Assessment Of Factors Affecting Road Pavement Design And Remedial Actions

Many factors such as number of vehicles, speed, climatic conditions and other factors affect are to be considered for the design of pavement. In this article we will discuss about the factors influencing pavement design. Pavements are engineered structures which are used as roads, runways, parking areas, etc. Ground or surface transportation is the most widely used transportation in the world. So, construction of pavements should be done as it is strong and durable for their design life. There are so many factors which influencing the pavement design. The factors may be of loading, environment, materials used etc. Which are as follows Wheel load, Axle configuration, Contact pressure, Vehicle speed, Repetition of loads, Subgrade type, Temperature and Precipitation. This paper aims to present a review on the performance, problems and possible remedial measures practices for roads constructed on these problematic soils in the country. Finally, emphasis should be given to the importance in construction in this kind of soil of strictly applying engineered design of geometric, drainage, pavement thickness, material selection and proportioning. Thus, those concerned bodies shall decide to accept and control the risk associated with construction on this soil or not, or to decide that more detail study is required to allow for extra design and construction preemptive measures once the potential problem has been identified and the end user convinced of the cost-savings in adopting a pro-active approach.