A two-lane two way road is at present carrying a traffic of 1000 commercial vehicles per day.

It is to be strengthened for the growing traffic needs. The vehicle damage factor has been
found to be 3.0. The rate of growth of traffic is 10 percent per annum. The period of
construction is 5 years. The pavement is to be designed for 15 years after the completion.
Calculate the cumulative standard axles to be used in design.

No. of Commercial Vehicles Per Day: 1000 cv per day, At present condition
VDF = 3.0
r = 10%
Period of Construction is 5 years
Design life is 15 years,
Calculate standard axles load for the design

So,
No. of Equivalent Standard Axle load = 1000 cv/day * VDF = 1000*3 = 3000 ESAL/day
After 5 years, the number is going to be changed with a growth of 10%
So,
Formula of Future Worth = 3000 *(1+0.1)5 = 4831.53 ESAL/day

This is the number of standard axle load in the base year after construction,
So,
Number of repetitions within the design 15 years life.

A ( ( 1+ r )n−1 )
¿ ∗365∗LDF
r
LDF for two lane two way carriage, = 0.75

4831.53∗( 1+ 0.1 )15−1

¿ ∗365∗0.75=42.023 msal
0.1