Abstract
This paper concerns the development of the pavement structural design in the railway container yards where the heavy weight machines for loading works (forklift, reach stacker and so on). The wheel load of the loading machine is far much more heavier than that of the commonn car or truck. It is difficult to design the asplalt pavement thickness for such the heavy weight machine by using the common standards.
In this study the multi-elastic layer theory and the design criteria developed by Asphalt Institute in USA were introduced to develope the thickness design for such heavy weight machines. Then it has been able to design the thickness for the machines having from the common weight wheel load to the heavy one as much as about 40 tonne.
The good result has been got in the application of this study on some yard pavements by using opengraded large stone and asphalt emulsoin stabilized base.
