A MAJOR PROJECT ON

“DESIGN OF RIGID PAVEMENT”

PRESENTED BY: UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF

MOHIT KUMAR (2004730009040) MR. SATYAM SINGH

AMAN PANDAY (2004730009010) (ASSISTANT PROFESSOR)
NIKHIL YADAV (2004730009046) DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGG.
SHASHANK YADAV (2004730009069)
MONOO YADAV (2004730009041)

G.C.R.G Group of institutions, Faculty of Engineering

B.K.T , Lucknow (226201)
 INDEX

• INTRODUCTION
• OBJECTIVE OF RIGID PAVEMENT
• WHERE IS RIGID PAVEMENT PROVIDED
• COMPONENTS OF RIGID PAVEMENT
• MATERIALS USED FOR CONSTRUCTION
• DESIRABLE LIMITS OF IMPORTANT PROPERTIES
• TYPES OF RIGID PAVEMENTS
• JOINTS IN RIGID PAVEMENT
• EFFECTS OF REINFORCEMENT IN PAVEMENT
• REFERENCES
 INTRODUCTION
As the name implies, rigid pavements are rigid i.e., they do not flex much
under loading like flexible pavements. It is constructed using cement
concrete. In this case, the load carrying capacity is mainly due to the rigidity
and high modulus of elasticity of the slab (slab action). Rigid pavements are
those which possess note worthy flexural strength or flexural rigidity. The
stresses are not transferred from grain to grain to the lower layers as in the
case of flexible pavement layers. The rigid pavements are made of Portland
cement concrete-either plain, reinforced or prestressed concrete.
The rigid pavement has the slab action and is capable of transmitting the
wheel load stresses through a wider area below. As the rigid pavement slab
has tensile strength, tensile stresses are developed due to the bending of the
slab under wheel load and temperature variations.
 OBJECTIVE OF RIGID PAVEMENT

The surface of the roadway should be stable and non-yielding, to allow the heavy wheel
loads of road traffic to move with least possible rolling resistance. The road surface
should also be even along the longitudinal profile to enable the fast vehicles to move
safely and comfortably at the design speed. In order to provide a stable and even surface
for the traffic, the roadway is provided with a suitably designed and constructed
pavement structure. Thus a pavement consisting of a few layers of pavement materials is
constructed over a prepared soil subgrade to serve as a carriageway. The pavement
carries the wheel loads and transfer the load stresses through a wider area on the soil
subgrade below. Thus the stresses transferred to the subgrade soil through the pavement
layers are considerably lower than the contact pressure or compressive stresses under the
wheel load on the pavement surface. It is always desirable to construct the pavement
well above the maximum level of the ground water to keep the subgrade relatively dry
even during monsoons.
 WHERE IS RIGID PAVEMENT PROVIDED

Rigid pavements are usually provided when road stretch is

subjected to adverse conditions.

• Very heavy rainfall

• Poor soil conditions
• poor drainage
• Extreme climatic conditions
• Combinations of some of these conditions which may lead to
development of cracks in pavements.
COMPONENT OF RIGID PAVEMENT
 MATERIALS USED FOR CONSTRUCTION

PORTLAND CEMENT :
The type of cement that may be used for the preparation of PQC and
construction of cement concrete road construction pavement are:-
(i) Ordinary Portland cement of 43 Grade.
(i) Ordinary Portland 53 Grade.
(ii) Portland Pozzolana cement with fly ash content up to 20% by weight.
(iv) Portland slag cement.

However most commonly used cement for the

cement concrete road construction is ordinary Portland cement of 43 Grade.
 MATERIALS USED FOR CONSTRUCTION

COARSE AGGREGATE VALUES OF CEMENT CONCRETE

ROAD
The coarse aggregate that is used for PQC of cement concrete road
construction should fulfil the following requirements apart from this the
maximum size being limited to 31.5 mm.

FINE AGGREGATES USED IN ROAD CONSTRUCTION

Fine aggregate consists of clean natural sand or crushed stone sand
or a combination of both. The fine aggregate shall be well graded,
with 100 percent passing 10 mm sieve.
DESIRABLE LIMITS OF IMPORTANT PROPERTIES
 TYPES OF RIGID PAVEMENT

• Jointed Plain Concrete Pavement (JPCP)

(does not use any reinforcing steel)
• Jointed Reinforced Concrete Pavement (JRCP)
(Reinforcing steel placed at mid height and discontinued
at the joints.)
• Continuously Reinforced Concrete Pavement (CRCP)
(This method is very costly and generally not used in
India.
• Pre-stressed Concrete Pavement (PCP)
 JOINTS IN RIGID PAVEMENT

Joints are the discontinuities in the concrete pavement slab, and help to
release
stresses due to temperature variation, subgrade moisture variation,
shrinkage of
concrete etc.
There are various types of joints in concrete pavement –

1. Longitudinal joints(parallel to traffic flow)

2. Transverse joints(perpendicular to traffic flow)
• Contraction joints
• Expansion joints
• Construction joints
EFFECTS OF REINFORCEMENT IN PAVEMENT
 REFERENCES

 I.S. 456:2000 for RCC.

 I.S. 800:2007 for STEEL.

 I.S. 3370:2009 Part I and Part II.

 I.S. 3370:1967 Part IV.

 Reinforce concrete structures (B.C.

Punamia)
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