Publications

The Austroads asphalt pavement design process set out in Guide to Pavement Technology – Part 2: Pavement Structural Design (Austroads 2008) utilises a mechanistic procedure to predict the allowable traffic repetitions until asphalt fatigue occurs.…

Part 6 of the Guide to Pavement Technology addresses unsealed pavements including operational demands of unsealed road surfaces, pavement configurations, floodways, cuts, fills and mine haul roads, the identification of suitable pavement materials…

A study of published information regarding the design and development of stone mastic asphalt (SMA) was undertaken. The main focus was upon obtaining information that had resulted in successful SMA mixes. In most instances the design of SMA had used…

This test was conducted to determine the relationship between wheel tracking characteristics found in a laboratory and rutting in real-world scenarios. A road trial was established in Brisbane at the Mount Coot-tha quarry. The site was chosen as it…

Part 10: Subsurface Drainage provides advice on the general requirements for drainage materials, design of pavement drains and construction and maintenance considerations. This Part contains information on the types and uses of subsurface drainage…

This document provides a guide to preparing samples for asphalt mix design to conform to Austroads design processes. It covers splitting of the raw components as well as compacting cylindrical and prismatic samples. The loose asphalt conditioning…

The Austroads Guide to the Structural Design of Road Pavements: Pavement Design (now the Guide to Pavement Technology: Part 2 – Pavement Structural Design) has been used throughout Australia for over 20 years. Progressive development of the Guide is…

To improve the understanding of the nature of dynamic wheel loads and associated pavement damage, Austroads commissioned ARRB Group to research heavy vehicle dynamic wheel loads through the development and implementation of a measurement system as a…

The economic and functional impacts of PBS PVLS were quantified at network level using a life cycle costing approach. The assessment involved comparative analysis of the changes in agency and user costs associated with a number of scenarios with a…

The composition of the Australian heavy vehicle fleet has changed over time and no doubt will continue to change in response to pressures to achieve maximum economic benefits. Considering the predicted doubling in the road freight task by 2020, the…