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Transport / ADAC Version v6.0.0

Pavement

Represents an area of road pavement.

Geometry: geometry_area_multipatch_complex
ADAC Versions
v4.1 Introduced v4.2 v5.0.1 v6.0.0 LATEST

Attributes

Required and optional XML attributes
Name String_254
Required

The gazetted, or proposed, road name.

Surface structure
Required

Data container for surface characteristics.

StructureStructure
SurfaceType enum
Required

The surface type of the road or street

Accepted Values
ValueDescription
AC Asphalt
FDA Full Depth Asphalt
2CBS 2 Coat Prime and Seal
1CBS 1 Coat Prime and Seal
DUST Dust Seal
SMA Stone Mastic Asphalt
SSSL Slurry Seal
CPAV Concrete Pavers
Concrete Concrete, Stencilled or Aggregate
BPAV Brick Pavers
GRVL Gravel Road
PMB Poly Modified Bitumen
Earth Earth
GCELL Grass Cell
SurfaceThickness_mm positiveInteger
Optional

The surface thickness in millimetres

SurfaceNomLength_m Float_Positive_NonZero
Optional

The nominal length of the surface of the road or street as a decimal number in metres.

SurfaceNomWidth_m Float_Positive_NonZero
Required

The nominal width of the surface of the road or street as a decimal number in metres.

PavementStructure structure
Required

Data container for pavement structure characteristics.

StructureStructure
PavementType enum
Required

Pavement construction type

Accepted Values
ValueDescription
Flexible Flexible pavement
Rigid Rigid pavement
Floodway Pavement section hardened for flood passage
BaseLayer structure
Optional

Describes the pavement base layer

StructureStructure
LayerType enum
Required

Construction type of the base layer. Must be CONC if PavementType is Rigid, otherwise must not be CONC

Accepted Values
ValueDescription
GR21 Gravel 2.1 CBR80
GR22 Gravel 2.2 CBR60-80
GR23 Gravel 2.3 CBR45-60
GR24 Gravel 2.4 CBR35-45
GR25 Gravel 2.5 CBR15-35
NGRL Natural Gravel/Conglomerate
Earth Earth
EME2 High Modulus Asphalt
AC Asphalt
Concrete Concrete
Class 1 DGB 20mm nominal size Densely Graded Base (Class 1)
Class 2 DGB 20mm nominal size Densely Graded Base (Class 2)
MB20 20mm nominal size Material to be Bound
MB40 40mm nominal size Material to be Bound
GMB20 20mm nominal size Graded Macadam Base
LayerDepth_mm Float_Positive_NonZero
Required

Base layer depth in millimetres

Stabilisation enum
Optional

Base layer stabilisation method

Accepted Values
ValueDescription
Lime Lime
Foamed Bitumen Foamed Bitumen
Geogrid Earth Reinforcing Mat
Cement Cement
SubBaseLayer structure
Optional

Describes the pavement sub-base layer

StructureStructure
LayerType enum
Required

Construction type of the sub-base layer.

Accepted Values
ValueDescription
GR21 Gravel 2.1 CBR80
GR22 Gravel 2.2 CBR60-80
GR23 Gravel 2.3 CBR45-60
GR24 Gravel 2.4 CBR35-45
GR25 Gravel 2.5 CBR15-35
NGRL Natural Gravel/Conglomerate
Earth Earth
DGS20 20mm nominal size Densely Graded Subbase
DGS40 40mm nominal size Densely Graded Subbase
MB20 20mm nominal size Material to be Bound
MB40 40mm nominal size Material to be Bound
GMS40 40mm nominal size Graded Macadam Subbase
GMS60 60mm nominal size Graded Macadam Subbase
MS50 50mm nominal size Macadam Subbase
MS75 75mm nominal size Macadam Subbase
LayerDepth_mm Float_Positive_NonZero
Required

Sub-base layer depth in millimetres

Stabilisation enum
Optional

Sub-base layer stabilisation method

Accepted Values
ValueDescription
Lime Lime
Foamed Bitumen Foamed Bitumen
Geogrid Earth Reinforcing Mat
Cement Cement
LowerSubBaseLayer structure
Optional

Describes the pavement lower sub-base layer

StructureStructure
LayerType enum
Required

Construction type of the lower sub-base layer.

Accepted Values
ValueDescription
GEOT Geotextile
Rock Rock
GTRK Geotectile/Rock
GR25 Gravel 2.5 CBR15-35
DGS20 20mm nominal size Densely Graded Subbase
DGS40 40mm nominal size Densely Graded Subbase
MB20 20mm nominal size Material to be Bound
MB40 40mm nominal size Material to be Bound
GMS40 40mm nominal size Graded Macadam Subbase
GMS60 60mm nominal size Graded Macadam Subbase
MS50 50mm nominal size Macadam Subbase
MS75 75mm nominal size Macadam Subbase
LayerDepth_mm Float_Positive_NonZero
Required

Lower sub-base layer depth in millimetres

Stabilisation enum
Optional

Lower sub-base layer stabilisation method

Accepted Values
ValueDescription
Lime Lime
Foamed Bitumen Foamed Bitumen
Geogrid Earth Reinforcing Mat
Cement Cement
PavementHierarchy enum
Optional

Pavement hierarchy

Accepted Values
ValueDescription
Arterial Arterial
Sub-Arterial Sub-Arterial
Trunk Trunk
Collector Collector
Access/Local Access/Local
PavementGeoTextile enum
Optional

Pavement geotextile type.

Accepted Values
ValueDescription
Class A G Rating range 900 up to 1350
Class B G Rating range 1350 up to 2000
Class C G Rating range 2000 up to 3000
Class D G Rating range from 3000 up to 4500
Class E G Rating 4500
SubGrade structure
Required

Data container for subgrade structure characteristics.

StructureStructure
CBR Float_Positive_NonZero
Required

California Bearing Ratio. An expression of the load bearing and shear properties of the material.

Stabilisation enum
Optional

Subgrade stabilisation method

Accepted Values
ValueDescription
Lime Lime
Foamed Bitumen Foamed Bitumen
Geogrid Earth Reinforcing Mat
Cement Cement