Rigid (CC) Pavement Design Calculations

Contruction of Road from Papey village to District Hospital via Tasser village
Design Data
Traffic CVPD as per census P1 141
Soaked Sub-Grade CBR (%) CBRSSG 5%
Construction period (Number of years) x 2.00
Design period (Number of Years) n 20.00
Rate of traffic increase in percentage r 5.00%
Wheel Loading Type Dual
Design Wheel Load (Total Load on Signle/Dual Wheel) P 50000
Wheel Load on single Tyre (in N) Pd 25000
Joint Spacing (mm) L 3750
Characteristic compressive cube strength of concrete (Mpa) for M30 fck 30
Flexural Strength of concrete (Mpa) = ff 3.835
0.70 f ck
90 days Flexural Strength of concrete (Mpa) = 1.10 x ff ff-90 4.219
Mudulus of Elasticity (E) of Concrete (Mpa) Econcrete 30000
Poisson's Ratio ( µ ) of Concrete µConcrete 0.15
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Coefficient of thermal expansion ( α )of concrete / C (=10 x 10 ) -6 αConcrete 0.00001
Tyre pressure (Mpa) p 0.80
% of total traffic having axel loads equal to 100 KN P100 10.00%

Based on the above the following parameters are calculated:

Initial CVPD = P1 (1  r ) x A

= 141 ( 1 + 0.05 ) ^ 2 = 141 ( 1.1025 ) = 155.4525 ≈ 155

Design CVPD = A(1+r)n D

= 155 ( 1 + 0.05 ) ^ 20 = 155 ( 2.654 ) = 411.37 ≈ 411

Total number of commercial vehicles 

(1  r )
n
 1 N
A  365
at the end of the design period = 

r 


= 155[( (1 + 0.05 ) ^ 20 - 1 )/ 0.05] 365 = 155[ ( 2.6533 - 1 )/ 0.05 ] 365 = 155[ 33.066] 365 ≈ 1870706

Modulus of sub grade reaction for the given value of soaked CBR of 5.30% from table κ 0.052
(Mpa/mm)
Radius of equivalent circular area (mm) (for dual wheel at edge)= a

0.8521Pd S  Pd 
 d  
p   0 . 5227 p 

= [ { 0.8521 x 25000 / ( 3.1416 x 0.8 ) } + ( 310 / 3.1416) x { 25000 / ( 0.5227 x 0.8) } ^ 0.50] ^ 0.50
= [ {21302.5 / ( 2.51328 ) } + ( 98.6758) x { 59785.728 } ^ 0.50] ^ 0.50
= [ {8475.9756 } + ( 98.6758) x { 244.5112}] ^ 0.50
= [ {8475.9756 } + { 24127.3383}] ^ 0.50
= [ 32603.3139 ] ^ 0.50
180.5639 ≈ 180.565
Expected load repetitions of traffic having axel loads equal to 100 KN = P100 x N Ne 187071

Design of Subbase for concrete pavement

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For the design traffic CVPD of 411 the sub base requirement as per tables is 100 mm GSB + 150 mm WBM Gr-III/WMM

Design of Concrete Pavement Thickness

For the initial traffic CVPD of 155 Concrete pavement thickness may be designed considering both pavement edge
stresses, temparature stresses, and fatigue stresses due to repeated application of axel loads of 100 KN during the
design period
Trail 1
Assume thickness of concrete pavement h 220
Radius of relative stiffness = Eh 3
 
4
12 1   2

=[ (30000x220^3)/(12 (1-0.15^2)0.052 ]^0.25

=[ (30000x10648000)/(12 (1-0.0225)0.052 ]^0.25
=[ (319440000000)/(12 (0.9775)0.052 ]^0.25
=[ 319440000000/0.60996 ]^0.25
=[ 523706472555.577 ]^0.25
850.6912883 850.6913

Temparature differential between two faces of concrete slab, based on slab thickness and t 13.58
zone read from table 4.1
L/l 4.4082
The ratio of Joint spacing to radius of relative stiffness
Bradbury's coefficient, based on the ratio of joint spacing to radius of relative stiffness as per C
equation 0.6017

Calculation of stresses

Load stress (Mpa)in edge region as per Westerguard eqn = 0.803 P  a
[4 log 10    0.666   0.034 ]
h2 a 

=(0.803 x 50000 / 220 ^ 2) [ 4 Log { 850.6913 / 180.565 } + 0.666 { 180.565/ 850.6913} - 0.034]
=(40150 / 48400 ) [ 4 Log { 4.71127461025116 } + 0.666 { 0.212256784570384} - 0.034]
=(0.829545454545455 ) [ 2.69255367633814 + 0.141363018523876 - 0.034]
=(0.829545454545455 ) [ 2.79991669486202 ]
=2.32265816732872 σe 2.3227
Stress Ratio SR = EdgeLoad Stress / 90-days flexural strength of concrete
=0.550533301730268 0.55
Since Stress Ratio is less than/equal to 1, Safe
Temparature stresses in the edge region (Mpa) as per Bradbury eqn and negative stresses due to non-linear
distribution= Et[0.335C  0.08525]
=30000 x 0.00001 x 13.58 [ 0.335 x 0.6017 - 0.08525]
=4.074 [0.2015695 - 0.08525]
=0.473885643 σte 0.4739
Total Stresses = σe + σte =
=2.3227 + 0.4739 2.7966
Stress Ratio SR = Total stresses / 90-days flexural strength of concrete
=2.7966 / 4.219
=0.662858497274236 0.66
Since the stress ratio is less than/equal to 1, Safe
Fatigue life of concrete pavement ( SR ) 2.22208
Log10 N f 
(Allowable load repetitions) = 0.523

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( SR ) 2.22208
N f  10 0.523

= 10 ^ ( 0.662858497274236^ -2.22208/0.523)
= 10 ^ ( 4.76777242813026)
Nf = 58583.1106465527 ≅ 58583
Expected load repetitions =P100 x N
=0.1 x 1870706 Ne 187071
Cumulative fatigue damage = Ne/Nf
= 187071 / 58583
= 3.19326425754912 cfd 3.19
Since fatigue stress ratio is more than one, Unsafe

Trail 2
Assume thickness of concrete pavement h 230
Radius of relative stiffness =
Eh 3
 
4
12 1   2 

=[ (30000x230^3)/(12 (1-0.15^2)0.052 ]^0.25

=[ (30000x12167000)/(12 (1-0.0225)0.052 ]^0.25
=[ (365010000000)/(12 (0.9775)0.052 ]^0.25
=[ 365010000000/0.60996 ]^0.25
=[ 598416289592.76 ]^0.25
879.5303935 879.5304

Temparature differential between two faces of concrete slab, based on slab thickness and t 13.82
zone read from table 4.1
The ratio of Joint spacing to radius of relative stiffness L/l 4.2636
Bradbury's coefficient, based on the ratio of joint spacing to radius of relative stiffness as per C
equation 0.5592
Calculation of stresses
Load stress (Mpa)in edge region = 0.803 P  a
[4 log 10    0.666   0.034 ]
h2 a 
=(0.803 x 50000 / 230 ^ 2) [ 4 Log { 879.5304 / 180.565 } + 0.666 { 180.565/ 879.5304} - 0.034]
=(40150 / 52900 ) [ 4 Log { 4.87099050203528 } + 0.666 { 0.205297053973348} - 0.034]
=(0.758979206049149 ) [ 2.75046913095989 + 0.13672783794625 - 0.034]
=(0.758979206049149 ) [ 2.85319696890614 ]
=2.16551717016222 σe 2.1655
Stress Ratio SR = EdgeLoad Stress / 90-days flexural strength of concrete
=0.513273287508888 0.51
Since Stress Ratio is less than/equal to 1, Safe

Temparature stresses in the edge region (Mpa) as per Bradbury eqn and negative stresses due to non-linear
distribution= Et[0.335C  0.08525]
=30000 x 0.00001 x 13.82 [ 0.335 x 0.5592 - 0.08525]
=4.146 [0.187332 - 0.08525]
=0.423231972 σte 0.424
Total Stresses = σe + σte =
=2.1655 + 0.424= 2.5895

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Stress Ratio SR = Total stresses / 90-days flexural strength of concrete
=2.5895 / 4.219
=0.613771035790472 ≅ 0.61
Since the stress ratio is less than/equal to 1, Safe

Fatigue life of concrete pavement ( SR ) 2.22208

Log10 N f 
(Allowable load repetitions) = 0.523

= 10 ^ ( 0.613771035790472^ -2.22208/0.523)
= 10 ^ ( 5.65672507745868)
= 453654.347768033 Nf 453654
Expected load repetitions =P100 x N
=0.1 x 1870706 Ne 187071
Cumulative fatigue damage = Ne/Nf
= 187071 / 453654
= 0.412364930100914 cfd 0.41
Since the fatigue stress ratio is less than/equal 1, Safe

Conclusion
Hence adopt concrete pavement thickness of 230 mm 230

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