Symbiosis Institute of Technology

SIT

Branch: Civil Engineering

Batch: 2013- 2017

Semester-VIII

Course Code - 070121811

Course Name Pavement Design & Construction
Credit Points
3

Teaching Hrs/Week
3

Objective

To make students familiarize with pavement structure, flexible

and rigid pavements, materials, design of flexible and rigid
pavements, drainage and culverts and concrete road
construction.

Prerequisites

Geotechnical Engineering I & II

Unit
1

Topic Name
Introduction

Practical Hrs/Week
-

Details
Hrs
Pavement structure and functional 08
attributes.
Factors
affecting
pavement design. Types of wheel
loads for highways and airports.
Development of design method for
highway and airport pavements.
Stresses in flexible pavements 1layer, 2-layers, 3-Iayer theories EWF.
ESWL load coverage

Pavement materials

Stresses in rigid pavement: load and

temperature stresses. Combined
stresses.
Evaluation of sub grade and
08
pavement materials: group index.
FAA classification. CBR, Triaxial
compression. Dynamic/ Resilient
modulus, embankment design and
construction
Grading requirements for
aggregates. Selection of bases and
sub base materials (including
stabilized materials). selection of
different grades of bitumen, types of

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bituminous surfaces.

Skid qualities, bituminous mix

design. design aspects of paving
concrete.
Flexible Pavement Design

Flexible Pavement
Design

08

A airport pavement: Corps of

Engineers (CBR) method. FAA
Method, CDOT method. Asphalt
institute method

Rigid Pavement Design

Highway pavement: Empirical

methods using no soil strength
criteria. Empirical method based on
soil strength. CBR. Design
procedure in Road Note 29(U.K.),
lRC(1984) guidelines, AASHO
method, Asphalt institute method
Rigid pavement Design

08

Airport pavement: PCA methods.

corps of engineers method. PAA
method
Joints and reinforcement
requirement

Drainage & culverts

Concrete road
construction

Highway pavement: current British

procedure. IRC method.
Drainage: importance, principles of
good drainage, surface drainage.
sub-surface drainage, role of
shoulders. Use of geotextiles
Culverts, Causeways; Importance.
Types, site selection
Concrete Road construction: Mix
design, concrete strength, size of
aggregates and gradation,
workability, preparation of base,
form work, placing of reinforcement,
compacting, finishing, curing, joints.

08

08

1. Principales and practice of highway

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Engineering, L R Kadiyali, Khanns publications.

Text Books
2. Highway Engineering, Khanna S.K & Justo
C.E.G. Nem chand
1. The Design and Performance of Road Pavements, croney,
David et al McGraw hill
Reference Books

Related Websites

2. Principles of Pavement Design, ROder and Witciak,

Wiley International.
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/pavement/index.cfm
http://nptel.ac.in/courses/105104098/TransportationII/mod-3-lec1/slide1.html
Internal Assessment 30 marks

Examination Scheme

Term Work Nil

Final Theory Paper 45 marks

070121811, Pavement Design & Construction

Two Tests ( 20 Marks ) +

Five Assignments
(10Marks)
Nil
Written

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