This 70 page manual relies on the proven port pavement design methods in use since 1983 by the british ports association. Concrete block paving has become the orthodox surfacing for container terminals worldwide and for this reason interpave with the support of the uk concrete centre has extended its partnership with the british ports association bpa to publish the fourth edition of the bpa port and heavy duty pavement design manual. The figures are reproduced with the kind permission of hmso. Icpi civil engineering curriculum interlocking concrete. Hipave, british port association bpa edition 4 2007, french lcpc method using alize software and the sector standard of the peoples republic.
Britpave, the british cementitious paving association, is. R esearch laboratory department of transport trrl laboratory report 12 the structural design of bituminous roads by w d powell, j f potter, h c mayhew and m e nunn the views expressed in this report are not necessarily those of the department of transport pavement design and maintenance division. The charts can also be found in the design manual for roads and bridges, volume 7, section 2, part 3, chapter3. The british ports association, currently british ports federation handbook titled the. Roller compacted concrete background to the development. Hipave referenced in pianc guide design and maintenance of container terminal pavements. They explain how the third edition of the british ports association heavy duty pavement design manual can be used to design pavements surfaced with pavers. Hipave, british port association bpa edition 4 2007, french lcpc method using alize software and the sector standard of the peoples republic of china code for design and construction of pavements roads and stockyards in ports jtj 29696, 1997. Hipave a mechanistic design tool for flexible port pavements. Introduce the icpi manual, port and industrial pavement design with concrete pavers. Bull, the design of precast concrete pavements on low hearing capacity subgrades, comput. This innovation includes development of pavement design, material and construction solutions. British ports association heavy duty pavement manual samt hipave som ar en australiensk modell och programvara. The structural design of heavy duty pavements for ports and other industries.
Based on finite element modeling and the authors extensive experience with port pavements using this design method, interlocking concrete pavements can be designed for container and bulk port operations. Elastic design of flexible and rigid pavements in a pavement design for airfields from the united states army corps of engineering. At the heart of the uk economy ports play a vital role. Efficient design for safe construction using precast concrete kerbs. Surface deformation in the order of 50 mm to 75 mm will normally exist at failure. Structural design of heavy duty pavements for ports and other industries publication year 1996 document status. Concrete block paving has become the orthodox surfacing for container terminals worldwide and for this reason interpave with the support of the uk concrete. Concrete block paving has become the orthodox surfacing for container terminals worldwide and for this reason interpave with the support of the uk concrete centre has extended its partnership with the british ports association bpa to publish the fourth edition of the bpa port and heavy duty pavement design. Pavement thickness design charts durham university.
Listing of british standards for precast concrete paving and kerbs. Structural design of heavy duty pavements for ports and. The design guides for ports are here divided into two categories, chart based design and program based design. This paper presents the background to the third edition of the british ports association bpa heavy duty pavement design manual, published in 1996. The british ports association represents all types and sizes of ports, their operators and facilities throughout the united kingdom. The bp a manual uses a design procedure which is based upon the principle that pavements are designed to remain serviceable throughout the design life of the pavement. This is the third edition of the british ports association heavy duty pavement design manual for second edition see irrd 819578. The charts provided in this document may be used to design all types of pavements serving ports and similar cargo handling facilities.