May 2019

Analysis and Structure design of pavement

1. Explain flexible and rigid pavements and bring out points of difference. 20
2. Discuss the importance of gross wheel load and contact pressure in stress distribution
And in pavement design illustrate the stress distribution digramme. 20
3. Total weight of dual wheel load assembly is 12000 kg. The center to center spacing. 20
and clear space is dual wheels are 30 cm and 10 cm respectively. Calculate ESWL for
pavement thickness of (i) 40 cm (70) cm 20
4. Determined the equivalent wheel load factor UDF on the following two axel load in
terms of standard axel load of 8.16 t. 20
5. (a) Explain the importance of using superior pavement material in rigid pavement.10
(b) Explain the no destructive test of rigid pavements. 10

6. Explain in detail CBR test employed in designing of roads. Give its significance. 20
7. A circular load of radius 16 cm with uniform contact pressure of 7.5 kg/cm 2 is applied on the
surface of homogenous elastic mass. Determine the vertical stress under the Centre of the load
at the depth of 48 cm from the surface using (i) formula (ii) Stress distribution digramme. 20
8. Write the short notes on :
(i) Effect of Climatic change over the pavement design and performance 10
(ii) Various approaches of pavement design 10