ESAL Calculator State Aid MN City Engineers Conference 1

1. ESAL Calculator � State Aid MN City Engineers Conference 1/28/2011 

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3. Release date of 11/15/2010 is the most recent version Uses an EXCEL spreadsheet to perform the ESAL computations. - Recommend to use the 20 year flexible ESAL value from this program as the input ESAL value in MnPAVE for pavement design We are competing with the world for our message. We are competing with the world for our message.

4. Incorporates new �Heavy Commercial Traffic� percentages from Investigation 844 - Update of Vehicle Classification for County Road Pavement Design We are competing with the world for our message. We are competing with the world for our message.

5. In 2005 the HCT rural default value was 8.9%, from Investigation 844, depending on AADT, ranges from 8.6% - 13.4% In 2005 the HCT urban default value was 3.9%, from Investigation 844, depending on AADT, ranges from 3.6% - 7.5%

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8. State Aid ESAL calculator consists of two worksheets 1 worksheet contains eight default choices 1 worksheet is for actual vehicle classification data

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11. ESAL calculator available at: http://www.dot.state.mn.us/stateaid/sa_esal.html Presentation available under �Hot Topics� at: http://www.dot.state.mn.us/stateaid/