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Civil Engineering Department | DCC3113 : Highway & Traffic Engineering

Traffic Decaying Power

• Every time an axle load acts on a pavement, damage is inflicted onto the pavement.

• Real traffic composition is a mixture of varying weights & numbers of axles.

• According to this concept, one application of standard axle load inflicts one unit of

damage to the pavement.

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Prepared by : SITI ZURAIFA BINTI MD SAH, zuraifa@pmu.edu.my