NEW HORIZON INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

5TH SEM
TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING I
Question Bank: Module 5
Highway Pavement Design

1. IRC Code related to design of rigid pavement is _____. (May’18) (1 marks)

2. Explain the following: (Dec’18) (6 marks)
a) Seal coat and tack coat
b) Subgrade
c) Tyre pressure
3. Compare rigid and flexible pavement on basis of material, load transfer and cross
section. (May’18) (5 marks)
4. Draw a typical cross section of a highway on embankmet and show the various
flexible pavement layers. (May’15) (5 marks)
5. Draw cross section of rigid pavement and explain the function of each layer.
(Dec’18) (5 marks)
6. Explain the method for estimation of design traffic for flexible pavement design as
per IRC Recommendation. (May’16) (5 marks)
7. Differentiate between radius of relative stiffness and equivalent radius of resisting
section. (May’15) (5 marks)
8. Discuss on
i. Radius of relative stiffness- Page 457, K and Justo
(Dec’18 CBCGS) (2 marks)
ii. Modulus of subgrade reaction Page 457, K and Justo
(Dec’18, Dec’18 CBCGS) (4 marks, 2 marks)
iii. ESWL (Dec’18) (4 marks)
iv. Contact pressure and Tyre pressure (Dec’18 CBCGS) (2 marks)
9. What is meant by ESWL? Explain its significance. (Dec’16) (5 marks)
10. What is VDF? Give its value for different road widths. (Dec’18) (6 marks)
11. Find vehicle damage factor for:
a. Bike with 2 Occupants
b. Car with 4 Occupants
c. LCV with rear axle load of 2 tons
d. HCV with rear axle load of 15 tons (May’19) (5 marks)
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5TH SEM
TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING I
Question Bank: Module 5
Highway Pavement Design

12. Explain the various steps involved in design of rigid pavement as per IRC 58:2011.
(Dec’17) (10 marks)
13. Explain the various steps involved in design of flexible pavement as per IRC.
14. What are the requirements of good joints? Why are joints provided in cement
concrete roads? (May’15) (8 marks)
15. Mention the purpose of provision of expansion and contraction joints in cement
concrete pavement. (Dec’15) (3 marks)
16. Discuss on BUC and TDC. (Dec’18) (2 marks)
17. (May’15) (8 marks)

18. Calculate ESWL of a RMC Mixer carrying 6 M3 of concrete. The weight of empty
transit mixer along with crew is 4200 kg. Assume that front axle carries only 20%
of the total load and the remaining load is equally shared by rear axles. Take the
trial depth as 150, 200, 250 mm. Consider centre to centre spacing of tires is 270
mm & clear gaps is 110 mm. weight of concrete is 2500 kg/M3. The arrangement
of axle is as shown below.

(May’18) (10 marks)

19. Determine Vehicle damage factor for an Autorickshaw with 3 passengers if the
standard wheel load is 5100 Kg. (Dec’18) (2 marks)
20. What is Lane distribution factor (LDF)? Give its value. Also determine Million
Standard Axle for divided road having 3 lanes with initial traffic 600 cvpd during

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5TH SEM
TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING I
Question Bank: Module 5
Highway Pavement Design

start of construction. Rate of growth is 7.5 %, VDF is 2.5, CBR is 4 %,

construction period is 2 years & design life is 15 years. (May’19) (8 marks)

21. Find percentage increase in CSA if rate of growth of traffic increases from 7% to
12%. The traffic after end of construction period is 300 cvpd design life is 10
years, VDF is 2.5 and LDF is 0.75. (May’18) (5 marks)
22.

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Question Bank: Module 5
Highway Pavement Design

23.
(Dec’17, May’17) (10 marks, 10 marks)

24. (Dec’17) (10 marks)

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TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING I
Question Bank: Module 5
Highway Pavement Design

25. (Dec’15) (13 marks)

26. Find out the warping stress of 25 cm thick CC pavement with transverse joint at 5
m & longitudinal joint at 3.6 m interval. Take k = 6.9 kg/cm3, a = 15 cm,
temperature difference is 0.6ºC /cm slab thickness in day, temperature difference is
0.4 ºC /cm slab thickness in night. Take E = 3 x 105 kg/cm2, e = 10 x 10-6/ºC, l =
87.2 cm. (May’19,Dec’18) (6 marks, 10 marks)

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TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING I
Question Bank: Module 5
Highway Pavement Design

27.

(May’15) (12 marks)

28. If the spacing between contraction joints is 4.2 m, Coefficient of friction between
the interfaces is 1.1, Unit weight of cement concrete is 2400 kg/cm3, find the stress
due to friction. (Dec’18) (6 marks)
29. Design a tie bar for pavement width 3.5 m & thickness of pavement 26 cm.
Assume value of f = 1.2 (May’19) (6 marks)

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TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING I
Question Bank: Module 5
Highway Pavement Design

30.

(May’16) (10 marks)

31. (May’17) (5 marks)

32. Design a rigid pavement considering only load stress for wheel load of 7000 kg,
tyre pressure 7.5 kg/cm2, spacing between longitudinal joints is 3.75 m & spacing
between contraction joints is 4.2 m. Take E = 3 x 105 kg/cm2, µ= 0.15, e = 1 x 10-5,
k = 30 kg/cm3, flexural strength = 45 kg/cm2 take minimum F.O.S as 1.1.
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TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING I
Question Bank: Module 5
Highway Pavement Design

(May’18) (10 marks)

33. For a pavement thickness of 26 cm & 12 tons single axle load, M40 grade of
concrete, Radius of relative stiffness = 62.2 cm, E = 2 x 105 kg/cm2, Mc = 41500
kg/cm3, width of joint (z) = 1.8 cm, Design the Dowel bar. (Dec’18) (8 marks)

34. Design a pavement for construction of new bypass for single lane having initial
traffic 600 CVPD in both directions. Rate of growth is 7.5 %, VDF is 2.5, CBR is
4 %, construction period is 2 years & ‘n’ is 15 years. Use design chart provided
below. (Dec’18) (8 marks)

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5TH SEM
TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING I
Question Bank: Module 5
Highway Pavement Design

35. (May’17) (10 marks)

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TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING I
Question Bank: Module 5
Highway Pavement Design

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