National Institute of Technology Hamirpur (H.

P)
Department of Civil Engineering
M. Tech (Transportation Engineering) First Year
I Semester
Class Test
CE–673 Pavement Materials and Design

Duration: 40 min Max. Marks: - 10

Instructions:
 Answer all questions
 Missing data, if any, may be assumed suitably.
 Calculator is allowed.

1. Design dowel bars for the following design inputs: Thickness of slab = 30 cm; design
(dual) wheel load = 8000 kg; efficiency of load transfer = 40%; width of joint = 2.0
cm; radius of relative stiffness = 99.4 cm; characteristic compressive strength of
cement concrete cube (150 mm) after a 28 day curing = 407.7 kg/cm2; elastic modulus
of dowel bar = 20.2 X 105 kg/cm2 and modulus of dowel bar support = 41520 kg/cm3.

National Institute of Technology Hamirpur (H.P)

Department of Civil Engineering
M. Tech (Transportation Engineering) First Year
I Semester
Class Test
CE–673 Pavement Materials and Design

Duration: 40 min Max. Marks: - 10

Instructions:
 Answer all questions
 Missing data, if any, may be assumed suitably.
 Calculator is allowed.

1. Design dowel bars for the following design inputs: Thickness of slab = 30 cm; design
(dual) wheel load = 8000 kg; efficiency of load transfer = 40%; width of joint = 2.0
cm; radius of relative stiffness = 99.4 cm; characteristic compressive strength of
cement concrete cube (150 mm) after a 28 day curing = 407.7 kg/cm2; elastic modulus
of dowel bar = 20.2 X 105 kg/cm2 and modulus of dowel bar support = 41520 kg/cm3.
 National Institute of Technology Hamirpur (H.P)
Department of Civil Engineering
M. Tech (Transportation Engineering) First Year
I Semester
Class Test
CE–673 Pavement Materials and Design

Duration: 40 min Max. Marks: - 10

Instructions:
 Answer all questions
 Missing data, if any, may be assumed suitably.
 Calculator is allowed.

A cement concrete pavement is to be designed for a two-lane highway (two-way). The total
two-way traffic is 2400 CVPD. The design parameters are given below:
Flexural strength of concrete = 4.5 MPa; Effective modulus subgrade reaction = 300
KPa/mm; Elastic modulus of concrete = 30,000 MPa; Possion’s ratio = 0.15; Coefficient of
thermal expansion = 10 X 10-6/C; Tyre pressure = 0.8 MPa; Rate of traffic growth = 7.5%;
Temperature differential = 20 oC.
The design single axle load is chosen as 160 kN. Spacing of transverse joints is 4 m and the
longitudinal joints are at 3.6 m from the edges.
The axle load survey date is given here under:
Single Axle
Axle load (kN) Distribution (%)
200 0.1
180 0.5
160 0.8
140 30.5
120 20.0
100 19.1
80 19.0