Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya (Engineering College)

(An Autonomous Institution)

Standard Procedure

UNEVENNESS MEASUREMENT BY BUMP

INTEGRATOR
IRC:SP:16-2004
OBJECTIVE:

 To check functional requirement (unevenness) of an existing pavement.

PROCEDURE:

 The stretch of road to be tested is identified and the start and end points are marked by
bold lines drawn across the pavement width. Usually unevenness measurements are
made along the normal wheel paths, by making the test runs such that the test wheel of
the bump integrator runs along the desired wheel path.
 While conducting the tests on undivided roads, the first test run is made along the left
wheel path on the onward trip from the starting point to the end. In the return trip, the
test wheel is run along the other wheel path.
 The digital units/counters, one indicating the cumulative value of undulations and the
other indicating the number of revolutions of the test wheel (on the road length
traversed) may be set to read zero when the test wheel crosses the starting line, or else
the initial readings may be noted down.
 When the test wheel of the Bl unit crosses the ending line, the readings of both the
counters are noted and recorded. The hauling vehicle and the Bl unit are reversed and
the test run is made along the other wheel path in the counter run, noting down the
initial and final readings.
 Similarly, total three to four test runs are made along each wheel path so as to determine
the mean value of unevenness.
 In the case of divided highways with multiple lanes, the study may be planned to cover
each wheel path during each test run in each direction and the required number of test
runs may be made along each wheel path.
 It is preferable that the hauling vehicle with the bump integrator starts from a location
30 to 50 m before the actual starting line of the test stretch so that by the time the vehicle
reaches the starting line, a uniform speed of 30 kmph can be maintained; when the test
wheel just crosses the starting point, both the counters are set to zero.
 When the test wheel crosses the ending line, the readings are noted and recorded, while
maintaining the uniform speed of the test run and the vehicle and the trailer unit may
be slowed down and turned after a further distance of about 30 to 50 m, at a convenient
location.

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