Using CIRCLY with the Austroads Pavement Design Guide
The Austroads Pavement Structural Design Guide is the basis for road pavement design in Australia and New Zealand.
2010 Austroads Pavement Structural Design Guide Released
Austroads Guide to Pavement Technology - Part 2: Pavement Structural Design (AGPT02/10) was released in February 2010. This version has only minor changes from the previous version: AGPT02/08 : Guide to Pavement Technology - Part 2: Pavement Structural Design that was released in July 2008.
The main changes from the 2004 Guide [Pavement Design. A Guide to the Structural Design of Road Pavements (AP-G17/04)] are as follows:
- reformatted to form part of the comprehensive Guide to Pavement Technology series, including editorial review to address errors
- now includes design of lightly trafficked pavements previously published in Pavement Design for Light Traffic: A Supplement to Austroads Pavement Design Guide (AP-T36-06)
- includes procedures for evaluation of pavement damage due to specialised vehicles
- change of abbreviations for Standard Axles of loadings to SAR5, SAR7 and SAR12
- minor amendment to equation 6.7, speed adjustment for determining asphalt moduli
2011 Austroads Pavement Evaluation and Treatment Design Guide Released
AGPT05-11 : Guide to Pavement Technology - Part 5: Pavement Evaluation and Treatment Design was released in December 2011.
This publication is an update of AGPT05-09. It contains an inclusion of thickness design for stabilisation treatments, and has also been reformatted which includes realigning the contents page and the lay out to make the information more accessible for the reader.
How to use Austroads Traffic Parameters in CIRCLY
Click here for an overview on how to use the various Austroads Traffic Parameters in CIRCLY.
RTA Supplement to Austroads Guide to Pavement Technology
This supplement is issued to clarify, add to, or modify the Austroads Guide to Pavement Technology, Part 2: Pavement Structural Design.
The RTA NSW accepts the principles in the Austroads Guide to Pavement Technology, Part 2: Pavement Structural Design with variations documented in this supplement under the following categories:
- RTA Enhanced Practice: RTA practices which enhance the Austroads Guides.
- RTA Complementary Material: These documents include RTA Manuals, Technical Directions and/or other reference material and are to be read in conjunction with the Austroads Guides.
Navigate to this page: http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/doingbusinesswithus/ausroadsguides/index.html
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Proceed to http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/doingbusinesswithus/ausroadsguides/pavement_tech.html
Vicroads Code of Practice
Manual of codes of practice. RC500.22. Selection and design of pavements and surfacings. July 2010.
This Code sets down VicRoads procedures for the selection and design of new road pavements and surfacing.
The Code includes important information on Selection of Asphalt Types and typical characteristics of asphalts commonly used by VicRoads.
You can download the Code at no charge from here.
Queensland Pavement Design Manual
The Pavement Design Manual sets out supplementary and specific requirements for the design of pavements for Main Roads. It includes Main Roads requirements for pavement types, reliability, subgrade assessment, climatic considerations, material characterisation, traffic, design and comparison of designs.
Further details here.
South Australia Pavement Design Supplement
Transport Services Division Pavement Design Supplement to the Austroads Guide to the Structural Design of Road Pavements.
The purpose of this Supplement is to provide more specific procedures and direction when using the Austroads methodology for the design of new pavements for the DTEI, Transport Services Division (TSD).
Download here. (December 2009 version).
Important Warning- Heavy Duty Pavements
Performance data developed for highway pavements (e.g. Austroads) is not generally appropriate for heavy loadings such as airports and container terminals. Use of such models can lead to grossly under-designed pavements.
For further details see the Heavy Duty Industrial Pavement Design Guide.
