Glossary
Base Course
A layer of specified select material of planned thickness constructed on the subgrade or subbase below a pavement to serve one or more functions such as distributing loads, providing drainage, minimizing frost action, or facilitating pavement construction.
Used in
- Asphalt Concrete Base (ACB)
- Calculation of Frost Depth
- Cold Plant Mix Recycling
- Dowel Bar Placement
- Durability and Soundness
- Elastic Modulus
- Flexible Pavement Empirical Design Example
- Foamed Asphalt
- Frost Action Mitigation
- Full-Depth Reclamation
- Life Cycle Assessment
- Mix Selection Guidance
- Non-Uniform Texture
- PCC Recycling
- Potholes
- Recycled HMA
- Resistance Value
- Rigid Pavement Empirical Design Example
- Rigid Pavement Response Calculations
- Slipform Paving
- Subgrade