CE 742 Pavement Systems Engineering: Spring 2014, IIT Bombay

Homework 7
Due Date: 07.04.2014
Name : ________________________________

Roll No._________________________

NOTE: Make sure to include the printout from IITPAVE wherever required and highlight critical locations.
1.

The data from the axle load survey conducted on a national highway is given in Table 1. Estimate following
values:
a. Number of Trucks
b. Number of Equivalent Single Axle
c. Number of Axles Per Vehicle
d. Vehicle Damage Factor
e. Percentage of Steering, Single, Tandem and Tridem Axles
Steering Axle
Load Range,
No.
kN
Axles
145-155
0
135-145
0
125-135
0
115-125
0
105-115
0
95-105
0
85-95
0
75-85
10
65-75
4
55-65
12
45-55
3
<45
500

2.

Single Axle
Load Range,
No.
kN
Axles
185-195
5
175-185
3
165-175
2
155-165
3
145-155
3
135-145
2
125-145
2
115-125
10
105-115
50
95-105
50
85-95
75
<85
200

Tandem Axle
Load Range,
No.
kN
Axles
390-410
2
370-390
1
350-370
2
330-350
3
310-330
2
290-310
3
270-290
2
250-270
5
230-250
7
210-230
9
190-210
10
170-190
35
<170
50

Tridem
Load Range,
No.
kN
Axles
585-615
0
555-585
0
525-555
0
495-525
1
465-495
1
435-465
2
405-435
2
375-405
1
345-375
3
315-345
5
285-315
10
255-285
15
<285
50

Design following different types of flexible pavements for four-lane divided national highway as per IRC 372012 and IITPAVE, for the given data. The target is successful design of a pavement without any types of
distresses (i.e., fatigue, rutting, fatigue damage in cementations layer). You should redesign a pavement until
unless you are successful. The design should be optimized therefore all the possible combinations should be
tried. Also, compare all the designed pavements in a tabular format with type of layer and thickness,
allowable and estimated tensile strains or stresses. Draw neat and clean drawing of each pavement section
with proper labelling. Comment on your results. No change in given data.

2.1 Type I: Granular Base and Granular Subbase (Fig. 10.1 in IRC 37-2012)
2.2 Type II: Cementatious Base and Cementatious Subbase with Aggregate Interlayer (Fig. 10.2 in IRC 372012): Design should also be checked for fatigue damage of cementatious base
2.3 Type III: Cementatious base and Cementatious Subbase with SAMI at the Interface of Cementatious Base
and the Bituminous Layer (Fig. 10.3 in IRC 37-2012). Design should also be checked for fatigue damage of
cementatious base.
2.4 Type IV: Foamed Bitumen/Bitumen Emulsion Treated RAP with Cementatious Base (Fig. 10.4 in IRC 372012). Design should also be checked for fatigue damage of cementatious base.
2.5 Type V: Cementatious Base and Granular Subbase with Crack Relied Layer of Aggregate Layer above the
Cementatius Base (Fig. 10.5 in IRC 37-2012). Design should also be checked for fatigue damage of
cementatious base.

Design Data (Assume other design data as per IRC 37:2012 and highlight them in your sheet)

ADT: 15,000 as per last count before start of the construction (both direction)

Truck (%): 20 as per last count before start of the construction

Construction Period: 5 Years

Truck Growth Rate: 7.5%

VDF : Estimated in Problem 1.

Design Life: 20 Years

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CE 742 Pavement Systems Engineering: Spring 2014, IIT Bombay

Directional distribution Factor: 0.5

CBR of Compacted Borrow Material 500 mm Thick: 20%
CBR of natural subgrade: 3%
Reliability of Design: 90%
No correction factor to fatigue life
Resilient Modulus of Asphalt Mix: 3000 MPa
E for Cementatious Base: 6000 MPa
E for Cementatious Subbase: 700 MPa
E for Aggregate Interlayer for Type II: 500 MPa
Resilient Modulus of RAP layer : 800 MPa
Flexural Strength of Cementatious Base: 1.4 MPa
Poisson Ratio: Asphalt mix: 0.45, Aggregate: 0.25, Soil: 0.35, Cementatious base and
subbase: 0.25, RAP Layer: 0.35
Number of axle per vehicle: Estimate from Problem 1
Axle Load Spectra: Given in Problem 1
RF = 1

Hint: For fatigue damage analysis of cementations base layer, one tandem axle is taken as two single axles and
one tridem axle is taken as three single axles carrying equal weight. This information is useful for estimating
tensile stress at bottom of cementatious layer using IITPAVE software. Check solved example in Annex- II on
page 57 in IRC 37-2012.

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