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South African Pavement Engineering Manual
Chapter 10: Pavement Design
Figure 52. Nomograph for Determining Concrete Slab Thickness
8.2 Mechanistic-Empirical Design Method for Concrete Pavements
Concrete pavement design in South Africa is now generally done using the Mechanistic-Empirical Design Method, as
implemented in cncPAVE. The principles are the same as from Manual M10, with more details and analysis options
as well as taking variation in pavement characteristics into account.
The flowchart in Figure 53 illustrates the design process using this method.
Section 7: Structural Capacity Estimation: Concrete Pavements
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