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Table 7 Beam Fatigue Test Results

Loading Frequency: 10Hz Waveform Type:
(2)
Peak Tensile Strain: 600 micro strain Haversine
Maximum Number of Cycles:10,00,000 Default Poisson Ratio: 0.35
Testing Temperature: 25ºC Where, Nf = Fatigue life in number of standard
Type of Mix Specimen Initial Termination Number of axles
Number Stiffness Stiffness Cycles to
Failure εt= Maximum tensile strain at the bottom
DBM 1 5248 2624 2,06,530 of bituminous layer, and
2 5262 2631 1,75,600 MR = Resilient modulus of bituminous
3 5184 2592 1,90,450 layer
Average Number of Cycles to Failure for DBM Layer: 1,90,860
The rutting model is given by Equation (3).
BC 1 6085 3042 1,07,260
2 6022 3011 69,590
3 5357 2678 75,260
(3)
Average Number of Cycles to Failure for BC Layer: 84,036
RAP with 1 2420 1210 19648
foamed Where Nr is the number of cumulative standard
bitumen
axles to produce a rutting of 20 mm, and
2 2676 1338 14534
3 2874 1437 16178
εv is the vertical strain at subgrade level, microns.
Average Number of Cycles to Failure for RAP Layer: 16786 To demonstrate the pavement compositions for
different design scenarios, a design problem is
4. DESIGN OF PAVEMENT SECTION taken from a National Highway with 4-lane dual
The pavement sections were designed using carriageway road. Thedesign data are as given
IITPAVE software with different combinations below.
of layers as indicated earlier in introduction Design traffic = 3750 Commercial Vehicles Per
section. The software requires stiffness values (E Day (CVPD) in each direction of travel
for granular layers and MR for bituminous layers)
Design life of pavement = 15 years
of each layer which have been evaluated in the
laboratory. In the case of cement treated granular Annual traffic growth rate = 5 percent.
sub-base the laboratory based E value is given by The Lane Distribution Factor and Vehicle Damage
the following equation. Factor (VDF) are assumed 0.75 and 4.5 as per IRC:
Ectsb = 1000*UCS (1) 37-2012. The design traffic in terms of standard
axles is given by following relation:
Where UCS= 28 days strength of the cement
treated granular material.
For a 28 days UCS of 6 MPa, the above equation (4)
gives the E value of 6000 MPa. Since the sub-base
acts as a platform for the heavy construction traffic,
low strength cemented sub-base is expected to Where, N= Cumulative standard axles,
crack during construction and hence a design value A = Initial traffic in the year of completion of
of around 600 MPa is generally recommended for construction in CVPD,
stress analysis (1). Poisson’s ratio of this layer was
taken as 0.25. n = Design life in years,

For the design of pavement thickness, Fatigue and r = annual growth rate of commercial vehicles in
Rutting equations corresponding to 90% reliability fraction,
were used to determine the allowable strains in D = Lane distribution factor, and
the flexible pavement (1). The equations are given
below: F = Vehicle damage factor.

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