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Session Ii Pavements PDF
Session Ii Pavements PDF
• Stability
• Incompressibility
• Permanency of strength
• Minimum changes in volume and stability
under adverse condition of weather and
ground water
• Good drainage
• Ease of compaction
Cements that can be used as per IRC: 44-2008
Any of the following types of cements capable of
achieving the design strength and durability may
be used with the prior approval of the Engineer.
1. Ordinary Portland Cement, 33 grade, IS: 269
2. Ordinary Portland Cement, 43 grade, IS: 8112
3. Ordinary Portland Cement, 53 grade, IS: 12269
4. Portland Pozzalona Cement (fly ash based, IS:
1489, part1
5. Portland Slag Cement, IS: 455
Fly ash can be as a partial replacement of
cement (OPC) up to an extent of 35%.
Fly ash for blending shall satisfy the following
Properties conforming to IS:3812-2004
Advantages in adding Fly Ash
a) Increases CSH ( Calcium Silicate Hydrate) volume
b) Denser CSH formed by secondary reaction
c) Better Pore structure and composition
d) Low heat of hydration
e) Resistance to adverse exposure conditions
Reaction when Fly Ash is added:
CS + H CSH + CaOH
CaOH + Fly AshCSH (cementing gel)
Design Approach for Flexible Pavements
• Traffic is considered in terms of the cumulative
number of standard axles (8160 kg) to be
carried by the pavement during the design life
• For estimating the design traffic, the following
Information is needed:
1. Initial traffic after construction (CVPD)
2. Traffic growth rate during the design life
3. By studying the past trends of traffic growth
4. As per the econometric procedure outlined in
IRC:108
Design Approach for Flexible Pavements
Bituminous paving mixes.
• Following factors are involved in design of
bituminous paving mixes
1. Durability
2. fatigue resistance
3. flexibility
4. fracture or tensile strength
5. permeability
6. Skid resistance
7. Thermal characteristics
Design Approach for Flexible Pavements
Mix Design Methods
1. Marshall method of Mix Design
2. Hveem method of Mix design
Design Approach for Flexible Pavements
Marshall method of Mix Design
Stability Flow Test
• Max load resistance that a Std specimen will
develop at 60 Deg C
Flow value 8 to 16 8 to 16 8 to 20
(0.25 mm)
% Voids
a) For surfacing 3 to 5 3 to 5 3 to 5
• Subgrade
• E (MPa) = 10 * CBR if CBR<5% and
• = 176 *(CBR)0.64 for CBR > 5%
• Granular subbase and base
• E2 = E3*0.2*h0.45
• E2 = Composite modulus of sub-base and base
• (MPa)
• E3 = Modulus of subgrade (MPa)
• h = Thickness of granular layers (mm)
Typical pavement section
Steps in design of flexible pavements
• The following steps are used in design of flexible
pavements for stage construction.
i) Provide design thicknesses of subbase and base courses
for 20 years.
ii) Provide bituminous surfacing course for traffic of msa.
iii) Provide a shoulder of thickness equal to that of the sum
of the layers in steps (i) and (ii) on both sides.
iv) Provide bituminous surfacing course for traffic of msa
after 10 years.
v) Provide shoulder thickness equal to the thickness
calculated in step (iv) at the same time
Modulus values for Bituminous materials
Penetration value
Penetration value is a measure of hardness or consistency of
bituminous material.
It is the vertical distance traversed or penetrated by the
point of a standard needle in to the bituminous material
under specific conditions of load, time and temperature.
This distance is measured in one tenths of a millimeter.
AIM:
(i) To determine the consistency of bituminous material
(ii) To assess the suitability of bitumen for use under different
climatic conditions and various types of construction.
This test is used for evaluating consistency of bitumen.
Penetration value
• Penetration test is a commonly adopted test on bitumen to
grade the material in terms of its hardness.
• A 80/100 grade bitumen indicates that its penetration value
lies between 80 & 100.
• Grading of bitumen helps to assess its suitability in different
climatic conditions and types of construction.
• For bituminous macadam and penetration macadam, IRC
suggests bitumen grades 30/40, 60/70, 80/100.
• In warmer regions, lower penetration grades are preferred to
avoid softening whereas higher penetration grades like
180/200 are used in colder regions to prevent the occurrence
of excessive brittleness. High penetration grade is used in
spray application works.
SPECIFICATION OF PENETRATION GRADE BITUMEN
Default Values of Poisson’s Ratio (μ)
(as suggested in IRC:37-2001)
Subgrade and unbound granular layers
Bituminous Layers
μ: Poisson's ratio
Traffic
1. Design life in number of years
• NH & SH – 15 years
• Expressways & Urban Roads – 20 years
• Other roads – 10 to 15 years
2.Vehicle damage factor (VDF)
• Need to be worked out from axle load survey
3.Distribution of commercial traffic over the
• carriageway. (D & L Factors)
Computation of design traffic
Computation of design traffic
• D = Lane distribution factor
• F = Vehicle damage factor
• n= Design life in years
• R= Annual growth rate of commercial vehicles
Traffic in the year of completion
x
A= P(1+r)
P = Number of commercial vehicles as per
day last count
x = Number of years between the last count
and the year of the completion of
construction
Subgrade
• The subgrade should be compacted to 97% of
the dry density achieved with heavy compaction
(modified proctor density) a per IS:2720 (Part 8).