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4.4.5 Elastic Deformation at the Surface <strong>of</strong> HMA Layer<br />

Elastic deformation was the surface rebound <strong>of</strong> the pavement when the applied load was<br />

unloaded from 40 kN <strong>to</strong> 0.5 kN. The percent <strong>of</strong> elastic deformation is defined as the percent <strong>of</strong><br />

the elastic deformation <strong>to</strong> the <strong>to</strong>tal deformation in each load cycle. Figure 4.66 shows the percent<br />

<strong>of</strong> elastic deformation varied with the number <strong>of</strong> load cycles. The general trend is that the<br />

percent <strong>of</strong> elastic deformation increased with the number <strong>of</strong> load cycles.<br />

The elastic deformation <strong>and</strong> percent <strong>of</strong> elastic deformation at the 25 mm permanent<br />

deformation at the center are presented in table 4.11. It is shown that the percent <strong>of</strong> elastic<br />

deformation ranged from 55 <strong>to</strong> 92%.<br />

Percent <strong>of</strong> elastic deformation (%)<br />

100<br />

80<br />

60<br />

40<br />

20<br />

0<br />

15 cm unreinforced 30 cm unreinforced<br />

15 cm reinforced (hard subgrade) 15 cm reinforced<br />

23 cm reinforced 30 cm reinforced<br />

0 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 12000 14000 16000<br />

Number <strong>of</strong> loading cycle<br />

Figure 4.66 The percentage <strong>of</strong> elastic deformation versus the number <strong>of</strong> loading cycles<br />

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