Design of CC Pavement

Name of the Work : Road from R&B Rod (Vakalagaruvu) to Thondavaram (via) Ch.Gunnepalli
Estimate Cost : Rs.60.00 Lakhs

Wheel Load = 5100 kg ( As per IRC : 58-1988 )

Radius of Load contact (a)
Temparature Diiference in
Coastal Area
Unit Weight of Concrete
Coefficient of Friction, f
Allowable Tensile stress in
Concrete (Sc)
Thermal Coefficient of
Concrete, 
Poisson's Ratio , 
Subgrade Soils
Existing Crust
Modulus of Subgrade
Reaction for CBR Value
2.24
Flexural Strength of
Concrete, fck
Joint Width, d
Modulus of Elasticity of
Concrete, E
Maximum Temerature, T2
Minimum Temerature, T1
= 15 cm ( As per IRC : 58-1988 )
= 19.200 C ( As per IRC : 58-1988 Table -2 )
= 2400 kg/cum
= 1.5
= 0.80 kg/sq.cm
= 10x10-6 Per 0C ( As per IRC : 58-1988 , Clause 3.4.3 )
= 0.15
: Black Cotton Soils with CBR Value of 3%
: Gravel 150 mm thick
= 2.08 kg/sq.cm ( As per IRC : 58-1988 , Table-3 )
= 40 kg/sq.cm ( As per IRC : 58-1988 , Clause 3.4.2 )
= 2.5 cm
= 3x105 kg / sq.cm
= 500 C
= 100 C

2.5 .
Spacing of Expansion 100 x  x (T2 - T1)
=
Joint, Ls

2.5 .
= 100 x 10x10-6 x 40

= 62.5 m < 140 m ( Maximum as per IRC: 58-1988, 5.1 )

Spacing of Contraction 2 x Sc x 104

=
Joint, Ls Wxf

2 x 0.80 x 104
=
2400 x 1.5

= 4.44 m < 4.50 m ( Maximum as per IRC: 58-1988, 5.1 )

Provide Contraction Joint at spacing of 4.00 m.

Stress due to Load :

Assume 22.5cm thick CC Slab.

h = 22.5 cm
Edge Stresses :
 0.572 P [ Log10(l/b) + 0.359 ]
le = h2

where Radius of Relative stiffness,l = [ E h3 / 12(1-2) k ]1/4 cm

= [ 3 x 105 x 22.53 / 12(1-0.152) 2..08 ]1/4 cm

= 108.79 cm.

Radius of equivalent distribution of pressure,b = [ 1.6 a2 + h2 ]1/2 – 0.675h cm

for a/h < 1.724
= 14.24 kg/sq.cm

Therefore Load Stress in the Edge Region

,i.e., le = 0.572 x 5100 [ 4Log10(108.79/14.24) + 0.359 ]

22.502

= 22.42 kg/sq.cm

Warping Stress due to Temperature :

Width of Pavement Slab = 3.50 m

Length of CC Pavment (i.e. between contraction joints) = 4.00 m
Cx , Coefficient based on the value of Lx/L from Bradbury’s chart
Lx/L = 400/95.79 = 4.18
From Bradbury’s Chart ( IRC : 58-1988 – Fig.3) , Cx = 0.49

Warping Stress at Edge = Cx E  T / 2

= 0.49 x 3 x 105 x 10 x 10-6 x 19.20 / 2
= 14.11 kg/sq.cm

Factor of Safety :

Residual Strength of Concrete = Flexural Strength – Warping Stress

= 40.00 -14.11 = 25.89 kg/sq.cm

Factor of Safety = Residual Stress / Load Stress

= 25.89/ 22.42
= 1.15 > 1.00 ,
Hence Safe.
Hence Provide 225 mm Thick Slab.
Deputy Executive Engineer,
Panchayat Raj,P.Gannavaram.