ABSTRACT
There are important differences between highway and airport pavements. Yoder and Witczak (1975: 559) note
The number of repetitions of load is considerably less, but, on the other hand, gross load on the airfield pavement is greater than on the highway. Pumping can be a major problem on highways but is of lesser importance for rigid airfield pavements. In addition, a major portion of the load is applied just several feet from the edge of the rigid highway pavement, but loads are primarily in the center of airfield slabs.
