CIV 40: PAVEMENT TECHNOLOGY AND

HIGH WAY MATERIALS CONTINUOS

ASSESMENT

Part 1: Soil classification and pavement construction

1) soil classification :
a) Water content :
Designation A B C
Mass before heating (g) 401 454.2 1190.8
Mass after heating(g) 344.6 391.2 1018.7
Water content 16.36 16.10 16.89

b) Seive analysis
Designation A B C
Mass of wet particles(g) 1623.1 1425.1 2262.5
Water content 16.36 16.1 16.89
Mass of solid particles(g) 1394.90 1227.48 1935.58

Designation A B C
Mass of solid particles(g) 1394.9 1227.48 1935.58
Sieve size Cumulative Cumulative Cumulative
passing passing passing
20 100
16 99.02
12.5 89.67
10 82.02
6.3 100 55.57
5 98.98 100 48.34
4 98.80 97.44 40.25
2 95.95 95.22 35.05
1 88.48 86.70 32.29
 0.5 76.92 71.05 29.58
0.25 63.48 54.34 28.27
0.08 47.06 37.69 26.4
Gradation Uniformly Well graded Gap graded
graded

c) Atterbergs limits:
Designation A B C
Liquid limit 54.4 50.7 50.3
Plastic limit 26.9 21.4 29.3
VBS 2.65 2.48 2.15
Plastic index 27.5 29.3 21
Consistency 1.38 1.18 1.59

Designation A B C
State of each sample High Plasticity High Plasticity Semi solid( silt
with low
plasticity)

D) Soil classification:
Using AAHSTO
Designation A B C
Classification A-7-6 A-7-6 A-2-7

Sample A
GIa = ( F-35)( 0.2 + 0.005( LL- 40 ) + 0.01( F - 15 )( PI-10 )
GIa = ( 50- 35 )( 0.2 + 0.005( 54.4 – 40 )) + 0.01( 50-15 )(27.5-10)
GIa = 10
Sample B
GIb = (40-35)(0.2+0.005(50.7-40)) + 0.01( 21-10)(40-10)
GIb = 7.1
Approximately equal to 7
Sample C
Since it is an A-2-7
GIc = 0.01(F-15)(PI-10)
= 0.01( 27-15)(21-10)
= 1.32
Designation A B C
GI 10 7 1
Subgrade grading Very poor poor Good

e) Modified proctor test:

Designation A B C
Dry density
11.93 18.13 18.26
19.11 19.50 19.04
18.79 19.08 19.58
17.766 18.17 19.41
18.69
Water content
11.2 10 9.6
13.2 12 11.6
15.2 14.5 13.8
17.3 16.2 15.8
18.0

Designation A B C
Optimum water 13.2 12 13.8
content
Maximum dry 19.11 19.50 19.58
weight
f) CBR TEST
CBR = Max(I2.5,I5.0)
Sample a; I2.5= (9.1/13.2)*100=68.9
I5.0= (13.6/20) = 68
Sample b;I2.5 = 8.7/13.2*100= 65.9
I5.0 = 16/20*100=80
Sample c;I2.5 = 16.8/13.2*100=127.3
I5.0=23.5/20*100=117.5
Designation A B C
CBR 68.9 80 127.3

g) Quantity survey and costing

The best soil from d and e is Soil C
i) the quantity of materials needed for the project
V=L*W*D*2
= 540*3*.35*2
= 1323000m3
Obtimum dry density = 19.58*(95/100)= 18.60
Quantity = 2460912.3t
ii) number of journey
number of journey = V/ volume of one truck
= 1323000/17=
77824 journeys
iii) cost of materials
cost of soil = 200*1323000 = 492,182,460 frs
cost of journeys = 1200*77824 = 93,388,800 frs
Total = 585,571,260 fr
Groupe 5
Nkenko oliver jensen
Nkuida Njiya Pamela arcis
Nya albert
Nyeck ndebi
Tezambu imele