The topic of this thesis is the design of pavement. This thesis will mainly focus on three types of pavements which are unbound granular pavement, flexible pavement, and rigid pavement. The structure of each pavement type will be discussed, and the construction process and failure mode will be discussed as well. For unbound granular pavement and flexible pavement, most of the defects behave as surface deformation. The main defects in rigid pavement are the shrinkage cracks. In each design procedure, a candidate pavement is provided, and this candidate pavement will be measured whether it is acceptable by using the calculation steps. The advantages and disadvantages will also be discussed in this report.

Xialiang Jiang. Analysis on Design of Three Types of Pavements from the Perspectives of Structure, Construction Process and Failure Mode. Academic Journal of Architecture and Geotechnical Engineering (2022) Vol. 4, Issue 2: 48-52. https://doi.org/10.25236/AJAGE.2022.040208.

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