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A highly advanced asphalt pavement that far exceeds the performance of today's conventional layered pavements. Guided by space age technology, this highly-evolved pavement system achieves high levels of efficiency and cost effectiveness through a unique arrangement of conventional and modified conventional construction materials, taking maximum advantage of their inherent properties to make them most compatible with the stress, temperature and moisture environments. This arrangement allows the pavement to develop a maximum beam-like action; provides improved protection against natural adverse environmental effects; causes improved material performance; and allows for greater flexibility on the selection of materials. A computer aided design system is utilized to develop the optimum structural section to yield maximum long-term performance with minimum capital investment. |
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The technical advantages of CRAM Pavement result from specific component improvements and from combined effects of the specific component improvements. The quantification of the beneficial effects relative to the claims are in accordance with mechanistic concepts. Such concepts, as presently accepted, are described in the third volume of the recently completed AASHTO Guidelines for Design of Pavements.
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These improvements allow the CRAM Pavement to be constructed with:
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