UNIVERSITY OF KERALA - College of Engineering, Trivandrum
UNIVERSITY OF KERALA - College of Engineering, Trivandrum
UNIVERSITY OF KERALA - College of Engineering, Trivandrum
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08.806.3 Elective-IV DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION<br />
<strong>OF</strong> PAVEMENTS<br />
L T P/D Cr<br />
3 0 0 3<br />
Module I<br />
Types <strong>of</strong> pavements-Flexible, rigid and composite pavements-Functions <strong>of</strong> various layers <strong>of</strong> pavements-prime<br />
coat, tack coat, seal coat-Design factors, wheel load, equivalent single wheel load, repetition <strong>of</strong> loads, Elastic<br />
moduli, climatic variation-Comparison <strong>of</strong> Highway and Airport pavements.<br />
Design <strong>of</strong> Flexible pavements-Analytical method-Stresses in homogeneous mass-Boussinesq’s theory-<br />
Burmister’s layer theory-Group index method-IRC method <strong>of</strong> design<br />
Design <strong>of</strong> overlays as per IRC<br />
Performance based design-AASHTO method<br />
Module II<br />
Rigid Pavements-Westergaard’s approach-Bradbury’s stress coefficients-IRC method <strong>of</strong> design.<br />
Temperature Stresses in Concrete pavements-Warping stress-Frictional Stress-Combination <strong>of</strong> stresses.<br />
Joints in Concrete pavements-Necessity-requirements-Types-Expansion joints-Contraction Joints-Construction<br />
joints<br />
Design <strong>of</strong> joints-dowel bars and tie bars<br />
Design <strong>of</strong> Airport pavements-requirements <strong>of</strong> airport pavements,overview <strong>of</strong> design methodology,design <strong>of</strong><br />
flexible and rigid airport pavements.<br />
Module III<br />
Road Construction- Wet mix macadam, bituminous macadam, premix carpet, bituminous concrete.<br />
Highway drainage-principles <strong>of</strong> surface drainage-Design <strong>of</strong> cross section <strong>of</strong> drainage channel-sub surface<br />
drainage, base drainage, sub grade drainage<br />
Pavement evaluation-Functional and structural evaluation-Distress-Serviceability concept-Pavement<br />
management System-Components <strong>of</strong> PMS (introduction only).<br />
References<br />
1. Khanna S.K & Justo C E G, Highway engineering, Nem Chand & Bros,Roorkee.<br />
2. Yang H. Huang, Pavement Analysis and Design, Prentice Hall<br />
3. Partha Chakraborthy and Animesh Das, Principles <strong>of</strong> Transportation <strong>Engineering</strong>, Prentice Hall<br />
India.Private Ltd.<br />
4. IRC codes for flexible pavements; IRC: 37-2001, IRC: 109-1997, IRC: 27-1967, IRC:29-1988, IRC:<br />
94-1986, IRC: 19-1997, IRC:81-1997.<br />
5. IRC codes for rigid pavements: IRC 58-2002, IRC 57-1974<br />
Question Paper: Duration: 3 hours<br />
The question paper consists <strong>of</strong> Part A and Part B.<br />
Part A is for 40 marks. There will be 8 compulsory short answer questions <strong>of</strong> 5 marks each covering entire<br />
syllabus.<br />
Part B is for 60 marks. There will be two questions from each module. The candidate has to answer one<br />
question <strong>of</strong> 20 marks from each module.<br />
Note: No charts, tables, codes are permitted in the Examination hall .If necessary the same shall be given along<br />
with the question paper by the question paper setter<br />
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