GOVERNMENT ENGINEERING

COLLEGE, DAHOD
ZALOD ROAD, DAHOD, GUJARAT-389151

SUBJECT

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HIGHWAY

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5Th CIVIL

ENGINEERING
SEMESTER
DIVISON
Seminar On.

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(A)

PAVEMENTS

SR.NO

NAME OF
STUDENT

EN.NO

1
2
3
4

DAMOR JIGNESH K.
BILWAL DIVIYESH G.
SANGADA JIGNESH S.
BILWAL DILIP B.

100180106115
120180106094
120180106110
120180106106

Types of Pavements

Pavement Design
Pavement means surfacing layer
only.
In terms of highway design, it means
the total thickness of road including
surfacing , base & subbase, if any.
Thus pavement includes all the
structural layers of road structure
lying on subgrade of the road

Parameters for Design of Pavements

Design of pavements mainly consists
of two aspects
1. Design mix of materials
2. pavement thickness

Factors for Design of

Pavements
Following factors are responsible for pavement
design
1. Climate : rainfall, Temp, Frost action
2. Environment : Ht of embankment, foundation
cutting
3. Geometry:
4. Pavement materials: they have to resist climatic
conditions ,durability, maintenance.
5. Subgrade Soil : decides thickness of pavement
6. Traffic : Repetitions, Speed, Wheel Loads , contact
pressure, volume of traffic , no of vehicles/day .

Design Approach for rigid

Pavements
Variables for design
1. Wheel Loads
2. Traffic
3. Climate
4. Terrain
5. Subgrade conditions
6. Properties of Cement Concrete

Components of CC
pavement

Types of Rigid Pavements

1. Jointed Plain Concrete Pavement (JPCP)
No temperature steel
2. Jointed Reinforced Concrete Pavement
(JRCP) Temperature steel placed at mid
height and discontinued at the joints
3. Continuously Reinforced Concrete
Pavement (CRCP) Not popular in India
very costly
4. Prestressed Concrete Pavement (PCP)
Not popular

Design Approach for rigid

Pavements
Cement Concrete roads provides a highly rigid
surface and hence for the success of such roads,
following two conditions should be satisfied
1. They should rest on non- rigid surface having
uniform bearing capacity.
2. The total thickness or depth of the concrete
pavement & the non rigid base should be
sufficient to distribute the wheel load on a
sufficient area of subbase so that the pressure
on unit area remains with the permissible SBC of
the soil.

Design Steps ( parameters )

1. Traffic parameters : Design Wheel load, Traffic
intensity
2. Environmental parameters : temp differential
( CRRI table)
3. Foundation strength k ( modulus of subgrade
reaction )
4. Foundation surface characteristics ( As per IRC )
5. Concrete characteristics ( IRC :58-1988 )
6. Modulus of elasticity
7. Coefficient of thermal expansion. 8. Design slab
thickness

Purpose of joints in Concrete Roads

1. To absorb expansion & contraction
due to variation in temperature.
( horizontal movements of slabs)
2. 2. To avoid warping of slab edges
3. 3. To grant facility in construction .

Design Approach for Flexible

Pavements
Traffic is considered in terms of the
cumulative number of standard axles (8160
kg) to be carried by the pavement during the
design life For estimating the design traffic,
the following Information is needed:
1. Initial traffic after construction (CVPD)
2. Traffic growth rate during the design life
3. By studying the past trends of traffic growth
4. As per the econometric procedure outlined in
IRC:108

Design Approach for Flexible

Pavements

Steps in design of flexible

pavements
The following steps are used in design of flexible
pavements for stage construction.
i) Provide design thicknesses of subbase and base
courses for 20 years.
ii) Provide bituminous surfacing course for traffic of
msa.
iii) Provide a shoulder of thickness equal to that of the
sum of the layers in steps (i) and (ii) on both sides.
iv) Provide bituminous surfacing course for traffic of
msa after 10 years.
v) Provide shoulder thickness equal to the thickness
calculated in step (iv) at the same time

Life Cycle Cost Analysis of rigid &

Flexible Pavements
According to a rough estimate ,the
physical & financial needs of highway
sector for the next 20 years indicates
an average annual outlay of Rs
250000 Crores in the next 10 years &
Rs 37500 Crores in the next
subsequent period.
In addition to this, Rs 10000 Crores
per year would be required for
maintenance with a steady increase