Prospects for the use of rigid pavement in road construction and improvement of approaches to its design and calculation

Introduction. This article examines the issue of improving the methods of designing and calculating rigid road surfaces, outlined in the DSTU project “Guidelines for the Design of Rigid Road Surfaces” (hereinafter referred to as the DSTU project). The specified methods were developed on the basis of domestic and global experience in the design of highways with rigid road surfaces, analysis of current legal acts, regulatory documents, technical literature related to the object of standardization, taking into account the availability of modern road construction materials and technologies. density of traffic flow, diversity of subsoil, including in complex engineering and geological conditions, peculiarities of road and climatic regions of Ukraine, etc. Problem statement. The need for improvement and a unified approach to the design of rigid road clothing, taking into account the peculiarities of its operation, with the determination of the appropriate parameters depending on the initial data and the effective use of material and technical resources.