Design Parameters Notation Unit Value

1 Tyre Pressure q kg/cm2 8

2 Load Safety Factor LSF 1.2
3 98th percentile axle load P kg 8000
4 Design Period n Years 20
5 No. of CV the direction of predominent traffic A 3000
6 Traffic growth rate r 0.075
7 Soaked CBR of subgrade % 5
8 K value of subgrade soil ksubgrade kg/cm3 4.2
9 Thickness of DLC mm 150.00
10 Effective k of DLC sub-base keffective kg/cm3 20.80
11 Flexural Strength of Concrete S kg/cm 2
45
12 Modulus of Elasticity of concrete E kg/cm2 300000
13 Poisson's ratio m 0.15
14 Coefficient of thermal expansion a / 0C 0.00001
15 Spacing of contraction joints L m 3.75
16 Width of slab B m 3.5
Cumulative repetition in design life CTraffic ( 20 years) 47418626
Design Traffic = 25 % of the total repetitions of CV DTraffic 11854657
Trial slab thickness h cm 33
Cumulative fatigue life consumed 0.57
Thickness provided is Safe Against Fatigue Failure
Axle Load Data
Single Axle

Load class % of axle Expected Fatigue Life, Fatigue Life

Load x LSF Stress (kg/cm2) Stress Ratio
(tonnes) loads Repetitions N Consumed

< 10 30.00 3556397 12.0 0.00 e 0.00

10 23.30 2762135 12.0 0.00 e 0.00
12 22.00 2608024 14.4 0.00 e 0.00
14 10.80 1280303 16.8 17.64 0.39 e 0.00
16 4.80 569024 19.2 19.98 0.44 e 0.00
18 1.50 177820 21.6 21.98 0.49 1287000 0.14
20 0.60 71128 24.0 24.10 0.54 166000 0.43
0 0.0 0.00 e 0.00
0 0.0 0.00 e 0.00
0 0.0 0.00 e 0.00
0 0.0 0.00 e 0.00
Total 93.00 0.57
 Tandem Axle

Load class % of axle Expected Fatigue Life, Fatigue Life

Load x LSF Stress (kg/cm2) Stress Ratio
(tonnes) loads Repetitions N Consumed

< 16 2.00 237093 19.2 0.00 e 0.00

16 0.50 59273 19.2 0.00 e 0.00
20 1.50 177820 24.0 0.00 e 0.00
24 1.80 213384 28.8 0.00 e 0.00
28 0.60 71128 33.6 0.00 e 0.00
32 0.30 35564 38.4 0.00 e 0.00
36 0.30 35564 43.2 19.38 0.43 e 0.00
0 0.0 0.00 e 0.00
0 0.0 0.00 e 0.00
0 0.0 0.00 e 0.00
0 0.0 0.00 e 0.00
Total 7.00 0.00
Check for Temperature Stresses (Ste)
Radius of Relative Stiffness l cm 81.53
L/l 4.60
Zone in which pavement is to be constructed 3
Temperature differential b/w top & bottom of pavement 21.01
Bradbury's coefficient C 0.58
Temperature stress Ste kg/cm2 18.28
Total Stress due to Temperature and Fatigue kg/cm 2
42.38
Slab is Safe against Edge Stress
Check for Corner Stress (Sc)
Radius of Equivalent circular contact of wheel a cm 26.52
Distance C/c between two Tyres S1 cm 31
Total Stress due to Corner stresses and Fatigue kg/cm2 13.36
Slab is Safe against Edge Stress
Design of Dowel Bars

Percentage of load transfer 40

Joint width z cm 2
Characteristic compressive strength of concrete cube (M-40 grade) fck kg/cm 2
400
Diameter of dowel bar b cm 3.2
Permissible bearing stress in concrete Fb kg/cm 2
292.28
Assumed spacing between dowel bars cm 25
Distance from the first dowel bar from the pavement edge cm 15
Assumed length of dowel bar cm 50
Dowel bars that are effective in load transfer from the point of application of load = 1.0xradius of relative stiffness
No. of dowel bars participating in load transfer when load is just over the dowel bar close to edge of slab 4
Total load transfer by dowel group 2.16 Pt
Load carried by the outer dowel bar Pt kg 1481.33
Check for Bearing Stress
Modulus of dowel/concrete interaction (dowel support) K kg/cm3 41500
Modulus of Elasticity of dowel E kg/cm 2
2000000
Moment of Inertia of Dowel I cm4 5.07
Relative stiffness of dowel bar embeded in concrete b 0.24
Bearing stress in dowel bar smax kg/cm2 274.47
The dowel bar spacing and diameter assumed is safe
Design of Tie Bars

Coefficient of friction f 1.5

Density of concrete kg/cm3 2400
Type of tie bar used (Plain/ Deformed) Plain
Allowable Tensile Stress in plain bars (as per IRC:21-2000) 1250
Allowable Bond Stress in plain tie bars 17.5
Diameter of Tie bar cm 1.2
Spacing and length of the plain bar
Area of steel bar/m width of joint to resist the frictional force at slab bottom As cm2/m 3.33
Cross sectional area of tie bar A cm2 1.13
Perimeter of the bar P cm 3.77
Spacing of tie bars 34.00
Provide at a spacing of 33 cm C/C
Length of tie bar L cm 42.86
Increase the length of 10 cm for loss of bond due to painting and another 5 cm for toletance in placement.
57.86 cm
Provide 58 cm length of tie bar
 Table 2 Table 4 Table 6 Fig 4
Eff. K Eff. K
Soaked Allowable
k-Value k-value of over over Stress
CBR Repetitio L/l or B/l C
(kg/cm3) Subgrade 100mm 150mm Ratio
Value (%) n
DLC DLC
2 2.10 2.1 5.60 9.70 0 e 1.0 0.0000
3 2.80 2.2 6.19 10.29 0.45 62790000 1.1 0.0040
4 3.50 2.3 6.77 10.87 0.46 14335000 1.2 0.0080
5 4.20 2.4 7.36 11.46 0.47 5200000 1.3 0.0120
6 4.50 2.5 7.94 12.04 0.48 2400000 1.4 0.0160
7 4.80 2.6 8.53 12.63 0.49 1287000 1.5 0.0200
8 5.03 2.7 9.11 13.21 0.5 762000 1.6 0.0240
9 5.27 2.8 9.70 13.80 0.51 485000 1.7 0.0280
10 5.50 2.9 10.19 14.30 0.52 326000 1.8 0.0320
11 5.64 3 10.69 14.80 0.53 229000 1.9 0.0360
12 5.78 3.1 11.18 15.30 0.54 166000 2.0 0.0400
13 5.92 3.2 11.67 15.80 0.55 124000 2.1 0.0535
14 6.06 3.3 12.16 16.30 0.56 94100 2.2 0.0670
15 6.20 3.4 12.66 16.80 0.57 71200 2.3 0.0805
16 6.34 3.5 13.15 17.30 0.58 54000 2.4 0.0940
17 6.48 3.6 13.64 17.80 0.59 40800 2.5 0.1075
18 6.62 3.7 14.14 18.30 0.6 30900 2.6 0.1210
19 6.76 3.8 14.63 18.80 0.61 23400 2.7 0.1345
20 6.90 3.9 15.12 19.30 0.62 17700 2.8 0.1480
21 7.14 4 15.61 19.80 0.63 13400 2.9 0.1615
22 7.37 4.1 16.11 20.30 0.64 10200 3.0 0.1750
23 7.61 4.2 16.60 20.80 0.65 7700 3.1 0.2015
24 7.85 4.3 17.30 21.95 0.66 5830 3.2 0.2280
25 8.08 4.4 18.00 23.10 0.67 4410 3.3 0.2545
26 8.32 4.5 18.70 24.25 0.68 3340 3.4 0.2810
27 8.56 4.6 19.40 25.40 0.69 2531 3.5 0.3075
28 8.79 4.7 20.10 26.55 0.7 1970 3.6 0.3340
29 9.03 4.8 20.80 27.70 0.71 1451 3.7 0.3605
30 9.27 4.9 21.80 29.30 0.72 1099 3.8 0.3870
31 9.50 5 22.80 30.90 0.73 832 3.9 0.4135
32 9.74 5.1 23.80 32.50 0.74 630 4.0 0.4400
33 9.98 5.2 24.80 34.10 0.75 477 4.1 0.4680
34 10.21 5.3 25.80 35.70 0.76 361 4.2 0.4960
35 10.45 5.4 26.80 37.30 0.77 274 4.3 0.5240
36 10.69 5.5 27.80 38.90 0.78 207 4.4 0.5520
37 10.92 5.6 29.39 0.79 157 4.5 0.5800
38 11.16 5.7 30.97 0.8 119 4.6 0.6080
39 11.40 5.8 32.56 0.81 90 4.7 0.6360
40 11.63 5.9 34.14 0.82 68 4.8 0.6640
41 11.87 6 35.73 0.83 52 4.9 0.6920
42 12.11 6.1 37.31 0.84 39 5.0 0.7200
43 12.34 6.2 38.90 0.85 30 5.1 0.7400
44 12.58 5.2 0.7600
45 12.82 5.3 0.7800
46 13.05 5.4 0.8000
47 13.29 5.5 0.8200
48 13.53 5.6 0.8400
49 13.76 5.7 0.8600
50 14.00 5.8 0.8800
51 14.16 5.9 0.9000
52 14.33 6.0 0.9200
53 14.49 6.1 0.9310
54 14.66 6.2 0.9420
55 14.82 6.3 0.9530
56 14.98 6.4 0.9640
57 15.15 6.5 0.9750
58 15.31 6.6 0.9860
59 15.48 6.7 0.9970
60 15.64 6.8 1.0080
61 15.80 6.9 1.0190
62 15.97 7.0 1.0300
63 16.13 7.1 1.0347
64 16.30 7.2 1.0394
65 16.46 7.3 1.0441
66 16.62 7.4 1.0488
67 16.79 7.5 1.0535
68 16.95 7.6 1.0582
69 17.12 7.7 1.0629
70 17.28 7.8 1.0676
71 17.44 7.9 1.0723
72 17.61 8.0 1.0770
73 17.77 8.1 1.0773
74 17.94 8.2 1.0776
75 18.10 8.3 1.0779
76 18.26 8.4 1.0782
77 18.43 8.5 1.0785
78 18.59 8.6 1.0788
79 18.76 8.7 1.0791
80 18.92 8.8 1.0794
81 19.08 8.9 1.0797
82 19.25 9.0 1.0800
83 19.41 9.1 1.0795
84 19.58 9.2 1.0790
85 19.74 9.3 1.0785
86 19.90 9.4 1.0780
87 20.07 9.5 1.0775
88 20.23 9.6 1.0770
89 20.40 9.7 1.0765
90 20.56 9.8 1.0760
91 20.72 9.9 1.0755
92 20.89 10.0 1.0750
93 21.05 10.1 1.0725
94 21.22 10.2 1.0700
95 21.38 10.3 1.0675
96 21.54 10.4 1.0650
 97 21.71 10.5 1.0625
98 21.87 10.6 1.0600
99 22.04 10.7 1.0575
100 22.20 10.8 1.0550
10.9 1.0525
11.0 1.0500
11.1 1.0450
11.2 1.0400
11.3 1.0350
11.4 1.0300
11.5 1.0250
11.6 1.0200
11.7 1.0150
11.8 1.0100
11.9 1.0050
12.0 1.0000
Zone I II III IV V VI
15 12.49 15.63 17.29 14.98 14.66 15.39
16 12.58 15.79 17.68 15.31 14.87 15.83
17 12.70 15.94 18.05 15.63 15.07 16.25
18 12.83 16.07 18.39 15.93 15.26 16.64
19 12.98 16.20 18.72 16.21 15.44 17.01
20 13.15 16.31 19.03 16.48 15.62 17.35
21 13.33 16.41 19.32 16.72 15.79 17.66
22 13.54 16.50 19.59 16.95 15.95 17.95
23 13.76 16.57 19.83 17.16 16.10 18.21
24 14.00 16.64 20.06 17.35 16.24 18.45
25 14.26 16.69 20.27 17.53 16.38 18.66
26 14.53 16.73 20.46 17.68 16.51 18.84
27 14.83 16.76 20.63 17.82 16.63 19.00
28 15.14 16.77 20.77 17.94 16.74 19.13
29 15.47 16.78 20.90 18.04 16.84 19.24
30 15.82 16.77 21.01 18.13 16.94 19.32

Zone 1 2 3 4 5 6
t 33.0 33.0 33.0 33.0 33.0 33.0
15.82 16.78 21.01 18.13 16.94 19.32

thicknes 33.0
zone 3.0
21.01