ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I am using this opportunity to express my gratitude to everyone who supported me

throughout the course of this Technical Seminar. I am thankful for their aspiring

guidance and advice during the Technical Seminar work. I am sincerely grateful to

them for sharing their truthful and illuminating views on a number of issues related to

the Technical Seminar.

I express my warm thanks to associate professor Dr. Anjaneyappa R.V. College of

Engineering, Bengaluru for his valuable guidance, support and motivation in the

successful completion of this Technical Seminar.

I express my sincere thanks and appreciation to Dr. M.V. Renukadevi, Professor &

Head of the Department, Civil Engineering, for immense support and encouragement.

I thank our Principal, Dr. K. N. Subramanya for his help and support extended by

providing the required facilities.

A special mention for all the teaching and non-teaching staff members of Department

of Civil Engineering, R.V.C.E, Bengaluru for their co-operation and support.

I extend my regards to my friends and parents too who were always there to provide a

constant support.

MOHAMMED
SHAMSUDDIN
1RV16CHT08

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

CERTIFICATE i

DECLARATION ii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT iii

TABLE OF CONTENT iv

LIST OF FIGURES vi

LIST OF ABBREVATIONS vii

CHAPTER TOPIC NAME Page No

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background of 2-d asphalt paver 1

1.1.1 Tractor (Material feed system) 1

1.1.1.1 Push roller and truck hitch 1

1.1.1.2 Hopper 2

1.1.1.3 Conveyor 2

1.1.1.4 Augur 3

CHAPTER 2 3-D PRINTING

2.1 Introduction to 3-d printing 6

2.2 The subtraction and addition process in 3-d printing 7

CHAPTER 3 3-D ASPHALT PAVER

3.1 Introduction to 3-d asphalt paver 10

3.2 Problem faced in current road maintenance work 12

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 3.3 Conceptual solution to the above mentioned problem 17

3.3.1 Merging Advanced Technologies 18

3.3.2 What 3-d paving is trying to solve 20

3.3.3 How the 3-d pavers works 21

3.3.4 Overall benefits of 3-d paver 22

CHAPTER 4 CONCLUSION

4.1 Conclusion 23

REFERENCES 24

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 LIST OF FIGURES

Figure No. Description Page No.

1.1 Push roller and truck hutch 1

1.2 Truck Hitch engaged 2

1.3 Hopper with wings folded up 3

1.4 Caterpillar with hopper insert 4

1.5 Conveyors (from rear of a partially built paver) 5

1.6 Conveyors 6

1.7 Augur distributing HMA 15

1.8 Paver augur (Note gear box between augurs) 16

1.9 Gear Box Streak 16

1.10 Gear box streak in a new mat 17

3.1 3-d paver using LIDAR 21

3.2 Mat showing lidar scanned road 21

3.3 2-d Asphalt paving in comparasion with 3-d paving

3.4 Variable screed 3-d asphalt paver 21

3.5 Cracked surface 22

3.6 Localized Pot holes 23

3.7 Fully Distressed Asphalt surface 24

3.8 Milling of Existing Surface 25

3.9 loaded trucks in queue 26

3.10 Reclaimed asphalt materials 28

3.11 Scanned road surface with LIDAR 29

3.12 3-dimensional asphalt mat 30

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 3.13 Variable Screed 30

3.14 Milling asphalt surface 35

ABBREVIATIONS
SI. NO SYMBOL DESCRIPTION
1 HMA Hot Mix Asphalt
2 CH Cultural heritage
3 IT Information Technology
4 FDM Fuse Deposition Modeling
5 CNC Computer Numerical Control
6 AM Additive Manufacturing
7 RP Rapid Prototyping
8 FFT Filament Fabrication type
9 3DP 3-Dimensional Printing
10 SA Simulated Annealing

11 FEM Finite Element Method

12 APT Advance Paving Technologies
13 MADCS Multi-dimensional Asphalt Delivery and Compaction
System
14 LIDAR Light Detecting and Ranging
15 AKA Also Known As
16 RAP Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement
17 APM Asphalt Paving Machine
18 VS Variable Screed

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