Pavement Analysis and Design
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The official GTU curriculum for Pavement Analysis and Design (subject code 2184008) as prescribed for Civil Infra · Semester 8 divides the course into 5 units, covering 41 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (2184008)Unit 1 Factors Affecting Pavement Design
- Variables Considered in Pavement Design
- Types of Pavements
- Functions of Individual Layers
- Classification of Axle Types of Rigid Chassis and Articulated Commercial Vehicles
- Legal Axle and Gross Weights on Single and Multiple Units
- Tire Pressure
- Contact Pressure
- EAL and ESWL Concepts
- Traffic Analysis: ADT, AADT
- Truck Factor
- Growth Factor
- Lane Distributions & Vehicle Damage Factors
- Effect of Transient & Moving Loads
Unit 2 Stresses In flexible Pavement
- Vehicle-Pavement Interaction: Transient
- Random & Damping Vibrations
- Steady State of Vibration
- Experiments on Vibration
- Stress Inducing Factors in Flexible and Rigid pavements
- Stress In Flexible Pavements: Visco-Elastic Theory and Assumptions
- Layered Systems Concepts
- Stress Solutions for One, Two and Three Layered Systems
- Fundamental Design Concepts
Unit 3 Stresses in Rigid Pavements
- Westergaard’s Theory and Assumptions
- Stresses due to Curling
- Stresses and Deflections due to Loading
- Frictional Stresses, and Stresses in Dowel Bars & Tie Bars
Unit 4 Design of Flexible Pavements
- Factors effecting Design
- Deflection studies in Flexible Pavements
- Present Serviceability Index
- IRC guidelines for Flexible Pavements
- Pavement Performance and methods- AASHTO and Asphalt Institute Method
- Need for Overlays
- Overlays design methods for Flexible and Rigid pavements
Unit 5 Design of Rigid Pavements
- Factors effecting Design - Wheel load & its repetition
- subgrade strength & proportion
- strength of concrete - modulus of elasticity
- Reinforcement in slab
- Design of joints
- Design of Dowel bars
- Design of Tie bars
- IRC and AASHTO methods of Rigid Pavement design
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