UNIVERSAL COLLEGE OF PARANAQUE

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

HIGHWAY ENGINEERING

PLATE #1

RIGID AND FLEXIBLE PAVEMENT

RATING

SUBMITTED BY

2015-10142 FRANZ ANFERNEE F. GENEROSO

SUBMITTED TO

ENGR. JOEVANNIE EMANNUEL C. LUMAGAS

OCTOBER 15, 2020

HIGHWAY ENGINEERING
PLATE NO.1 RIGID AND FLEXIBLE PAVEMENTS

PROBLEM 1: A rigid pavement is to be used PROBLEM 3: A flexible pavement having a

to carry a wheel load of 53.5kN, design the thickness of 46 mm carries a static wheel
thickness of the pavement. The allowable load of “W”. The circular contact are of time
tensile stress of concrete is 1.38 MPa. has an equivalent radius of 150 mm. If the
Sufficient dowels are used across the joints. load “W” is assumed to be transmitted across
(Design the thickness at center at the edge) a wide area of subgrade at an angle of 45
SOLUTION: degrees, Compute the value of the wheel
𝑤 = 53.5𝑘𝑁 load “W” if the bearing stress of the base is
𝑓 = 1.38 𝑀𝑃𝑎 0.42 MPa.
𝑡 =? SOLUTION:
Thickness of Pavement at edge and at the 𝑡 = 46 𝑚𝑚
center: 𝑟 = 150 𝑚𝑚
𝑓1 = 0.42 𝑀𝑃𝑎
3𝑤
𝑡=√ 𝑤 =?
𝑓

3(53.5)(103 )
𝑡=√
1.38
𝒕 = 𝟑𝟒𝟏. 𝟎𝟑𝟒 𝒎𝒎

PROBLEM 2: Determine the thickness of a

rigid pavement of the proposed Nagtahan
Road to carry a max wheel load of 60kN.
Neglect effects of dowels, 𝑓𝑐 ′ = 20𝑀𝑃𝑎.
Allowable tensile stress of concrete pavement
is 0.06𝑓𝑐 ′ .
SOLUTION: 𝐴1 𝐴2
𝑤 = 60 𝑘𝑁 =
𝑟 2 (𝑡 + 𝑟)2
𝑓𝑐 ′ = 20𝑀𝑃𝑎 𝑤
𝑓𝐴𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤 = 0.06𝑓𝑐 ′ = 0.06(20) 𝜋𝑟 2 𝑓
2
=
𝑓𝐴𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤 = 12 𝑀𝑃𝑎 𝑟 (𝑡 + 𝑟)2
1 𝑤
3𝑤 3(60)(10)3 (𝑡 + 𝑟 2 ) = ( )
𝑡=√ =√ 𝜋 𝑓
𝑓 12

𝒕 = 𝟑𝟖𝟕. 𝟐𝟗𝟖 𝒎𝒎 𝑤
𝑡 + 𝑟 = 0.564√
𝑓
 𝑤 𝐴 = 𝜋𝑟 2
𝑡 = 0.564√ − 𝑟 86290.323 = 𝜋𝑟 2
𝑓
𝑟 = 165.732 𝑚𝑚
𝑤
46 = 0.564√ − 150 𝑤
0.42 𝑡 = 0.564√ − 𝑟
𝑤 = 50722.801 𝑁 𝑓
𝒘 = 𝟓𝟎. 𝟕𝟐𝟑 𝒌𝑵
53.5(103 )
𝑡 = 0.564√ − 165.732
PROBLEM 4: A 53.5kN wheel load has a 0.14
maximum tire pressure of 0.62 MPa. The 𝒕 = 𝟏𝟖𝟐. 𝟗𝟐𝟎 𝒎𝒎
pressure is to be uniformly distributed over
the area of tire contact on the roadway.
Assuming subgrade pressure is not exceed of
0.14 MPa, Determine the required thickness
of flexible pavement structure, according to
the cone pressure distribution.
SOLUTION:
𝑤 = 53.5 𝑘𝑁
𝑓 = 0.14 𝑀𝑃𝑎
𝑆 = 0.62 𝑀𝑃𝑎
𝑡 =?

𝑃
𝐴=
𝑆
53.5(10)3
𝐴=
0.62
𝐴 = 86290.323 𝑚𝑚2