Flexible Pavement Design - Base Data
Name of work Strengthening of Kumbakonam Mannargudi
Adhirampattinam Road Km 24/8 - 37/0 & 38/4 - 47/0
Carriageway width Two lane
Classification of road SH
Design life 15
Initial traffic (A) (in both 1108
direction) (CVD)
Traffic growth rate 5
Year of traffic census 2017
Terrain Plain
Current year 2017
Construction period 1
CBR Values of subgrade used for Yes
calculcation of 90th Percentile 4,4,3,4
CBR Calcuation
90th Percentile CBR of sub grade 3.4
Whether subgrade to be replace No
with borrow material
CBR of select sub grade (borrow
material)
Whether stage construction Yes
involved
If yes, life of bituminous layers 5 Years
Grade of Bitumen for wearing VG30
course and binder course
TNHD_Pave_V 3.1 1/6 Released in - Jul.2015
Flexible Pavement Design - Base Data
Initial Traffic after completion of =1108x(1+5%)^(2017-2017+1)x1
construction
1163 CVD
Whether Axle Load Survey No
conducted?
If yes, VDF value from Axle Load 0
Survey
Vehicle Damage Factor used for 3.5
design traffic
Lane Distribution Factor 0.5
Design Traffic =365 * ( (1+r)^n - 1) * A * D * F )/ r
For 15 Years =365x1163x((1+0.05)^15-1)x0.5x3.5/0.05/1000000
16.03 MSa
For 5 Years =365x1163x((1+0.05)^5-1)x0.5x3.5/0.05/1000000
4.10 MSa
% volume of air voids (Va) to be 4.5
adopted in DBM
% volume of bitumen (Vb) to be 11.5
adopted in DBM
Type of Binder Course Adopted DBM
Stage construction can be Rs. 6500.00
adopted
Rate of DBM used for cost Rs. 7000.00
analysis
Note:
On the basis of economic analysis BM can be adopted upto 53 mm
Stage construction can be adopted
TNHD_Pave_V 3.1 2/6 Released in - Jul.2015
80th and 90th percentile CBR values
Entered CBR Values
4,4,3,4
120
100
80
y = -25x + 175
90 60
3.4
90 3.4 3.4 90
Percentile ---->
80 40
3.8
80 3.8 3.8 80
20
0
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4
CBR ---->
Equation of the CBR graph is y = -25x + 175
a b c d
-25 0 0 + 175
90
80
CBR values for 90 80
3.40 3.80
TNHD_Pave_V 3.1 3 of 6 Released in - Jul.2015
Design of flexible pavement - strain check
Strengthening of Kumbakonam Mannargudi Adhirampattinam Road Km 24/8 - 37/0 & 38/4 - 47/0
CBR = 3.4
Poisons ratio for cemented layers 0.25
Poisons ratio for all the other layers 0.35
Assumed Layer thickness for [Link] Base and Granular Subbase
BC = 40 105 Thickness of BC & DBM
DBM = 65
WMM = 250 540 Thickness of GSB + WMM
GSB = 290
645
MSA 4.10 Bitumen layer IITPAVE to be run for 3 layer analysis
16.03 Granular layer
5 Yrs = 4.10
10 Yrs = 9.34
15yrs = 16.03
Resilient modulus (M)
M Subgrade = 10*CBR For CBR <= 5
0.64
= 17.6*(CBR) For CBR > 5
M Subgrade = 34.00
M Granular = 0.2 x E subgrade x h^0.45
= 115.368197
M Granular = 115
DBM MR of Bituminous layers
For BM Table 7.1 of IRC 37-2012 (For DBM)
2300 VG10 Temp 20oC
o
500 2000 VG10 Temp 25 C
M Bitumen = 1700 700 1700 VG30 Temp 35oC
o
3000 VG40 Temp 35 C
TNHD_Pave_V 3.1 46 Released in - Jul. 2015
Allowable Strain Calculation
Horizontal Tensile Strain at the bottom of the bituminous layers
Calculation of Tensile strain
Nf = 2.21 x 10^ - 4 x {1/εt}^3.89 x [1/MR]^0.854 for 80 % reliability
Nf = 0.5161 x C x 10^ - 4 x {1/εt}^3.89 x [1/MR]^0.854 for 90 % reliability
Where C = 10^M, M=(4.84x (Vb /(Va+Vb)-0.69))
Va = 4.5 Vb = 11.5
1/εt = 2233.02357 #VALUE!
εt = 447.82E-06 Allowable Tensile strain
εt
Horizontal Tensile Strain at the bottom of the cemented base
Not Applicable
N= RF x [ (113000/E0.804+191) / εt ]12 RF = 1 if >1500 CVD and 2 if <1500 CVD
N= N/A
1/εt = N/A
εt = N/A in microstrain
εt = 000.00E+00 Allowable Tensile strain
Vertical Compresive Strain at the bottom of the Granular sub base
Calculation of Vertical strain
N = 4.1656*10^-8*(1/εv)^4.5337 for 80 % reliability
N = 1.41*10^-8*(1/εv)^4.5337 for 90 % reliability
1/εv = (16030000/(4.1656*10^-8))^(1/4.5337)
1/εv = 1648.44958
εv = 606.63E-06 Allowable Vertical strain
Comparison of allowable strain with actual strain(from IITPAVE)
Values given below are micro strain
Allowable Actual
Tensile strain at the bottom of bituminous layers 448 micro Strain 447 micro Strain
0 micro Strain 0 micro Strain
Vertical compressive strain at the top of Sub grade 607 micro Strain 600 micro Strain
The selected section is safe
TNHD_Pave_V 3.1 56 Released in - Jul. 2015
IITPAVE Result
No. of layers 3
E values (MPa) 1700.00 115.00 34.00
Mu values [Link]
thicknesses (mm) 105.00 540.00
single wheel load (N) 20500.00
tyre pressure (MPa) 0.56
Dual Wheel
Z R SigmaZ SigmaT SigmaR TaoRZ DispZ epZ epT epR
105.00 0.00-0.1641E 0.9737E 0.7760E0.1778E-01 0.8514E0.4568E-03 0.4468E-03 0.2898E-03
105.00L 0.00-0.1642E0.1654E-01-0.2992E-01-0.1778E-01 0.8514E0.1286E-02 0.4468E-03 0.2898E-03
105.00 155.00-0.1347E 0.7573E 0.1930E0.7132E-01 0.8696E0.2749E-03 0.4335E-03-0.1466E-04
105.00L 155.00-0.1347E0.1641E-01-0.5458E-01-0.7132E-01 0.8696E0.9554E-03 0.4335E-03-0.1466E-04
645.00 0.00-0.1803E-01 0.2962E-01 0.2606E-01-0.2870E-02 0.5471E0.3262E-03 0.2331E-03 0.1913E-03
645.00L 0.00-0.1803E-01 0.1923E-02 0.8637E-03-0.2871E-02 0.5471E0.5589E-03 0.2333E-03 0.1912E-03
645.00 155.00-0.1923E-01 0.3141E-01 0.2931E-01-0.3649E-02 0.5600E0.3520E-03 0.2425E-03 0.2178E-03
645.00L 155.00-0.1923E-01 0.1992E-02 0.1370E-02-0.3645E-02 0.5600E0.6003E-03 0.2425E-03 0.2178E-03
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