EPN2601 | Nelson

UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

Module code: EPN2601

Module name: Earthworks and Pavement Design

Total mark: 50

Assignment no: 1

Assignment due date: 14 August 2023

Module lecturer: Mr Shandu NN Internal Moderator: Mr. B. Verhoek

External Moderator: Dr H Phahlane

Weight of Assessment: 10%

This test consists of 3 pages.

Instructions:

Honor Pledge: I have neither given nor received aid on the test.
Plagiarism is the act of taking words, ideas and thoughts of others and presenting it as
your own. It is a form of theft which involves a number of dishonest academic activities.

• Answer all questions

• Space your work out adequately
• Read the questions carefully
• Pay careful attention to the allocated marks
• Submit a TYPED Single PDF File

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Question 1 [20 Marks]

1. List the main objective for soil compaction (3)

2. Explain the principles of compaction process (3)

3. What are the factors that influence the compaction process? (5)

4. Drainage is essential for all cuttings and LIST what should be included (4)

5. Explain the methods that needs to be employed during roadbed preparations.

(5)
Question 2 [20 Marks]
Plot the Mass Haul Diagramme (MHD) for the earthworks of this 2 km long road.
a) You must show your calculations in the table provided below.
b) Plot the MHD.

Shrinkage factor that should be applied:

Use the last digit of your student number for the second decimal value of the shrinkage
factor. The first decimal value of the shrinkage factor is 0,96 for all students.

Examples:
• Student number 60979186: Last digit of the student number is 6, therefore
shrinkage factor to be used is 0,66

• Student number 63822733: Last digit of the student number is 3, therefore

shrinkage factor to be used is 0,63

Cross- Cross- Cross-

Cross-
sectional sectional sectional
Chainage Chainage sectional fill
cut area fill area cut area
area (m^2)
(m^2) (m^2) (m^2)
0 0 0 1000 0 -7,18
100 1100
200 2,04 0 1200 0 -4,95
300 1300
400 5,77 0 1400 0 -3,12
500 1500
600 0 -1,57 1600 3,4 0
700 1700
800 0 -4,22 1800 1,63 0
900 1900

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Question 3 [10 Marks]

Nicely Draw and label a Soil moisture relationships diagram. (10)

Marks will be deducted if it is not clean and properly labeled.

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TOTAL [50 MARKS]

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2023