IRC:$P:89-?

010
for
Table S Gradation Requlrerne$ lor Cement Bo{$d Matsrlals
i
Baselsub-brses,CaPPing LaYer
Gradlng t Grading irading lll Gradlng lV
Siave
100 100
?5.0 mrn
r00 8e.100 100
53.0 rnm
45.s nm
95-100
37.5 mm
s5-90 ?$,100 $5-75
26.5 rnm
Elrn 60{0
11.2 {0$0
9.5 m*l si{5 5S80
2s40 25-55 {$65 10-30 i
4.?5 ffifl
2-38 mm 15-30 2l},4O 3s.50

0.S00 tt
0.425 p B.g2 1+.35 1$25

0.300 tr
*0-e -"- *..... s-"10,*, , ,...,. -+-rq...-.*... .^."*1CI".._,
0.075 tJ
12'lS- 7'l4.5" 3'/1.5" 1.5',10.75"

Sh*n$*h (MPa) lor csrnenl bourd

matarials'ot28 days stenglh lor lime-ily
ash & Iirneaernenl"fly ssh hoLnd melerlals
' Aversg€ralueotabd$hot$c$bo$
. *. lulinimum rfforqth al an individual crse ui*rifi th* bslch. f 'or Grading lv llts uocnr{ined
compressive str€|rglh
andGBR requira*nent arB e$raly acceFEU€ all*TialiYes

Table I Haterial Gharacteristic'q lor Llme/lrodlfled Soils

Properties S*ciftsd Velue -,
$!tn SlGve 100%

siuve 15 - 100,i
Plasiidty lrsex :10
0rga$b content < zcL
Total 90, cottent
Minirnum lim€ cerrleflt
Oegroe of puluerisation
hlinimurn lemp lor mixing at tield IOFC

As per Cofltract
'belter
'ln

c*nlirm that lhs caJl

20

ds
 for be dbcidad on
the basis

Total

fines tested prr BS

lS $,ieve

9.5 rnm

3.3 Mix Oesign

Mix design shor:ld be worked out to $eeif,/the amount of cernentto be added to obtain the requiied
strenglh in terrns of 7-day Unconfined €ompressive Strength (UCS) and/or durabitirty test under
alternate wet-dry conditions, Pulverisation of soil clods, mixing of pulverised soil with the required
amount of cement, compaction and curing of the compacted layer are important construction
operatlons. for mum 7
str.ength of
.,!...i!!.,

4.0 ConstructionOperations
4.1 Pmcedure of Stabiliuation
The construction of stabilized road pavement layersfollowsthe same bash procedures whetherthe stabilizing
, aggnt is cement, lirne'or other hydrauli,t bifid*r- Thr procedures can be divided in to two main groups:
1) Mix-in-Place stabilization , 2) Plant:mix stahilization

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 fi*R.DA- poll( 1 r)/ 1/ 2O:8-r-D (ryh} {erils ilo_ }6058})
Nationat Rural Infnittu$lri naueiun..r* *g*ef
lllnffiiy of Rr$at Orarrr]op*i*ni
.GEuernment of lrxlL
5s Ftsor., 15 NBCCT,$wer,
BhikaJi Canra Flam" Ilalv trethl _ 110069.
Dated 26.04,2019
subiect: HoRD specifications for Rurar Roads (First
in 2014- clarification on unconfin"J C;;;;;"rive Revision) pubrished by rRC
Ea*O leyer rpgafding. 'esr rv strength
eL' of l'ttr
errurrr sr cement stabi[zed
-
Thi$ is with r,efuranee- ta the strengtlr pararneters spedfi# fsr Qsmeflt rre&st
Base eo0$e ln'Msto sse*ificat{ona fior nural'Road#
and 'kuidelin€s 1,0r tte oesgn o}
Flexibte Pav€ments fior Low vorurne Rurar
Roads IRC:sp:72:2015, pubilshed by IRC,
The MsRb speql cations for Rural Road* (First Revislon) puhlished
2014 mentioned under para 4o4.2.6 of section 4o4 that
by I&.C in
the requrrer*ents of Minirnum
laboratory 7 day compressive strength or cement
stabllised uar* t"v*l, is 2.76 l4pa
whereas in IRC Sp:Z?:1015: .Guidellnes for tne Oestg;
oi ol.r,b," #;,";;;; ;;
Volume Rural Ro€dd und*r para.7,2"3 is 3 Mpa.

The chlef ER$itsers are reguested to csmmunieate the

ab-ovo .clartneatlon to all
field offiers and srsure ttmt minimurn uis value indicated in th€ IRC,sp:72r201,$
lhe
shall be adopH for arr the DFRs and contract documents
of roads *n*onJ o,,i
Cemant $tabilised base and Sub baEes under p|4€Sy.

,.wy
YourE fatthfrrlly,

To Director (Techflical) /
Atl Chief
Roads Development Agency
Ail Developrnent Agency
AU of $ftRDA
trRC, filew Bslhi for lnforrnation
copy to
PA to JS (RC), MoRD, Krishi Ehavan.
PA to AS (RD) and DG, NRIDA
AII Technical Directors of NRIDA

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As stated previously in these guidelines,
the granular base and granular sub-base
as a single laver fior the purpose of anarysrs are considered
combined layer' Thus, when the pavementhas
and *insi*
"
*iil,-;';;;Ligned to the
the combinJtion of granularbase and granularsub,
base, the modutus or rhe singe (comnineol granura;
taking the MR*{AN ae the modulus of
;;"i,I;#;;;;Jffi; equarion 7.1
the combined granutar rayer and M*"ur*,
modulus of the subgrade' However, when as the efective
a ement treated or emursion/foam bltumen
base layer is used over the gmnular sub-base, treated
both the raveL have to be consicered separately
in the analysis and separate modulus values
have to be assigned for the GsB and the treated
base layers' Equation 7.1 can be used
to estimate tr* *nou]u= of the granular sub-base
M*oo* as the modulus of the granular suu-nase;y"d taking
MRsuppom as the effective modulus of
the subgrade.

For the granular layers reinforced using geo-synthetic

materials, IRC:$p:Eglr6J suggests Layer
coeffcientFtatioa(LCR)and Modulu. l*proue*ent
Factors (MlFiwhich can ba uaed to estirnate
the improvement in the modulus value oitl.* granular
r*y*r iu" to geo-synthetic reinforcement.
These values are tCI be obtained from detaileo
n"u and laboratory investigations as discussed
in IRC:sP:sg. IRC:sp:59 suggests the estimation of
granular base and sub-base layers
the moduti varues of the ;;il.o#;;
separately and to obtirin the rnoduli of the reinforced granular
(sub-base and base) layers hry applying
suitable modification factors. The un,reinfored
modulus value estirnat'ed from equation 7.1 can Gs.B
he adjusted using appropriate LCR and MIF
factors for obtaining the modutus varue of the
.einror"*iCig.
Poisson's ratio of the granurar sub-base may
be taken as 0.35.
7.3 Cementitious (Sement Treated) Subtase (C.[SB)
Layer
7.3.1 Gener:al

The material used for cernentifious (oement treabd)

sub-base may consist of soil, river bed
materials, natuml gravel aggregates, reclaimed concrete
aggregates, crushed aggregates or
soil aggregate mixture rnodified with different cementitiouu
met"ri"ls such as ement, lime, lime-
flyash, commercially available stabilizers, etc. The
recommended aggregate gradationf27] for
the crsB materiat is Grading lv of Table 400-1 of
MoRTH specifications.
The terms, 'cementitiou$'and 'cement treated" are
used interchangeably in these guidelines.
lf the crsB material, yhieh
$pically is a coarselopen graded material, is disturbed and shows
signs of instability before the next iayer is laid,
cement or bitumen emulsion. lf soil stabilized
the **. may be restored by keating it with
with o*ntitious materiat i. ;;; Js a sub-base,
commerclally available geo-eornposites ean be
used to serve as a drainage cum rrt"rysprrrtiln
layer.

The recommended minimum thickness for crsB rayer is zsO mm.

7.3.2 Machani;a/p.qperr.fiesofCIS8 material
The Elastic Modulus {E} ofthe
cT$s material rnay be pstimated from the Unconfined compressive
strengh (uc$)of the material. The csmentitious *uL-u"*"
tcrsB) shoutJn.--, rroay uc$ of
L5lq-Q.0$Pa as per IRC:SP:89[28}. Third point loading test flexurar moou]us i.*, of 26-day
cured crsB materiar can be estimated using eguation
zlz1fi].
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tr
Fctse = 1000 * UCS
(7.2)
Wlrere,

ucs'= 28'day unconfined compressive.skength

{Mpa} of the cementitious granular
material' lt should be ensured that the
be more than 1.5 tirnes the required "i*rag*
laboratory ;dil vatue shoutd
{designifierd strength.
Ecrur= Elastic rnodulus (MFa) ef 2g_day
cured CTSB material
For typical cement treated granular sub-base
materials, the E.*u can vary from 2000 to
s000
MPa' since the sub-base lcs * u prutrorm for the eonstrui[iiin vehicles carrying
30 to 3s
tonnes of construction material, low strength
cemented sub-base wculd crack under the
canstruction traffie and a design value of heavy
ooo rrlpa is ,ecommelded for the analysis and
of pavements with crsB hyJrs' crsB design
witn graoing ,, having strength
range 0J5-Ls*MPa is nst recommended in the
design traf;ie tess
f";;;hiil;;;"?i[c:sp:89[28]
bur it can be used for roads with
Sgl*!9;rypa. \Arhan the Grs,ri wiuiucs
used its modutusTliG;ffle tatten
;;;;;;;i,]il
as qoO MPa as specified in lRc;sF:sg (part
,, 1.s Mpa is
ll)l2rl.
Poisson's ratio value sf CTSB layer
may he taken as 0.1S.
The cemented sub-base shall he cured
for a minimum of three days befure the
construction of
the next layer' ln t*:*-l{"fnt $trength of cementitious sub-base is nst
acnieveo as per the
requirement of lRc:$F,s-e,tzet in
3 dals
before the construction of the upper tayer "f
;,i.;,;;;;;; - ;;ifu".# for sub_base
can be ;;rt*d.'-

8. BASES
8.1 Unhound Baso Layer
The unbound bage layer consiEts
of wet mix macadam, water bound macadam,
run macadam' reclaimed concmte, crusher
etc., conforming io nrionrrr specificationstz3]. \A/et
macadam may also conslst of blast fumace mix
slag m*Jo with crushed stone meeting
the MoRTH
specifications' The thickness of the
il;; s;;ffi;l;;er shal not be ress than 1s0 mm
crack relief layer ptaced over cement
treated base for which ir,*-tni"Xn"es shalt
;XtrjHL*-
wten both sub-base.and the hase.hyers are
made up of unbound granular layers,
resilient modulus of the granurar the composite
modulus of the combinod (G$B +
base;n ne.estimared il; "dti"";#;ii* *ou**, as the
Granuf*r base] gr"il;;'i"yer in Mpa, ,h,as-the
granularsuu-base combined
l?iili:nlfiXfotttre
ano naee a;JM;;;"*.ras the ertuctive modurus (Mpa)

For the granular base

$aced on cTtB tayer, the resilient modulus rnay be taken
and 350 &tpa for naturargraver ino as 800 Mpa
crusrred ioct< *-eil;;t
Poisson's ratio of gjranular bases
and sub-bases may be taken as 0.35.
As done in the eaee, of granular su$$ase,
IRC:sF:sg reeomrnends the adjuatment of
reinforced granular base modulus the un-
Ling icn naii
"r
;;il.
The modurus varue of the un_

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$imikrlf sl*$e &srn fron and $teer industdee.rn€atlqs

tfio requiremer*- ,* *.-' sku*B
-!-i-- 4r0
',v
(Ref 14) can aleo be usd in subhs cours€s.
7'1',{ F#s }&ti}kn*es nf$rr$Sem *-$are pro eA g@-# rulf,&a _fu &q,q ,ff f,uJn
7.2 Base Course *tatedals
7.2.1 Gnvetgase Ms&rffd
For traffic upto

b.oth suitable and economicat. to be

It m8y bepoinbd out that for the suressful perfurmance

of a non-bhumenised gravd road
surfece' a sraver surfacing marariar rneetins
(Ref 14)for gravetsurfacing materiars
n; ;;r6;;ffi;;i
rsrv vvwri Ir clause +oz
must be provided.
For higher traffic ranges, over 1,00,0m
ESAL repetltions, higher types of
invotuing tre use of cruehed stone rnatoriar base materials
surface bla*-bpped.
o,
"oii"r**^,
Jui-o*'ffiola,
-Y ''vvueu' ;'ffi;r;
7.22 fiAacadamBaseCoulse
convoritionally' the wBM base srutfss$
have been ueed in lndia even for the
rural roads. However, the s$t of low vslurne
wBil{ becomes
has to he carted fsr& lqne dlstqf*ffi,
un**n#;,;;;;#;H; ;il:
*o*u*i** ,*-i'rr*n fl,s s00 km; in such cffie$, the
possibitfu of using a soir-oernent
base course
the specffications laid dotrvn in cltuse
;*;;ffiru;';[i;; ffi ;;
405 tfuf r+1, uring speciaf care to see
that the
screenings ard binding mareriar meet
the specified quantities' lmproved
the required *gil-id'il;;;-;o;;il';;
crushed stone our* *""oes by way of wet
and crusher Run Maeedam can be Mix Macadam
u$ed,, following{he sp**ifications laid
405 and 4il (Ref 14) respectivety. down in clauses

?.2.3 SoXl{emerll &ase

the usd of soil.cement offen

offera an appropria&, option_ Ihs ssil.Serpent mix eheuld be designed to attain
laboratory a minimum
mnpideration must k
ar*d thor:ougn rnklng as lai.d
down in
stabilization with oement. neoded before

y&{ The s.i*nt* of &am'shsty.u

bases but should not be less than 100
u; ***nt
'--- r-'Yrrr! deeign cerarogus firr soir cement
mm.

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