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This document provides an example calculation for designing a flexible pavement structure for a two-lane road with a daily traffic volume of 6,600 vehicles and 15% commercial vehicles, growing at 7% annually. It determines the equivalent standard axles, hourly traffic capacity, estimated future traffic volume, and required structural number. Through an iterative process, it selects layer thicknesses for the wearing surface, binder, base, and subbase that satisfy the structural number requirement and minimum thickness criteria, totaling 55 cm.

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Example Atj 585

This document provides an example calculation for designing a flexible pavement structure for a two-lane road with a daily traffic volume of 6,600 vehicles and 15% commercial vehicles, growing at 7% annually. It determines the equivalent standard axles, hourly traffic capacity, estimated future traffic volume, and required structural number. Through an iterative process, it selects layer thicknesses for the wearing surface, binder, base, and subbase that satisfy the structural number requirement and minimum thickness criteria, totaling 55 cm.

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EXAMPLE CALCULATION 6

Question:

The following conditions are given:-


Class of road = R5
Initial daily traffic volume (ADT) = 6,600
Percentage of commercial vehicles = 15%
Annual growth rate = 7%
Equivalence factor = 2.0
Subgrade CBR = 5%
Rolling terrain

Solution:

i) Initial annual commercial traffic for one way, Vo

Vo = ADT x Pc/100 x 0.5 x 1.0 x 365


= 6,600 x 0.15 x 0.5 x 1.0 x 365
= 181,000

ii) Accumulative sum of commercial traffic one way for 10 year


design period


V 1  r   1
Vc  o
x

r
=
 
181,000 1  0.07   1
10

0.07
= 2.5 x 106
iii) Total Equivalent Standard Axles

ESA = Vc x e
= 2.5 x 106 (2.0)
= 5.0 x 106

iv) Maximum hourly one way traffic flow

c=IxRxT Table 3.6; I = 1000,


= 1000 x 1.0 x 0.77 Table 3.7; R = 1.00
= 770 vph Table 3.8; T = 100/(2Pc +
100)
= 100/(30 +100)
= 0.77
Assuming hourly capacity is 10% of daily capacity
C = 10 x c
C = 7,700 veh/day/lane
v) The estimated daily traffic Vx after 10 years is given by

ADT
Vx  V1 1  r  x  1  r  x
2
6,6001  0.07 
10
= = 6490 veh/day/lane
2

Check for C and Vx  C > Vx (OK!!!)

vi) Selection of structural number, T’A

From Figure 3.5, the nomograph shows that for a ESA of 5.0 x
106, the required T’A is 26 cm

vii) Design of layer thickness

TA = a1D1 + a2D2 + …+ anDn

Layer Material Coefficien Allowabl


t e
Thicknes
s
a1 Asphalt 1.00 9 - 15 cm
a2 Concrete

a3 Mechanically 0.32 10 – 20
Stabilized cm
Crushed
Aggregate 0.23
10 - 30 cm
Sand

1st Trial:
D1 = 12.5 cm
D2 = 18.0 cm
D3 = 20.0 cm

Then, TA = 1.0 x 12.5 + 0.32 x 18 + 0.23 x 20


= 25.36 cm < T’A (26.0 cm)

2nd Trial
D1 = 15 cm
D2 = 20.0 cm
D3 = 20.0 cm

Then, TA = 1.0 x 15 + 0.32 x 20 + 0.23 x 20


= 26 cm  T’A

Taking into consideration the minimum thickness requirements, the


pavement structure then comprise of the following layer thicknesses.

Wearing = 5 cm
Binder = 10 cm
Base = 20 cm
Subbase = 20 cm

TOTAL PAVEMENT THICKNESS = 55 cm

Cross Section of the Flexible Pavement Design

Wearing Course 5 cm
Binder Course 10 cm
Base Course 20 cm

Subbase Course 20 cm

Subgrade

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