SKSVMA Charitable Trust (Regd.
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Smt. Kamala & Sri Venkappa M Agadi College of Engineering & Technology
Lakshmeshwar 582116 Dist: Gadag
Department of Civil Engineering
03/06/2020
Pavement Design Assignment
Module1
1. Describe the desirable properties of pavements?
2. Explain the strategies adopted in pavement design?
3. List the assumptions and limitations of Boussinesq’s theory?
Module2
1. Explain the ESWL by equivalent deflection criteria concept with neat figure?
2. Design the pavement thickness / section by Kansas method using the following data
Wheel load = 4100 kg
Radius of contact area = 15 cm
Traffic coefficient = 1.5
Rainfall coefficient = 0.9
Design deflection = 0.25 cm
E- Value of subgrade soil = 100kg/cm2
E- Value of base course = 400 kg/cm2
E- Value of 7.5 cm thick bituminous concrete course = 1000 kg/cm2
3. Design a highway pavement for a wheel load of 4100 kg with a tyre pressure of 5 kg/cm2 by Mcleod
method. The plate bearing test carried out on subgrade soil using 30 cm diameter plate yielded a
pressure of 2.5 kg/cm2 after 10 repetitions of load at 0.5cm deflection.
Module3
1. Explain the step by step procedure of conducting Benkleman beam deflection studies for evaluation of
flexible pavement surface condition?
2. Briefly explain the typical types of flexible pavement failures?
3. Explain the design factors for runway pavements?
Module4
1. Calculate the stresses at interior, edge and corner locations of a cement concrete pavement by a
westergaard equation from the following data. P= 5100 Kg, E=3x105 kg/cm2, h=18cm, poisons ratio=0.15,
K=6kg/cm3, radius of contact area=15cm
2. Explain the applications and limitations of Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) method?
3. Explain the design factors for runway pavements?
Module5
1. List the typical failures in rigid pavements and explain any three of them?
2. With sketches describe the various types of joints and their requirements in rigid pavement?
3. Explain functional evaluation by visual inspection and unevenness measurements?
