Evaluation of the Federal Aviation Administration's Rigid Airfield Pavement Cracking Failure Models

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dc.authoridKAYA, ORHAN/0000-0001-6072-3882
dc.contributor.authorKaya, Orhan
dc.contributor.authorCeylan, Halil
dc.contributor.authorKim, Sunghwan
dc.contributor.authorRezaei-Tarahomi, Adel
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-06T17:37:51Z
dc.date.available2025-01-06T17:37:51Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractThe Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA's) pavement thickness design software, FAA Rigid and Flexible Iterative Elastic Layer Design (FAARFIELD) uses bottom-up fatigue cracking as the only failure criterion in its rigid pavement design procedure. However, top-down cracking has also been observed in two full-scale experimental studies under some circumstances; therefore, it should be included as one of the failure criteria in the analysis and design of rigid airfield pavement systems. In this study, FAA's current rigid airfield pavement design methodology was reviewed and evaluated in great detail to better identify needs for improvements with respect to cracking failure models and to produce recommendations on how current design methodology could be improved. Critical mechanical loading and pavement response locations for top-down and bottom-up cracking failure modes were also investigated to seek identification of input scenarios where critical pavement responses at slab top are higher than those at slab bottom. The effect of temperature loading in determining which failure mode (top-down or bottom-up cracking) would be dominant in rigid airfield pavement failure was also studied. Slab thickness calculations were carried out using the same slab thickness determination steps as FAARFIELD design software (version 1.42) when top-down cracking and bottom-up cracking are specified as failure modes. Recommendations are made with respect to including the top-down cracking failure mode in rigid airfield pavement design.
dc.description.sponsorshipFederal Aviation Administration (FAA)
dc.description.sponsorshipThe authors gratefully acknowledge Dr. Kasthurirangan Gopalakrishnan and Dr. David R. Brill for their constructive comments and feedback in this study. The authors also gratefully acknowledge the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for supporting this study. The contents of this paper reflect the views of the authors, who are responsible for the facts and accuracy of the data presented within. The contents do not necessarily reflect the official views and policies of the FAA and Iowa State University. This paper does not constitute a standard, specification, or regulation.
dc.identifier.doi10.1061/JPEODX.0000335
dc.identifier.issn2573-5438
dc.identifier.issue1
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85118723785
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1061/JPEODX.0000335
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14669/2392
dc.identifier.volume148
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000742413900007
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ3
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAsce-Amer Soc Civil Engineers
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Transportation Engineering Part B-Pavements
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_20241211
dc.subjectFederal Aviation Administration Rigid and Flexible Iterative Elastic Layer Design (FAARFIELD)
dc.subjectTop-down cracking
dc.subjectRigid airfield pavements
dc.subjectFinite-element analysis FAA (FEAFAA)
dc.titleEvaluation of the Federal Aviation Administration's Rigid Airfield Pavement Cracking Failure Models
dc.typeArticle

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