The Feasibility of Use of Stone Mastic Asphalt

Abstract

Flexible pavements are typically designed to provide a good ride quality and to resist rutting and other distresses. The structural design of flexible pavements has been an evolutionary process based primarily on the experience and judgments of engineers, expanded by an empirical relationships developed through the research and field observations. The performance of flexible pavements depends upon the following factors, which are very important in determining the effective life expectancy of the compacted mix.