Paper No.

605

ANALYTICAL DESIGN OF SHORT PANELLED CONCRETE

PAVEMENTS
M.V. ARUN CHAND* AND B.B. PANDEY**

ABSTRACT

1 INTRODUCTION cemented treated granular layer, stabilised soil or dry

1.1 Bituminous pavements are commonly favoured

so that a designer can select appropriate pavement

thickness for pavement design. Load transfer at the

analyse, design and construct short panelled concrete

decreased thickness at a much reduced cost than the

A number of design parameters such as foundation

consideration of initial cost.

bituminous pavements as overlays are termed as the pavement design method for the short panelled
concrete pavements.
and approximate stress computation methods are
incorporated in the guidelines for thickness design. 2 REVIEW OF LITERATURE

stresses in panelled concrete pavements for slabs resting Panelled concrete overlays over bituminous pavements,

foundation, commonly considered in conventional

are usually milled to get an even rough surface so that a

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milled existing bituminous pavement. Most literatures

such pavements laid over bituminous pavements in bond may not be ensured. Each panel is divided into

to represent reaction provided by the foundation.

Appropriate values of spring constant are assigned

to represent the modulus of subgrade reactions of the
foundation.

corrections for small size of concrete slabs are made

to get the stresses for the small bonded slab for the
examination of the safety of the structure.

4 CONTACT AREA
untreated granular subbase

load transfer behaviour of aggregate interlock in a

the underlying bituminous pavement resulting in higher

strength due to composite action. Readymade solutions
for stresses in concrete slabs laid over foundations of
different stiffness are not available.

3 MODELLING

foundation that is adopted in the computation of

stresses in the conventional concrete pavements. A
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slab and the supporting foundation may be reduced

analysis.

are also discussed.

5 STRESS COMPUTATION

slab and spring foundation system have been modelled

Modulus of Elasticity of concrete slab Ec

Concrete slabs of short dimensions develop very less

panels due to aggregate interlock

foundation and the slab

epeated applications of heavy loads, the
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effective solution for village roads. A thickness of

and size of the panel can be selected to optimise

thickness design.
ed
6 STRESSES DUE TO HIGHER LOADS
AND LOAD TRANSFER ACROSS
JOINTS

analysis and cumulative fatigue damage analysis used

pavements can have a good load transfer across the

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designed accordingly taking the advantage of load of plastic strips before placement of concrete and the
sharing behaviour through aggregate interlocks across

7 EFFECT OF BOND WITH SUBBASE

bitumen bound subbases, stresses in the slab is reduced.

and unloaded sides.

9 SUBBASE FOR LIGHT AND HEAVY

TRAFFIC

for the partially bonded case considering a friction

found to be 2.56 MPa. Bonding thus reduces the stress

subbase and the concrete slab is to be established over

the entire life of pavements, special types of concrete
concrete pavement slab and the lean concrete subbase
reduced considerably in case of monolithic action of
3 MPa can be used instead of unbound granular layer and
poor performance under heavy loading due to lateral
displacement of the foundation support in the presence

slab is laid after curing of DLC, bonding cannot be
ensured over a long period of time due to expansion
and contraction.
8 CONSTRUCTABILITY
erodible subbase such as DLC over stabilised subgrade
is necessary for a good long term performance under
axles at toll plaza may not cause any problem if the
subgrade is stabilised and DLC subbse has a minimum

9 EXAMPLES OF PAVEMENT DESIGN

discontinuity to one third of the depth of a slab is a

necessary. Alternate solution is to insert reusable metal

and take it out carefully as soon the concrete has set.

Another alternative is to place a grid of plastic strips
bound macadam layer are necessary to provide a

attempted the third option in a model experiment.

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subgrade A panel size of 1

may be noted that minor variation in k value has little
effect upon the stresses for practical range of thickness

Curling stresses due to temperature gradients are

negligible and they need not be considered. Stress due CONCLUSIONS

4 MPa, hence highly unsafe.

study.

are the tensile stresses at the edge.

truck parking terminals and toll plaza can be

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