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This document summarizes a technical seminar on pavement design presented by Santhosh Chatti. It defines what a pavement is, discusses the functions and requirements of pavement structures. It also describes the different types of pavements, including flexible and rigid pavements. For each type, it outlines the typical layers. Additionally, it covers design factors, elements considered in highway design, information needs for engineers, topics covered in pavement design courses, and references used.

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" Pavement Design ": Technical Seminar ON

This document summarizes a technical seminar on pavement design presented by Santhosh Chatti. It defines what a pavement is, discusses the functions and requirements of pavement structures. It also describes the different types of pavements, including flexible and rigid pavements. For each type, it outlines the typical layers. Additionally, it covers design factors, elements considered in highway design, information needs for engineers, topics covered in pavement design courses, and references used.

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TECHNICAL SEMINAR
ON
 
“ PAVEMENT DESIGN ”
 
Presented By
 
Santhosh Chatti
1VJ17CV036
 
 
Under The Guidance of
 
Miss. Sahana T Swamy
(Assistant Professor)
 Department of Civil Engineering
CONTENTS
• WHAT IS A PAVEMENT?

• FUNCTIONS OF THE PAVEMENT

• REQUIREMENTS OF PAVEMENT STRUCTURE

• TYPES OF PAVEMENT

• DESIGN FACTORS

• ELEMENTS INTO THE DESIGN OF A HIGHWAY

• INFORMATION NEED FOR THE ENGINEERS

• PAVEMENT DESIGN COURSE COVERS

• REFERENCES
What is a Pavement?
• Pavement is the upper part of roadway, airport or parking area

structure.
• It includes all layers resting on the original ground.

• It consists of all structural elements or layers, including

shoulders.
Functions of the Pavement
• Provide vehicle access between two points under all-weather

conditions.
• Provide safe, smooth and comfortable ride to road users without

undue delays and excessive wear & tear.


• Meet environmental and aesthetics requirement.

• Limited noise and air pollution.

• Reasonable economy.
Requirements of pavement structure
• Sufficient thickness to spread loading to a pressure intensity

tolerable by subgrade.
• Sufficiently strong to carry imposed stress due to traffic load.

• Pavement material should be impervious to penetration of

surface water which could weaken subgrade and subsequently


pavement.
• Pavement should be non-frost susceptible.

• Pavement surface should be skid resistant.


Types of Pavement

Types Of Pavement

Flexible Pavement Rigid Pavement


Flexible Pavements
• Flexible pavements will transmit wheel load stresses to the

lower layers by grain-to-grain transfer through the points of


contact in the granular structure.
• The wheel load acting on the pavement will be distributed to a

wider area, and the stress decreases with the depth.


• Taking advantage of this stress distribution characteristic,

flexible pavements normally has many layers.


Layers in Flexible Pavement

Fig.1.0: Typical Cross-section of a Flexible Pavement


Source: https://www.civil.iitb.ac.in/tvm/1100_LnTse/401_lnTse/plain/plain.html
Typical layers of a flexible pavement

Surface Course: This is the top layer and the layer that comes in
contact with traffic.

Base Course: This is the layer directly below the surface course
and generally consists of aggregates (either stabilized or un-
stabilized).
Sub-base Course: This is the layer (or layers) under the base
layer. A sub-base is not always needed.

Sub-grade Course: The "sub-grade" is the material upon which


the pavement structure is placed. The subgrade can often be the
overriding factor in pavement performance.
Stress Distribution Through Granular
Layers

Fig 2.0: Stress distribution though granular layers


Source: theconstructor.org/transportation/rigid-pavement-
composition-structure/5495/
Rigid Pavements

• Rigid pavements have sufficient flexural strength to transmit

the wheel load stresses to a wider area below.


• Compared to flexible pavement, rigid pavements are placed

either directly on the prepared sub-grade or on a single layer of


granular or stabilized material.
• A typical cross section of the rigid pavement is shown in

Figure.
Typical Rigid Pavement Layers

Figure 3.0: Typical Cross section of Rigid pavement


Source: https://www.civil.iitb.ac.in/tvm/1100_LnTse/401_lnTse/plain/plain.html
Typical layers of a rigid pavement
Surface course: This is the top layer, which consists of the PCC
slab, reinforced or continuously reinforced slabs.
Base course: This is the layer directly below the PCC layer and
generally consists of aggregate or stabilized sub-grade.
Sub-base course: This is the layer (or layers) under the base
layer.  A sub-base is not always needed and therefore may often
be omitted.
Wheel Load Distribution

Fig 4.0: Transfer of Wheel Load in Rigid Pavement


Source: theconstructor.org/transportation/rigid-pavement-composition-structure/5495/
DESIGN FACTORS
The various factors to be considers for the design of pavements
are given below,
• Design wheel load

• Subgrade soil

• Climatic factors

• Pavement component materials

• Environmental factors

• Special factors in the design of different types of pavement.


Elements into the Design of a Highway
• Route - Geometric design

• Materials - Mix design

• Pavements - Thickness design


Information need for the Engineers
Topography
• Route (Access)

• Drainage (Hydrology)

• Cut / Fill (Cost)

Existing soils
• Must carry loads

• Determine structural requirements

• Affect drainage and drainage requirements


Weather (Rainfall – Temp. variation)
• Drainage

• Frost Heave

• Durability of Asphalt/PCC

Cost
• High initial cost - Low maintenance cost (high access)

• Low initial cost - High maintenance cost (low access)


Pavement Design Course Covers
Pavement types:
• Flexible (Asphalt Concrete)

• Rigid (Portland Cement Concrete)

Traffic Characterization
• Predict traffic loads over a certain period of years

Material Characterization
• Define material properties
Failure modes/causes:
• Rutting

• Cracking

Specifications
• AASHTO (American Association of State Highway and

Transportation Officials)
• MORTH (Ministry of Road Transport and Highways)

• INDIAN ROADS CONGRESS


REFERENCES
• Er. D Kumar Chowdary and Dr.Y.P Joshi (2014).”A Detailed

Study of CBR Method for Flexible Pavement Design” Int. Journal


of Engineering Research and Application, Vol. 4:2248-962.
• “Khanna .S.K & Justo C.E (March 2001)”, Highway Engineering,

Nem Chand & Bros Publications, Roorkee (U.A), Eighth Edition


• IRC:37-2012, “Guidelines for the Design of Flexible Pavements”

IRC, New Delhi.


THANK YOU

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