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Civil Engineering Department | DCC3113 : Highway & Traffic Engineering

Traffic Loadings

• Protection of the sub-grade from the loading imposed by traffic is one of the primary
functions of a pavement structure. The designer must provide a pavement that can

withstand a large number of repeated applications of a variable-magnitude loading.

• Traffic loading comprise of :

i. Tire load and pressure

ii. Axle and wheel configurations

iii. Load repetition

iv. Traffic distribution

v. Vehicle Speed

vi. Equivalent Standard Axle (ESA)

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