Road Pavement Layers – Components and Functions

Road pavement structure: Road is the most important structure that decides the economic growth of a country. The road structure to be constructed based on the traffic requirements, climatic conditions of the area, terrain, etc. The road structure has to withstand abrasion loads and climatic and terrain conditions without failure. This article is about the components of a flexible pavement structure.

4 Types of Pavement |Flexible and Rigid Pavement Full Details

Types of pavement are mainly four. I will show you the each of them in detail with the advantages and disadvantages. The flexible pavement layer may reflect the non recoverable as well as recoverable deformations of the lower layer including subgrade on the upper layers and also to the pavement surface. The vertical compressive stress is maximum on the pavement surface directly under the wheel load and is equal to the contact pressure under the wheel.