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Shell Pavement Design Manual—Asphalt Pavements and Overlays for. Road Traffic. Shell International Petroleum Company, Ltd., London,. England, 1978
'''Shell pavement design method'''
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The '''Shell Pavementpavement design method''' method is used in many [[countries]] for the design of new [[asphalt]] [[road]]s.
 
In [[structural road design]], the main considerations consist of [[soil]] [[parameter]]s, parameters (thickness and stiffness) for the other road [[Foundation (engineering)|foundation]] materials, and the expected number of times a standard load will pass over. The output of the calculation is the thickness of the asphalt layer.<ref>Shell Pavement Design Manual—Asphalt Pavements and Overlays for. Road Traffic. Shell International Petroleum Company, Ltd., London,. England, 1978</ref>