Asphalt pavement structure design of expressway on softsoil foundation

Nonhomogenous settlement will occur while the expressway is constructed on soft ground. The differential settlement can cause the bigger additional stress inside the asphalt pavement structure accelerating bituminous pavement destruction. Therefore,we must choose reasonable pavement structure when constructing road on soft base in order to reduce the influence on surface layer structure from the differential settlement. Based on ABAQUS finite element method and through analysis, this article draws the conclusion that establishing unbound graded aggregate sandwich structure under the asphalt pavement structure can effectively reduce the horizontal additional stress of the stresscontroled layer and better prevent crack reflection which is beneficial for constructing the asphalt pavement structure on the soft ground.

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