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SW-1 Asphalt Thickness Design Software
for Highways, Airports, Heavy Wheel Loads and other applications

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IMPORTANT NOTICE (Please Read)

The new SW-1 program is:

  • A mechanistic/empirical pavement thickness design program based on familiar Asphalt Institute methods.
  • An integrated pavement design suite for highways, streets, parking lots, airports, and industrial facilities supporting heavy wheel loads.
  • Designed to run on common Microsoft Windows ® operating systems including Windows XP. The new Windows-based user interface dramatically integrates previous AI thickness design programs into a single, easy to use program. It features improved data file handling and storage capability. An extensive context-sensitive HELP file addresses common pavement design questions.
  • A companion User’s Guide (4 MB) with example problems is included. The software is written in strict conformance to the Asphalt Institute MS-1, MS-11, MS-17, and MS-23 manuals.


The Asphalt Institute developed SW-1 to provide users the capability to design asphalt pavements for highways, streets, parking lots, airports, industrial facilities supporting heavy wheel loads, and other applications. SW-1 provides users an integrated pavement design suite to provide an unparalleled range of capability. A few examples of the uses of the SW-1 program are:

  • Interstate Highways
  • Urban arterials and collectors
  • Residential streets
  • County roads
  • Driveways
  • Parking lots
  • Marine applications
  • Boat ramps
  • Port facilities
  • Log sorting yards
  • Commercial airports
  • General aviation airports
  • Military airfields
  • Advanced analysis using DAMA



 

 

 


 






SW-1 FAQs

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