10 MW SOLAR POWER PLANT AT GAIL DESIGN OF FLEXIBLE PAVEMENT

VIJAIPUR, GUNA - MP

DATA

California Bearing Ratio as per soil report CBR 2.5 %

Wdith of the road m 3.75 m
shoulder on both sides s 0.50 m
Section of the road below ground p 0.30 m
Section of the road above ground q 0.40 m
Length of the road L 1500.00 m

It may be noted that flexible roads are designed for the number of repetitions of
Vehicle load on the road rather than the Wheel Load.

Initial traffic on the pavement P 100 CVPD

number of years between the last count of
CVPD and the year of completion of x 1 year
construction, assuming
Traffic in the year of completion of
A 105 CVPD
construction may be estimated by A=P(1+r)^x
Traffic growth per annum as per clause 4.2.2
r 5 %
of IRC 37 - 2018
Design life as per clause 4.3.2 of IRC 37 - 2018 n 15 years
Vehicular Damage Factor as per table 4 of IRC
F 1.7
37 - 2018
Lane distribution Factor as per clause 4.5 of
D 1.0
IRC 37 - 2018 for single lane roads
Cumulative no. of standard axles to be
Ndes
catered

= 1405897.364 sa

1.41 msa
<2 msa
As per clause 11.4 of IRC 37 - 2018, for design traffic lower than 2 msa, the
recommendations of IRC:SP-72 may be used.
ESAL and MSA ARE ONE AND THE SAME

From the above table the traffic category is

T8
considered as

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 10 MW SOLAR POWER PLANT AT GAIL DESIGN OF FLEXIBLE PAVEMENT
VIJAIPUR, GUNA - MP

from Fig 4 of IRC 72 - 2015, for very poor CBR

The pavement cross section can be determined

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VIJAIPUR, GUNA - MP

From the above figure the following can be determined,

for the road layers

1st layer <25mm Premix/primary coat

2nd layer 75mm thk WBM Grade -3
3rd layer 150mm thk Base of gravel/CRMB/WBM
4th layer 225mm thk Granular Subbase
5th layer 200mm thk Modified soil/improved subgrade
incresing it to 250mm to match
employer requirement of 400mm
below GL