Project Name - Khalifa Port logistics phase 2- infrastrucure contract no.

2101-264
PAVEMENT DESIGN - LAYERED ANALYSIS (Interlock Block Pavement - Access road)
The flexible pavement design is primarily based on TR-513 Abu Dhabi pavement design manual and AASHTO guide for design of
pavement structures 1993. The truck traffic is assumed for access road for utility buildings and is computed in the calculation. The
design subgrade of 15% CBR has been used as provided in the Phase-1 project. It is recommended to use 300mm thick subgrade
Reference
improvement layer of granular material (CBR>30%) if weak ground having CBR less than 10 is within 0.5m of subgrade bottom level
is encountered. Capillary beak layer of 15cm to be used if the HAT is found wihtin 1.50m from top of paving level. Geogrid shall be
used in the base layer. The design life of 20 years considered.
Design Data

Design Years Traffic

Axle Loads for Trucks is taken = 60 Ton (120Kip) & 40 T (89.6Kip)
Base Year(Opening of the development) = 2021 Design Vehicle as stated in TD
Peak Hour Traffic (Both Direction) = 7.000 Traffic volume given by TD
Average Daily Traffic (ADT) = 7.000 No. of trip per day (assumed)
Annual Traffic @ Year 2041 2039 = 51,100 = Daily Traffic X 365 X 20
Traffic Distribution as per Tender Docs (20 years)
= Given Traffic
1- Heavy Trukcs @ 40 T = 0.04 m trips
Growth Factor = 0% AASHTO: Table no. D20
Total Traffic in this Phase = 51,100 = First Year Annual traffic X GF

Total Traffic = 51,100

Directional Distribution (Dd) = 100% AASHTO: Section 2.1.2
Lane Distribution Factor (DL) = 100% & AD PDM : Section 2.3.7 & 2.3.6
Design Life Total Traffic 51,100

% Split and Truck Factors

Axles % Split Traffic Truck Factor ESAL (20 year) * Truck load factor for Semi-truck
Car 0 0 0.0008 0 of 40 Ton is assumed
Light Truck 2 0 0 0.25 0 Approx. Total
0.3
Medium Truck 2 0 0 1 0 ESAL (million ** TF = (ƩP * EALF)
Heavy Truck 3 & More 40 Ton 100 51,100 6.5 332150 Eq 2.9 and 2.10 - AD PDM Pg-19

TOTAL ESAL DURING DESIGN LIFE (Million) 0.3 ESAL= Traffic X Truck Factor

Addition of base and

0.30
TOTAL ESAL (Million) design life ESAL

Other Factors (AASHTO Design of Pavement Structure)

Po Pavement Serviceability Index = 4.2 P0 as per DoT PDM: Table 4-2

Pt Terminal Serviceability Index = 3 Pt as per DoT PDM: Table 4-2
dif PSI Difference Po - Pt = 1.2
Sn req Structural Number = 3.2
CBR California Bearing Ratio = 15 % As per Contract documents
Mr Modulus Resillance (psi) Subgrade = 14457.37 As per ADM RDM MR= 1500*CBR if CBR =< 10 or
MR= 2555*(CBR^0.64) if CBR >10
Subbase = 18,000 AASHTO Figure2.7
Aggrgate Base course = 30,000 AASHTO-PDM - Fig 2.6 Pg-II-19
R Realibility Factor = 99.9 ADM : Table 600.2
Zr Table 4.1 page I-62 = -3.09 AASHTO: Table 4.1
So Standard Deviation = 0.45 DoT PDM : Section 4.2.1
W18 Design ESAL (million) = 0.30
Calculation of Layer Structural numbers

Equivalent total ESAL at fixed Sn = 3.2

Zr X So = -1.3905 a
2.32 X Log(Mr) - 8.07 = see table b
9.36 x Log(Sn+1) -0.2 = see table c
Log(Dif PSI / (4.2-1.5)) = -0.352182518 d
0.4+(1094/(Sn+1)5.19) = see table e

Trial Sn b c e Log W18 W18 Million

Subgrade (sn3) 3.2 1.5814072 5.633613 1.037314 5.485007 305,496.79 0.30
Subbase (sn2) 2.9 1.8022322 5.332365 1.336250 5.480537 302,368.58 0.30
Base (sn1) 2.3 2.3169213 4.653290 2.628076 5.445704 279,064.15 0.30

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Project Name - Khalifa Port logistics phase 2- infrastrucure contract no. 2101-264
PAVEMENT DESIGN - LAYERED ANALYSIS (Interlock Block Pavement - Access road)
The flexibleLayer
Pavement pavement design (SN)
Thickness is primarily based on TR-513 Abu Dhabi pavement design manual and AASHTO guide for design of
pavement structures 1993. The truck traffic is assumed for access road for utility buildings and is computed in the calculation. The
design subgrade of 15% CBR has been used as provided in the Phase-1 project. It is recommended to use 300mm thick subgrade
Sn = a1D1
improvement layer of granular + a2D2m2
material + a3D3m3
(CBR>30%) if weak ground having CBR less than 10 is within 0.5m of subgrade bottom level
is encountered. Capillary
D =beak
Surfaces,
layer of
base
15cmandtoSub
be used
base ifthickness
the HAT is found wihtin 1.50m from top of paving level. Geogrid shall be
used in the base layer.aThe design life of 20 years considered.
= Coeffiecient
m= Drainage Coefficient

Calculation of Layer Coefficients

Coefficient value (inch)

CBP a1 0.44 AD PDM : Table 4-3

Agg, Base course a2 0.14 AD PDM : Figure 3-3, pg-31

(CBR 100%) AASHTO-PDM - Fig 2.8 Pg-II-23

Granular Subbase a3 0.13 AD PDM : Table 4-3

(CBR 65%)

m coefficient
Surface -
Agg. -Base 1 (Fair drainage and 1% to 5% time exposure to moisture) AD PDM: Page 48
Sub -base (m3) 1 (Fair drainage and 1% to 5% time exposure to moisture)
Calculation of Pavement Thickness
CBP Granular
Agg.Base (D2)
(D1) Subbase (D3)
Total
Cal. Thickness (in) 5.23 7.10 9.96 22.29
Cal.Thickness (mm) 133 180 253 566
Prop.Thkness (mm) 110 0 260 370

a1D1 a2D2m2 a3D3m3 Sn Required Sn

1.91 0 1.33 3.24 3.2 1 Pavement Thickness OK

Pavement Layer Thickness

Des- Preliminary (conventional design)

80mm Concrete Block paving

30mm sand levelling course Design Mix, Gradation and Aggregate
0mm (Aggregate Base course CBR 100%) size should follow latest
specifications
260mm Granular Subbase Course (CBR 125%)
ADG - 21 -- Standard construction
**"Section to be optimized with Geogrid "
specifications
The computed Structural number for above pavement is 3.24 which is greater than the required structural number
of 3.2 to carry the total traffic during the design life upto year Annual Traffic @ Year 2041. Thus proposed pavement is structurally
adequate to meet the given traffic loading and frequency.

Des- Final (Geogrid Tensar Spectra Method design) - Tensar TX5

80mm Concrete Block paving

50mm sand levelling course
Tensar spectra method calculation
150mm (Granular Sub-base course CBR 125%)
TX5 - Tensar Geogrid mechanical stabilization
** Geogrid design calculations is attached in appendix

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