Added detail of transition between pcc and hma pavement sections. It 29 implements both layered elastic based and threedimensional finite elementbased design 30 procedures developed by the faa for new and overlay design of flexible and rigid pavements. Federal aviation administration overview ac 15053206f airport pavement design and evaluation whats different faarfield v1. Faa guidelines and icao design criteria are strictly followed in the design and orientation of the runway. Data entry federal aviation 2 administration faarfield 1. That is, for a given subgrade cbr and a given number of coverages for the design aircraft, total pavement thickness is computed by the cbr method. Iterative elastic layer design faarfield to assist with pavement.
It implements both layered elastic based and threedimensional finite elementbased design procedures developed by the federal aviation administration faa for new. Airport design software federal aviation administration. Included all pavement design in chapter 3, including previous guidance on pavement design for airplanes weighing less than 30,000 pounds 610 kg. Pavement structural design is generally a function of five criteria. Keywords runway pavement, faa, faarfield, rigid pavement, life cycle cost analysis i. Faa pavement standards help protect this investment by ensuring pavements last as long as possible with the least amount of maintenance. Evaluation of airport flexible pavement hma fatigue using. The federal aviation administrations faa new airport pavement thickness design program, faarfield faa rigid and flexible iterative elastic layered design, is. Faarfield is a computer program for airport pavement thickness.
Available software include faarfield, comfaa, compsys, and other programs. Read guidance for usage of permeable pavement at airports. Type thickness in modulus psi poissons ratio strength r,psi 1 pcc surface 19. Faarfield is a computer program for airport pavement thickness design. Developing, advancing, and deploying the faas airfield pavement design faarfield and pavement management paveair software and technologies. Provides software for pavement design and other airport design projects, including the faarfield, comfaa, compsys, and other programs. Ac 15053206f airport pavement design and evaluation. An airfield pavement structure is designed to support aircraft live loads for a specified pavement design life. Design program based pcn evaluation of aircraft pavements.
Software and spreadsheets for airfield design chet aero. Federal aviation administration introducing faarfield 1. Our pavement design and evaluation services meet the needs for all types of traffic requirements. Ac 1505320 6e and faarfield march 2008 2 faa pavement design ac 15053206e, airport pavement design and evaluation note that this presentation will address significant changes to faa pavement design procedures and is not intended to convey a complete overview of the pavement design procedure. Pdf airfield pavement design for a major airport using. This advisory circular provides guidance to the public on the design and evaluation of pavements used by aircraft at civil airports. This chapter presents pavement mechanistic design procedures that are implemented in the faa rigid and flexible iterative elastic layer design faarfield program. The revised ac will make faarfield the faas standard thickness design procedure for both rigid and flexible pavements, including overlays. Completely revised rigid failure model based on newest fullscale test data. A free powerpoint ppt presentation displayed as a flash slide show on id.
An evaluation of life cycle cost analysis of airport pavement. Faarfield implements both layered elasticbased and threedimensional finite elementbased design procedures for new and overlay designs of flexible and rigid pavements, respectively. Developing a new extended life airfield pavement design procedure. Our engineers have a comprehensive understanding of pavement design and evaluation standards from government agencies and industries including the federal aviation administration faa, american association of state highway and transportation officials. The federal aviation administration faa has introduced the first major changes to its faarfield standard pavement design software since the last version was released in 2010. The federal aviation administration faa has introduced the first major changes to its faarfield standard pavement design software since. I didnt take any pavement design courses in college.
Using faarfield the federal aviation administrations faa new airport pavement thickness design program, faarfield faa rigid and flexible iterative elastic layered design, is expected to supersede ledfaa 1. Administration faa research on pavement design and. The faa develops engineering, design, and construction standards for civil airports, heliports, and seaplane bases. Does anyone have any suggestions on learning about pavement design. Participants are encouraged to bring laptop computers with faarfield preinstalled to be able to perform handson classroom examples during the workshop.
Faarfield is the faas pavement thickness design software. Defined regular use for pavement design as at least 250 annual departures, which is equivalent to 500 annual operations. Airport pavement technical workshop asphalt institute. Faa pavement design faa pavement design rigid pavement faarfield design example 2008 eastern region airport conference rodney n. All software shall meet the latest faa security standards. One of the major observed failure modes for rigid pavements, topdown cracking, is poorly accounted for in the current faarfield rigid pavement design procedure. This workshop incorporates the latest updates to faa ac 53206e and 53355b, and provides handson experience with faarfield, the faas pavement design software and comfaa, their pcn calculation software. Introduction the installation of pavements in airport that can affirm their total predicted load applications over a 20year design life is the requirement of faa in advisory circular 15053206e. The design thicknesses computed by the faarfield software for. The faa has developed the computer program faa rigid and flexible. Federal faarfield is the new faa airport pavement aviation thickness design administration program. The federal aviation administrations faa new airport pavement thickness design program, faarfield faa rigid and flexible iterative elastic layered design, is expected to supersede ledfaa 1.
Civil engineer airfield pavement airport engineering. Federal aviation administration 800 independence avenue, sw washington, dc 20591 1866tellfaa 18668355322. Ac 15053206f, airport pavement design and evaluations. The federal aviation administration faa has recognized for some time that its current rigid 44 pavement. Department of transportation federal aviation administration 800 independence avenue, sw washington, dc 20591 1866tellfaa 18668355322. Faarfield download computer program for airport pavement. Developing rigid airport pavement multipleslab response. Added detail on reinforcement at type a1 joints reinforced isolation joint. Sustainable airfield pavement engineering solutions.
Computer codes are available to assist the engineer in designing an airfield pavement structure. Faas current rigid pavement design model, involving a single slab loaded at. New faa pavement design software international airport. Faa paveair webbased pavement management software faa paveair webbased pavement management software development development was started in may 2008 the development and testing contractor is. Faarfield intro federal aviation administration aviation. The faarfield software will be central to understanding how asphalt pavement structures perform over longer design periods. Introducing federal aviation administration faarfield 1. This program has been modified by the faa for pavement analysis and is. Ac 15053206f, airport pavement design and evaluations, 10. State of the practice in pavement structural design. Ensuring the longer life of airport runways asphalt magazine. Federal aviation administration ac 15053206f partial list of changes rigid modified conversion from cbr to kvalue. Ppt faa pavement design powerpoint presentation free. The paper presents a case study describing the design of airfield pavements for a major airport using both the faarfield and apsds aircraft pavement structural.
Faarfield new faa airport pavement thickness design software. The software programs to be integrated shall include faa paveair with life cycle cost analysis lcca component aircost, comfaa 3. Design stress is the larger of interior stress or 3d finite element computed edge stress reduced by 25% for assumed load transfer. It implements both layered elastic based and threedimensional finite elementbased design procedures developed by the federal aviation administration faa for new and overlay design of flexible and rigid pavements. The layer properties of permeable pavements for use in these structural design methods are discussed in the following sections. These program upgrades accompanied a thorough revision of advisory circular ac 15053206 covering airport pavement design and evaluation. Advances in faa pavement thickness design software. Federal aviation administration rigid and flexible iterative elastic layered design faarfield is the new faa airport pavement thickness design program. This short video tutorial explains how to install and set up folder.
Runway design and structural design of an airfield pavement. Planning, executing, and analyzing pavement materials testing at national airport pavement and materials research center napmrc to. Ac 15053206e, airport pavement design and evaluations. Faarfield stands for faa rigid and flexible iterative elastic layered design. Airport design software airports federal aviation administration. The federal aviation administrations faa new airport pavement thickness design program, faarfield faa rigid and flexible iterative elastic layered design. Rigid and faarfield will supersede ledfaa flexible 1. After a 10year research and development effort, the federal aviation administration faa is set to debut a new software package for airport pavement thickness design. Completely rewritten concrete overlay design procedure.
Successful participants will master pavement design and analysis concepts as well as the software tools that facilitate the work. The comfaa programme derives its pavement thickness estimation from. Flexible pavement thickness design with comfaa follows the same methodology used to produce the thickness design charts published in faa ac 15053206. Faa rigid and flexible iterative elastic layered design, known as faarfield, is a new software package for airport pavement thickness design. Icao overloading practice versus airport pavement design. This short video tutorial explains how to install and set up folder permissions for the faa pavement design software, faarfield. Faa pavement design ac 15053206e and faarfield 2008 eastern region airport conference rodney n. Faarfield, the faas pavement design software and comfaa, their pcn calculation software successful participants will receive 18 professional development hours august 12 14 arlington, va specific details and hotel arrangements will be. Ac 15053206f airport pavement design and evaluation ac 150537010h standards for specifying construction of airports draft november 2017 department of defense airfields unified facilities guide specifications 20182019 denver ado colorado projects list 31518 faa pavement design software faarfield. Introduction to pavement design and design software 3. The new program is called faa rigid and flexible iterative elastic layered design, but is known by its acronym, faarfield.
As part of the federal aviation administrations transition to computerbased design procedures, faarfield offers advanced structural and failure prediction models. Faa research on pavement design and materials for new generation aircraft october 15, 2018 federal aviation administration rigid and flexible iterative elastic layered design faarfield is the standard faa airport pavement thickness design program. Ac 15053206, airport pavement design and evaluation. In this section, software that is chosen for runway pavement design are described and their basis of application are evaluated. The faa continues to advance the faarfield structural design software, which characterizes asphalt pavements in terms of mechanistic principles and designs for fatigue failure in terms of a cumulative damage factor concept. The federal aviation administration faa has upgraded its ledfaa airport pavement design software. Soils resistivity and corrosion potential of native sub. Accelerated pavement testing of perpetual pavement test. Advisory circulars all 150 series acs ac 15053205, surface drainage design. Airport design software supports pavement design and pay reductions for airport pavement projects.
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