CONTENTS

CERTIFICATE

DECLARATION

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

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CONTENTS

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LIST OF FIGURES

LIST OF TABLES

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ABSTRACT

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Chapter No.

Title

INTRODUCTION
1.1

INTRODUCTION

1.2

FLEXIBLE PAVEMENT
1.2.1

Qualities of Flexible pavement

1.2.2

Need for Flexible pavement

1.2.3

Load Distribution

1.2.4

Different layers in Flexible pavement

1.2.5

Advantages of Flexible pavement

1.2.6

Drawback of Flexible pavement

1.2.7

Failures in Flexible pavement

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METHOLOGY

IRC GUIDELINESS FOR DESIGN

OF FLEXIBLE PAVEMENT
3.1

GENERAL

3.2

TRAFFIC
Initial Traffic

3.2.2

Traffic Growth Rate

3.2.3

Design Life

3.2.4

Vehicle Damage Factor

3.2.5

Distribution of Commercial Traffic

3.3

COMPUTATION OF DESIGN LIFE

3.4

SUB-GRADE PARAMETERS

3.5

3.2.1

3.4.1

Selection of dry density & OMC

3.4.2

Effective CBR

3.4.3

Resilient Modulus

SUB-BASE & BASE PARAMETERS

3.5.1

Sub-base layer

3.5.2

Base Layer

3.6

BITUMINIOUS LAYER PARAMETERS

3.7

PAVEMENT THICKNESS & DESIGN CHARTS

ANALYSIS
4.1

GENERAL

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VEHICLE COUNT

4.3

FINDING CUMULATIVE STANDARD AXLES

4.4

TESTS ON SOIL

4.5

4.6

4.4.1

Standard Proctor Test

4.4.2

California Bearing Ratio test

TESTS ON AGGREGATE
4.5.1

Aggregate Impact Value Test

4.5.2

Aggregate Crushing Value Test

4.5.3

Flakiness Index

4.5.4

Elongation Index

TESTS ON BITUMEN
4.6.1

Penetration test

4.6.2

Softening Point Test

4.6.3

Ductility Test

4.6.4

Flash & Fire point Test

DESIGN OF FLEXIBLE PAVEMENT

5.1

GENERAL

5.2

DESIGN

5.3

CHECK FOR FATIGUE

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Distribution of Load in Flexible Pavement

Typical Layers in Flexible Pavement
Image showing Fatigue Failure
Critical Points in Flexible Pavement
Image Showing Rutting Failure
Different layers & Critical Strain locations
CBR of Compacted Borrow material 500mm thick
Bituminous layer with Granular base & sub-base
Design chart for CBR 3%
Design chart for CBR 4%
Design Chart for CBR 5%
Design Chart for CBR 6%
Design Chart for CBR 7%
Design chart for CBR 8%
Design Chart for CBR 9% & 10%
Design chart for CBR 15%
Graph showing Plot b/w Moisture content & Density
CBR Equipment
Undistributed sampling of Soil using Core Cutter
Soaked CBR mould with Specimen
Aggregate Impact Test in Progress
Aggregate Crushing Test in Progress
Showing Thickness gauge
Elongation Index Equipment (Length gauge)
Penetrometer
Softening Point Test
Ductility Test Apparatus
Pensky- marten apparatus
Design Chart for 30 msa & 4% CBR value

LIST OF TABLES
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Vehicle Damage Factors
Resilient Modulus of bituminous mixes
Average vehicle Count of 7 days
PCU Conversion Factors
Normal Vehicles into PCU conversion table
Readings of Standard Proctor Test
Standard load in CBR test

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Permissible Variation in CBR value

CBR test values of Sample-1
CBR test values of Sample-2
CBR test values of Sample-3
Final CBR values of samples
Limiting Aggregate Impact Values
Aggregate Impact Value Test Readings
Aggregate Crushing Value Results
Flakiness Index Readings
Readings of Elongation Index test
VG 40 grade Bitumen Properties
Thickness of different layers in Flexible pavement

LIST OF ABBREVATIONS