Design of Rigid Pavement for Banapur to Gaddankeri (NH-367) road as per IRC-58-2002

Design Parameters

Notation

Unit

Value
2

Tyre Pressure

Load Safety Factor

LSF

98th percentile axle load

kg

Design Period

Years

No. of CV the direction of predominent traffic

1371

Traffic growth rate

0.07

Soaked CBR of subgrade

K value of subgrade soil

Thickness of DLC

10

Effective k of DLC sub-base

11

Flexural Strength of Concrete

kg/cm

1.2
7500
30

%
ksubgrade

7
3

kg/cm
mm

keffective
S

12

Modulus of Elasticity of concrete

13

Poisson's ratio

4.80
100.00

kg/cm3

27.70

45

300000

kg/cm

kg/cm

0.15
0

0.00001

14

Coefficient of thermal expansion

/ C

15

Spacing of contraction joints

3.75

16

Width of slab

3.5

Cumulative repetition in design life

CTraffic

( 30 years)

Design Traffic = 25 % of the total repetitions of CV

DTraffic

Trial slab thickness

Cumulative fatigue life consumed

47269594
11817399

cm

28
0.00

Thickness provided is Safe Against Fatigue Failure

Axle Load Data

Single Axle
Load class
(tonnes)

% of axle
loads

Expected
Repetitions

< 10

34.5

4077003

12.0

10.0

10

19.6

2316210

12.0

14.0

Total

54.10

Fatigue Life,
N

Fatigue Life
Consumed

0.22

0.00

0.31

0.00

Load x LSF Stress (kg/cm2) Stress Ratio

0.00
Tandem Axle

Load class
(tonnes)

% of axle
loads

Expected
Repetitions

< 10

11.60

1370818

12.0

7.50

0.17

0.00

12

0.90

106357

14.4

7.00

0.16

0.00

16

33.40

3947011

19.2

8.00

0.18

0.00

Total

45.90

Load x LSF Stress (kg/cm2) Stress Ratio

Fatigue Life,
N

Fatigue Life
Consumed

0.00

Check for Temperature Stresses (Ste)

Radius of Relative Stiffness

cm

67.10

L/l

5.59

Zone in which pavement is to be constructed

Temperature differential b/w top & bottom of pavement

Bradbury's coefficient
Temperature stress

21
C
Ste

Total Stress due to Temperature and Fatigue

0.782
2

24.63

38.63

kg/cm
kg/cm

Slab is Safe against Edge Stress

Check for Corner Stress (Sc)
Radius of Equivalent circular contact of wheel

cm

25.93

Distance C/c between two Tyres

S1

cm

31

Total Stress due to Corner stresses and Fatigue

kg/cm2

14.80

Slab is Safe against Edge Stress

Design of Dowel Bars

Percentage of load transfer

40

Joint width

cm

Characteristic compressive strength of concrete cube (M-40 grade)

fck

kg/cm2

400

Diameter of dowel bar

cm

3.2

Fb

Permissible bearing stress in concrete

kg/cm

292.28

Assumed spacing between dowel bars

cm

20

Distance from the first dowel bar from the pavement edge

cm

15

Assumed length of dowel bar

cm

50

Dowel bars that are effective in load transfer from the point of application of load = 1.0xradius of relative stiffness
No. of dowel bars participating in load transfer when load is just over the dowel bar close to edge of slab
Total load transfer by dowel group

4
2.21 Pt

Pt

kg

kg/cm3

41500

kg/cm

2000000

Moment of Inertia of Dowel

Relative stiffness of dowel bar embeded in concrete

Bearing stress in dowel bar

max

Load carried by the outer dowel bar

1356.51

Check for Bearing Stress

Modulus of dowel/concrete interaction (dowel support)
Modulus of Elasticity of dowel

5.07

cm

0.24
kg/cm2

251.35

The dowel bar spacing and diameter assumed is safe

Design of Tie Bars

Coefficient of friction

1.5
3

Density of concrete

2400

kg/cm

Type of tie bar used (Plain/ Deformed)

Plain

Allowable Tensile Stress in plain bars (as per IRC:21-2000)

1250

Allowable Bond Stress in plain tie bars

17.5

Diameter of Tie bar

cm

1.2

Spacing and length of the plain bar

Area of steel bar/m width of joint to resist the frictional force at slab bottom As

cm2/m

2.82

Cross sectional area of tie bar

cm

1.13

Perimeter of the bar

cm

3.77

Spacing of tie bars

40.07
Provide at a spacing of 51 cm C/C

Length of tie bar

cm

42.86

Increase the length of 10 cm for loss of bond due to painting and another 5 cm for toletance in placement.
57.86 cm
Provide 58 cm length of tie bar