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This document contains a 10 question assignment for a pavement analysis and design course. The questions cover topics such as flexible pavement analysis, stress-strain relationships in mechanical models, effects of tire pressure on pavement imprint area, nonlinear pavement analysis, sources of water ingress in pavements, converting axle loads to equivalent single axle loads, and calculating load factors for flexible and rigid pavements. Students are asked to show working, make calculations, draw figures, and provide brief explanations to answer the questions.

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Assignment: Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani

This document contains a 10 question assignment for a pavement analysis and design course. The questions cover topics such as flexible pavement analysis, stress-strain relationships in mechanical models, effects of tire pressure on pavement imprint area, nonlinear pavement analysis, sources of water ingress in pavements, converting axle loads to equivalent single axle loads, and calculating load factors for flexible and rigid pavements. Students are asked to show working, make calculations, draw figures, and provide brief explanations to answer the questions.

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Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani

Pilani Campus
Assignment
CE G518 Pavement Analysis & Design
Semester -2; March 15, 2019 , Deadline 15 March 6 PM

T
Answer the questions in the space provided on the this sheet. Submit in hard copy by 6 PM
March 15 2019.

EN
Name (In Block Letters):
Student ID.: Invigilator Sign.:

Question: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total
Points: 4 11 2 2 5 2 2 5 7 10 50
Score:

Paper starts from here

(a)

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1. State true [T] and false [F] for following statements with brief explanation. Points will be awarded
only if explanation is correct.
Flexible pavements are more suitable for places where subgrade strength is uneven. 2
GN
(b) Dynamic modulus is ratio between stress and unrecovered strain. Due to compressive or 2
SI

tensile nature of stress the value of dynamic modulus can be positive or negative.
AS

2. Two different mechanical models (Model 1 and Model 2) shown in figure below is subjected to stress
load. Answer the following.

E η
E η
σ σ
σ σ E η
Model 1
Model 2

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(a) For loading 1 draw the strain response curve for Model 1 and Model 2. 2

T
t1 t2 t
Loading 1

M EN
GN
(b) For loading 2 draw the strain response curve for Model 1 and Model 2. 3
σ

t1 t2 t
SI

Loading 2
AS

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(c) For loading 2 draw the stress-strain curve for Model 1 and Model 2. 4

T
M EN
(d) What is the reason behind different stress-strain curve of Model 1 and Model 2 under Loading 2
2?
GN
SI

3. What do you understand by linear viscoelasticity? 2


AS

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4. What is the effect of tyre pressure on imprint area? 2

T
EN
5. Draw a vehicle speed vs. time of loading plot. Consider the imprint radius of tyre as 6 inch. Hint: 5
take speed in range of 50-100 km/hr.

M
GN
SI
AS

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6. Write a short note on nonlinear analysis of flexible pavement. 2

T
M EN
GN
7. What are different source of water which can ingress in pavement drainage layer? 2
SI
AS

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CE G518 Assignment, Page 6 of 8 March 15, 2019

8. The number of trucks counted during 7-day period is presented in the table below. Use this data 5
and fourth power law to convert any axle load to an LEF and calculate the truck load factor for a
flexible pavement.

Single Axle Tandem Axle


Axle Load (Ib) Frequency Axle Load (lb) Frequency
5000-9999 3487 15000-19999 1924

T
10000-14999 453 20000-24999 1021
15000-19999 121 25000- 34999 546
20000-25000 53 35000- 40000 101

M EN
GN
SI
AS

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CE G518 Assignment, Page 7 of 8 March 15, 2019

9. Use the data of question 7 and AASHTO LEF equation to calculate the truck load factor for a rigid 7
pavement. Rigid pavement slab thickness is D = 12”, take the terminal serviceability as pt = 2.5.

T
M EN
GN
SI
AS

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10. Compute the vertical stress at A for the two layer pavement system shown in figure below. 10

T
M EN
GN
SI
AS

End of exam

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