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HIGHWAY AND TRANSPORTATION THICKNESS OF BASE USING MCLEOD’S

ENGINEERING METHOD
12. In a plate bearing test, a pressure of 41 psi was
RIGID PAVEMENT required to deflect a 30 inches diameter plate by 0.2
SITUATION 1: A rigid pavement is used to carry a in. A flexible runway pavement is to be designed for
wheel load of 160 kN. If the allowable tensile stress a deflection of 0.5 in under a single wheel load of
of concrete is 5 MPa, 40000 lb with a tire pressure of 120 psi. Compute the
1. Determine the thickness of the pavement if the thickness of a granular base using McLeod’s method.
rigid pavement could carry the load without dowels. Use the value of k = 50 for the actual contact area
(310mm) and a conversion factor of 2.1 for a subgrade
2. Determine the thickness of the pavement at center pressure corresponding to the actual contact area
if dowels are used across the joints. (155mm) and deflection of 0.5 in. (7.21 in.)
3. Determine the thickness of the pavement at edge
if dowels are used across the joints. (220mm) CALIFORNIA BEARING RATIO
13. The CBR value of a standard crushed rock for a
SITUATION 2. A concrete pavement 8m wide and 5mm penetration is 76 kg/cm2 when it was subjected
200mm thick is to be provided with a center to a penetration test by a piston plunger to 6 cm
longitudinal joint using 12mm bars. diameter moving at a certain speed, What is the CBR
Concrete unit weight= 2,400 kg/m3 of soil sample when subjected to a load of 105 kg if it
Coefficient of friction between slab and produces a penetration of 5mm? (4.88%)
subgrade=2.0
Allowable tensile stress of bars=138 MPa 14. The thickness of a pavement is 31.74 cm. A
4. What should be the design spacing of bars. wheel load of 4000 kg with a tire pressure of 8 kg/cm2
(474.3mm) is acting on the surface of the pavement. What is the
5. Determine the length of the longitudinal bars if the maximum CBR value of subgrade soil using this
spacing is 600 mm and the allowable bond stress is load? Use the formula developed by U.S Corps of
0.85 MPa. (1410.69mm) Engineers. (6%)
6. The width of expansion joint gap is 28mm in a
cement concrete pavement. If the laying temperature TRAFFIC INDEX
is 11˚C and the maximum slab temperature is 40˚C, 15. Compute the traffic index if the annual value of
calculate the spacing between the expansion joints. equivalent wheel loads (EWL) is 32,600,000. (9.05)
Assume coefficient of thermal expansion of concrete
to be 9.6x10^-6/ ˚C. (100.598mm) RESIDUAL AND WARPING STRESS
16. Compute the residual strength (kg/cm2) in
FLEXIBLE PAVEMENT concrete slab (pavement) at the edge region if the
SITUATION 3. An asphalt pavement carries a static allowable flexural stress of concrete is 40 kg/cm2 and
wheel load of 120 kN. The circular contact radius of the warping stress at the edge is 21.8 kg/cm2. (18.2)
the tire is 180 mm and the transmitted load is
distributed across a wide area of subgrade at an EDGE LOAD STRESS
angle of 45˚. The subgrade bearing value is 0.30 17. Compute the edge load stress (kg/cm2) for a
MPa while that of the base is 0.60 MPa. concrete pavement having a residual strength of
7. Design the thickness of the pavement. (75mm) 20.56 kg/cm2 and a factor of safety of 1.07. (19.21)
8. Design the thickness of the base. (105mm)
CORNER LOAD IN PAVEMENTS
9. A rigid pavement 10m wide and 200mm thick is to 18. A concrete pavement having a thickness of 15
be provided with center longitudinal joints using cm carries a wheel load of 5100 kg. Compute the
16mm diameter bars. The unit weight of concrete is stress (kg/cm2) if the load is acting at the corner of
23.54 kN/m3, and coefficient of friction of the slab on the slab using Goldbeck’s formula. (68 kg/cm2)
subgrade is 1.50. Assume an allowable working
stress in tension for steel bar is 140 MPa, determine ACCIDENT RATES
the spacing of the longitudinal bars. (797mm) 19. The number of accidents for 6 years recorded in
a certain section of a highway is 5892. If the average
PAVEMENT THICKNESS USING EXPANSION daily traffic is 476, determine the accident rate per
PRESSURE METHOD million entering vehicles. (5652)
10. Compute the pavement thickness by expansion
pressure method, if the expansion pressure is 0.150 20. Determine the average daily traffic entering the
kg/cm2 and the average pavement density is 0.0025 intersection if the accident rate is 5,000 per MEV if
kg/cm3. (600 mm) the total accidents occurred during a ten-year period
11. The stiffness factor of a pavement and the is 3000. (165)
subgrade is 0.45. The modulus of elasticity of the
subgrade is 120 kg/cm2. Determine the modulus of 21. From the given data of traffic counts for a certain
elasticity of the pavement. (1317 kg/cm2) portion of SCTEX are tabulated as shown:
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Average daily traffic (ADT) = 7500 33. A vehicle is moving along a banked circular
Number of crashes per year = 28 curve. The front wheels are 1.50m apart and the
Determine the accident rate for 100 million vehicle curve is banked such that the vertical distance
miles. (170.47) between the inner and outer rail is 15 cm. Find the
minimum radius of curve so that there will be no
SEVERITY RATIO lateral pressure between the wheels and the rails at
22. Data on a traffic accident recorded for the past 5 a speed of 56 kph. (245.43 m)
years on a certain stretch of a two-lane highway is
tabulated as follows. STOPPING SIGHT DISTANCE
YEAR PROPERTY INJURY FATAL 34. A test vehicle moving at 40 kph was stopped by
DAMAGE applying the brakes and the length of the skid mark
2010 110 42 4 was 12.2m. If the average skid resistance of the level
2011 210 54 2 pavement is 0.70, determine the brake efficiency of
2012 182 60 5 the test vehicle. (73.7%)
2013 240 74 7
2014 175 94 6 35. A car moving at 80 kph on a level road suddenly
Compute the severity ratio. (0.275) sees an obstruction 76 m ahead. If the perception
time is 0.5 sec, and the coefficient of friction between
SPACE/TIME MEAN SPEED the tires and the pavement is 0.4, how far from the
SITUATION 4: From the given data: obstruction will it stop? (1.96 m)
VEHICLE DISTANCE (m) TRAVEL TIME
1 200 15 36. A vehicle traveling at 60 kph decelerates into a
2 200 11 full stop when the length of the skid mark is 30 m. If
the coefficient of friction between the tires and the
3 200 9
ground is 0.5, determine the grade of the ramp. (-
4 200 6
2.79%)
5 200 12
23. Compute the time mean speed. (20.75 m/s) DESIGN OF PARABOLIC SUMMIT CURVE
24. Compute the space mean speed. (18.87 m/s) 37. An ascending grade of +2% meets a descending
grade of -1.5% in a vertical summit parabolic curve.
TRAFFIC Compute the sight distance if the length of the curve
SITUATION 5: The number of vehicles observed is 200 m. (155.55 m)
from 4:00 to 5:30 PM is shown in the table. 38. A descending grade of -2% meets an ascending
Determine the following: grade of +3% in a vertical sag parabolic curve.
TIME VOLUME Compute the length of the curve if the sight distance
4:00-4:15 23 is 178 m. (212.64 m)
4:15-4:30 28
4:30-4:45 30 DESIGN OF HORIZONTAL CURVE
4:45-5:00 34 39. A two lane single carriage road has a curve
5:00-5:15 36 radius of 600m. The minimum sight stopping
5:15-5:30 20 distance required is 160m. Calculate the required
25. Determine the peak hour. (4:15-5:15) distance to be kept clear of obstruction in meters.
26. Determine peak hour volume. (128) (5.33m)
27. Determine peak hour factor. (0.889)
40. The clearance to an obstruction is 40m and the
desirable sight distance when rounding a horizontal
SITUATION 6: The peak hour factor (PHF) during curve is 600m. Determine the minimum radius of
rush hour along EDSA is 0.90. The highest 5- minute horizontal curve if the length of curve is 550m long.
volume is 250 vehicles and the space mean speed is (1117.19m)
90 kph.
28. Determine the flow of traffic. (2700veh/hr) RAILROAD ENGINEERING
29. Determine the traffic density. (30 veh/km) 41. A turnout has a frog with the following data:
30. Determine the spacing of vehicles. (33.33 m) Frog Angle= 5˚12’19”
Heel Spread=320mm
DESIGN OF HORIZONTAL CURVE Toe Length=1,870 mm
31. Compute for the minimum radius of horizontal
curve for a design speed of 96 kph. Coefficient of Determine the frog number. (11)
friction is 0.15 and super elevation is 0.067. (334.40 Determine the heel length (3,519.90mm)
m) Determine the total length of turnout. (5,389.90mm)
32. An old curve is to be improved to accommodate
a design speed of 100 kph. If the superelevation is
0.08 and the coefficient of friction is 0.10, what is the
required degree of the curve? (2.62°)

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