Hey mabn
You have to be careful when considering rolling resistance and trying to tie it to certain material types. Take gravel for instance, the rolling resistance we encounter can range from 3% to 5% on the same road but with different weather conditions (dry summer conditions to wet spring...
Hey athrift
Unfortunately, you may have to physically measure the length of the tire deflection to get a reasonable number. I found that the tire manufacturers didn’t have this data, or a mode for calculating it, other than a physical measurement.
We cross some pretty sensitive utilities...
We use a drainage layer under in our road structure to allow for water infiltration to freely drain in order to prevent a build up of pore pressures, both within the road structure itself and/or on top of the underlying subgrade.
In my particular situation (mine haul roads) our pavement is...
The US army has an excellent technical manual entitled "Dust Control for Roads, Airfields and Adhacent Areas" found at http://www.usace.army.mil/inet/usace-docs/armytm/
The manual includes section on environmental concerns and "other" factors for consideration. I found it...
