I have two Engineer's pavement calculations in front of me and they use different methods to calculate pavement cross sections. I also have two flexible pavement design books which are explaining a slightly different method then the two engineers use.
Some issues that I have are as follows...
I was wondering if anyone knew a way of imputing the AASHTO Structural Number Empirical Formula into an excel spread sheet? I am trying to make it so I can just change the values of everything but the SN to out put a SN. I am trying to see if how much the cost benefit of the change in Standard...
One thing I have been noticing is that ASTM D 1557 and D 698 are used interchangeablely and I am trying to figure out the cost implications between using one or the other. If you use 698 to find the OMC opposed to 1557, your CBR is going to be lower. But is 1557 worth using because then when...
