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Civil Engineering Department | DCC3113 : Highway & Traffic Engineering
Traffic Loading Concept
5 T 17 T 16 T
ESAL = ( 5 /8.16 ) + (17 / 8.16) + (16 / 8.16) 4
4
4
= 0.141 + 18.84 + 14.78
= 33.76 standard axle
Design Traffic = 25 million standard axle
= (25 x 10 ) / 33.76 = 740,521 nos of above truck.
6
The pavement will fail after 740,521 nos. of the above truck moving on top of
ACW20 surface
Prepared by : SITI ZURAIFA BINTI MD SAH, zuraifa@pmu.edu.my
