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    IRC:37-2018 GUIDELINES FOR THE DESIGN OF FLEXIBLE PAVEMENTS (Fourth Revision) INDIAN ROADS CONGRESS 2018 IRCS7-2018 GUIDELINES FOR THE DESIGN OF FLEXIBLE PAVEMENTS (Fourth Revision) Published by: INDIAN ROADS CONGRESS Kama Koti Marg, Sector-8, R.K. Puram, New Delhi-t10 022 NOVEMBER, 2018, Price : #1400) (Plus Packing & Fostage) IRC:37-2018 First Published Reprinted First Revision Reprinted Reprinted ‘Second Revision Reprinted Reprinted Reprinted Reprinted Reprinted Reprinted Reprinted Reprinted Reprinted Third Revision Reprinted Reprinted Reprinted Fourth Revision September, 1970 December, 1976 December, 1984 October, 1990 (Incorporates Amendment No. 1, September 1988) Apri, 1995 July, 2001 March, 2002 July, 2004 ‘April, 2005 June, 2006 ‘June, 2007 December, 2007 ‘September, 2008 ‘October, 2009 July, 2014 December, 2012 June, 2013 May, 2015 (October, 2017 November, 2018 (All Rights Reserved. No part ofthis pubicator shall be reproduced, franslated or transmitted in any form or by ary means without the ‘permission of the Secretary General, Indian Roads Congress) Printed by India Offset Press, Delh - 110 064 11100 Copies IRO:37-2018 CONTENTS S.No, Description Personnel ofthe Highways Specifications and Standards Committee ‘Abbreviations and Symbols 1 Introduction 1 2 ‘Scope 3 3 Design Principles 3 4 Traffic 13 4.1. General 13 4.2. Tratfic Growth Rate 8 43. Design Period 14 44. Vehicle Damage Factor 4 485. Lateral Distribution of Commercial Traffic over the Carriageway 16 48 Computation of Design Tratfic 7 Pavement Compositions 7 Subgrade 18 6.1 General 18 6.2. Selection of Dry Density and Moisture Content for Laboratory Testing of Subgrade Material 19 6.3. Resilient Modulus of the Subgrade 19 64 Effective Modulus/CBR for Design 20 7 Sub-Bases 21 7A General a 7.2. Granular (Unbound) Sub-base Layer 2 7.3. Cementiious (Cement Treated) Sub-base (CTSB) Layer 23 8 Bases, 24 8.1 Unbound Base Layer 24 82. Cementitious Bases (CTB) 25 83. Crack Relief Layer 26 84 Bitumen Emulsion/Foamed Bitumen treated Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) Base a 8 Bituminous Layers a 81 General a 9.2. Resilient Modulus of Bituminous Mixes 29 10 Long-Lite Pavements 32 " Pavement Design Procedure 32 11.1. Stops Involved in the Pavement Design 32 12 Pavement Structural Design Catalouges 34 13 Design in Frost Affected Areas 82 14 Quality Controt Tests During Construction 52 18 References 53 ‘Appendix A: The Principles and Approach followed in these Guidelines 56 At An Overview 56 A2 Cracking in Bituminous Layers 56 A3_ Ruling in Bituminous Pavements 58 Ad Structural Analysis of Pavement 59 AS. Effect of Climate and Environment on Pavement Performance 59 AS Mix Dasign 60 AT Tests and Design Documentation 62 AB. Performance Monitoring 2 ‘Annex | Installation and Use of lITPAVE Software 63 L1__ Salient Features of ITPAVE 63 1.2 Installation of HTPAVE 63 1.3. Using IITPAVE for Analysis of Flexible Pavements 63 ‘Annex I Worked out Examples for Pavement Design 68 IA. Estimation of Effective Subgrade Modulus/CBR 68 12. Design Example to Check the Adequacy of Granular Sub-base Thickness 69 113 Design of Bituminous Pavement with Granular Base and Sub-base 0 114 ilustration of Computation of Cumulative Fatigue Damage in Cement Treated Base (CTB) Layer n 15 Design of Bituminous Pavement with Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) material treated with Foamed Bitumen/Bitumen Emulsion and Cemented Sub-base 76 6 Worked out Design Example: Longulfe Pavement 7 17 Stage Construction 8 IB Design options for Diversions 73 ‘Annex ll: Example Caleulations for Selected Pavement Compositions 80 " 2 13 “4 15 6 v 8 9 2» 2 22 23 24 Ey IRC:37-2018 PERSONNEL OF THE HIGHWAYS SPECIFICATIONS. AND STANDARDS COMMITTEE (HSS) Singh, 81. (Convenor) aiakrishna, ¥. (Co-Convencr) Kumar, Sanjeev (Member-Secretary) Behera, Bijan Kumar Bose, Dr. Suni Chanda, Dr. Satish Gupta, DP. Jain, RK, Kapla, KK, Kukrety, BP, Kumar, Or. Mahesh Lal, Chaman Meona, HL. Nashikkar, J Nitral, $ Pandey, 1K. Patida, Prof. (Or. MA Patel, Prasad, R. Jai Rawat, MS, Rody, Dr KS. Krishna Rody, 16, Reddy, Prof. (Dr) KS. ‘Sharma, $<. Sheivastava, AK, Singh, Nema (As on 23.10.2018) Director General (Road Development) & Special Secretary to Govt of India, Mistry of Road Transport and Highways, New Delhi ‘Agoonal Director General, Mnisty of Road Transpon ang Highways, New Delhi Chet Engineer (R) S, R & T, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, New Delhi Members Enginoerin-Chif (Civil), Odisha Head (Retd), FPC Division, Central Road Research Insti, New Dethi Director, Central Road Research institute, New Delhi ‘DGIRD) & AS (Ret), Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, New Delhi CChisf Engineer (Ret), PWD Haryana Chairman & Managing Director, ICT Pvt. Lis, New Delhi ‘Associate Director CEG Lid, New Delhi Enginaorin-Chiel (Retd), PWD (B&R) Haryana Engingeri-Chiet (Reta), PWO Haryana Secretary (Retd), PWD Rajasthan Secretary (Rot), PWD Maharashtra ‘Secretary Genoral, Indian Roads Congress, New Delhi ‘Adéional Director Genoral, Ministy of Road Transport and Highways, New Deh Doan, SRIC, Indian institute of Technology, Roorkee ‘Seoratary (Ret), PWD (Roads and Buildings) Gujarat Englngecn-Chit (Ret), PWD & Bangalore Mahanagar Palke, Karnataka Executive Director, AECOM India Put. Li Secretary, Publi Works, Ports & Inland Weter Transport Department, Karnataka Engineersn-Chief (NH, CRF & Buildings), PWD Hyderabad Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Knaragpur (DG\RO) & SS (Ret), Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, New Deh [Additonal Director General (Ret), Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, New Delhi ‘OGiRO) & SS (Reta), Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, New Dah IRe:37-2018 a 28 20 30 a 32 33 4 38 6 37 38 20 40 Sinha, AN. “The Cher Enginaor (Gasar, Tol) ‘The Chef Engineer (Kuma Ani The Director (Tech) (Pradhen, B.C.) The Gereral Manager (aul, Satish) The JICA Expert (tayame, Michiya) ‘The Member (Projects) (Pandey, RK.) ‘The Prelessor (Chakecboty, Or. Partha) ‘The Secretary (vassve, SB) ‘The Secrotary (Roads) (doshi, 2) ‘The Secrotary (Tech,) (Tioka0 Bimal) (Reta) “The Special Di General (Rett) (Bansal MC) ‘Venkatesh, MC. Wasson, Ashok Jsigopal, RK, Justo, Prot. (Dr) CES. Veoraregavan, Prof (OA President Incian Roads Congress Director General (Road Development) & Special Secrotay to Govt. of India Secretary General, Indian Roads Congress [DG{RO) & SS (Retd), Ministry of Road Trarsport and Highways, New Deh PWD Arunachal Pradesh Border Roads Organisation, New Dei "Natonal Rural Infrastructure Development Agency, New Deli ‘Nabonal Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation, New Delhi Japan Intemational Cooperation Agency New Delhi National Highways Authoriy of India, New Delhi Incian Institue of Technology, Kanpur Roads and Bulldings Department, Gujarat PWO Maharashtra Roads and Buildings Department, Jamu & Kashmir CCPWD, Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi Consuitant Member (Tech, (Ret), Natonal Highways Author of india, New Delhi Corresponding Members MO, Struct Geotech Research Laboratos (P) Lid, Bengaluru Professor (Retd), Emeritus Professor, Indian Insitute of Technology Madras Ex.Officlo Members (Reddy, Dr. KS. Krishna), Secretary, Pubic Works, Ports & Inland Water Transport Department, Karnataka (Singh, B.N.), Ministy of Road Transport and Highways, New Delhi Nirmal, Sanjay Kumar ~~ IRC37-2018 ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS ‘atthe abbreviations and symbols ere explained in the guidelines wherever they appeared frst Ae Jocument Some ofthe abbreviations and symbols are listed below AASHO. ‘American Association of State Highway Officials, MASHTO American Association of Stale Highway and Transportation Officials TM ‘American Society of Testing and Materials RUSTROADS - Association of Australian and New Zealand Road Transport and Traffic ‘Authorities 0 ~ Benkolman Beam Deflection Bc Bituminous Concrete BIS Bureau of Indian Standards BM Bituminous Macadam car California Bearing Ratio CFD ‘Cumulative Fatigue Damage oa Cumulative standard axles cTBICT Cement Treated Base (includes all types of cement and chemical stabilized bases) crse. ‘Cement Treated sub base (includes alltypes of cement and chemical stabilized sub-bases) cvep Commercial Vehicles Per Day bam Dense Bituminous Macadam, FWD Falling Weight Deflectometer ca Granular Base Gop Gross Domestic Product GGRB Gap Graded Mix with Rubberized Bitumen csp Granular Sub-base IRC Indian Roads Congress is Indian Standard ims Indirect Tensile Strength KN Kilonewton Lor Layer Coefficient Ratio MEPOG Mechanistic Empirical Pavement Design Guide MIE Modulus Improvement Factor mm Milimetre MoRTH Ministry of Road Transport & Highways MPa ~ Mega Pascal NHAI = National Highways Authority of india Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement Reliability Factor + Stress Absorbing Membrane Intertayer = Semi-Dense Bituminous Concrete Stone Matrix Asphalt Special Publication + Slow Setting-2 Emulsion + Unconfined Compressive Strength IRC:37-2018 vor wen wun “c poTmmooe> a M, Me My, My, M, Vehicle Damage Factor Water Bound Macadam ‘Wet Mix Macadam Degree Celsius Initial traffic Radius of circular contact area ‘Adjustment factor for fatigue life of bituminous layer Lateral distribution factor Elastic modulus of CTB material Elastic modulus of cement treated

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