Transcription of Guide for Mechanistic-Empirical Design
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Guide for Mechanistic-Empirical Design OF NEW AND REHABILITATED PAVEMENT STRUCTURES. FINAL DOCUMENT. APPENDIX CC-1: CORRELATION OF CBR VALUES WITH SOIL INDEX. PROPERTIES. NCHRP. Prepared for National Cooperative Highway Research Program Transportation Research Board National Research Council Submitted by ARA, Inc., ERES Division 505 West University Avenue Champaign, Illinois 61820. March 2001. I. Acknowledgment of Sponsorship This work was sponsored by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration and was conducted in the National Cooperative Highway Research Program which is administered by the Transportation Research Board of the National Research Council. Disclaimer This is the final draft as submitted by the research agency. The opinions and conclusions expressed or implied in this report are those of the research agency. They are not necessarily those of the Transportation Research Board, the National Research Council, the Federal Highway Administration, AASHTO, or the individual States participating in the National Cooperative Highway Research program.
The values of D60, P200, and PI were the index properties chosen for correlation. In addition, for materials with a PI > 0, a weighted Plasticity Index, termed wPI was used: wPI = Passing #200 · Plasticity Index = P 200 · PI (1) with P200 used as a decimal and PI used in % form Table 4 shows typical ranges of D60, P200, PI and wPI for the USCS and AASHTO materials.
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