Equations 4.1 through 4.3 are applicable in this range. Therefore,

these equations were used to compute E1 values for asphalt concrete

thicknesses of 3.0, 4.5, and 6.0 in. Predictions were generally very

good and within 10 percent of the actual El value when the true value

of E2 was used. In general, the majority of the predicted EI values

were within 5 percent, with the maximum error being 22.5 percent.

Pavements with E1 predictions above 10 percent are listed in Table

4.5. It can be seen from the table that these were very few considering

the size of the data set analyzed. Correlation between predicted and

actual El values resulted in the following:


 E1 (Predicted) = 9.988 + 0.933E1 (Actual) Eqn. 4.30

 (N = 58, R2 = 0.992)


 Attempts to predict outside of the designated thickness range

 resulted in errors up to 70 percent. Thus, it is imperative that the El

 prediction equations for Case 1 be used for the specified range.


 Case 2: 32.0 < E < 85.0 ksi; and 2.0 < t < 6.0 in.
 2 1


 E is predicted from Equations 4.1, 4.4, and 4.5. Comparisons between

 predicted and actual E1 values indicated that errors up to 90 percent

 could be obtained with the use of these equations. The higher errors

 occurred in pavements with extreme values of E4 (0.35 and 200 ksi).

 When these pavements were deleted, predictive errors were generally

 within the range of 20 percent, with a few cases going as high

 as 30 percent.