TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING

DESIGN OF FLEXIBLE PAVEMENT

(IRC 37:2018)

Fatigue
Rutting
DESIGN OF FLEXIBLE PAVEMENT
(IRC 37:2018)
Focus on these two points
CTB: Cement Treated Base
CTSB: Cement-treated sub base
GSB: Granular Sub Base
DESIGN OF FLEXIBLE PAVEMENT
(IRC 37:2018)
LDF
VDF
Axle type Load(kN) No of ESAL
repetition
SA-SW 75 100 1.77x100
SA-DW 100 200 2.44x200
TA 180 100 2.99x100
Tr. A 300 100 3.22x100
500 1236
 From field DATA

Axle type Load(kN) No of ESAL

repetition
SA-SW 75 100 1.77x100
SA-DW 100 200 2.44x200
TA 180 100 2.99x100
Tr. A 300 100 3.22x100
500 1236
Sub grade rutting criteria
Fatigue cracking criteria for bituminous layer
Resilient Modulus of the Subgrade
CBR
Problem Estimation of Effective Subgrade Modulus/CBR
If the CBR of the soil used in the upper 500 mm of the embankment is 8% and the CBR of the borrow
soil used for preparing the 500 mm thick compacted subgrade above the embankment is 20%, what is
the effective subgrade Modulus/CBR for the design of flexible pavement?
Solution
• Elastic modulus of the prepared (upper 500 mm) embankment soil = 17.6*(8)0.64 = 66.6 MPa
• Elastic modulus of the select borrow material = 17.6*(20)0.64 = 119.7 MPa

• Consider a two-layer elastic system consisting of 500 mm of select borrow soil of modulus 119.7
MPa and the semi-infinite embankment soil of modulus 66.6 MPa
• Consider Poisson’s ratio value of both layers to be 0.35.
• Apply a single load of 40,000 N at a contact pressure of 0.56 MPa.
• Radius of circular contact area for this load and contact pressure = 150.8 mm.
• Using IIPAVE calculate Surface deflection
• Surface deflection = 1.41

= [2(1−μ2 )pα]/δ

= [2(1-0.35(2) )X 0.56 X 150.8]/1.41

=105.10 MPa
• As per these design guidelines, the effective modulus value will be limited to 100 MPa for design purposes.
• The corresponding CBR is 15.82 % for 105.1 MPa.
• For a restricted modulus value of 100 MPa, the corresponding effective CBR can be reported as 15.1 %.