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PASHCHIMANCHAL CAMPUS
Lamachaur, Pokhara/Lekhnath-16
A
Final Year Report on
Design of Rural Road Connecting
Agriculture Campus, Puraunchour to Kharka Gaau-3
Submitted by:
Sandesh Ojha (072BCE102)
Subarna Thapa (072BCE118)
Sudarshan Poudel (072BCE120)
Suman Kc (072BCE124)
Sunil Thapa Chhetri (072BCE128)
Submitted to:
Department of Civil & Geomatics Engineering
Sept. 2019
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Head of Department
Department of Civil and Geomatics Engineering
IOE Paschimanchal Campus
Lamachour,Pokhara
Kaski, Nepal
Acknowledgment
We would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to Department of Civil and
Geomatics Engineering of Institute of Engineering, Paschimanchal Campus for
constructing arena for exchange of knowledge and personal creativity
development. All the mentors and the resources provided by the Campus has been
crucial in our vision that we present today. Projects are at the heart of engineering
and development of the society. These projects will build necessary maturity to
handle real world projects in the future.
We would like to extend our gratitude to Head of Department Er. Dipak Thapa,
Supervisor ErBikram Pandey for providing us with all the necessary guidance and
help to come in this stage. We would never forget valuable suggestions and
instructions about working ideas in the field as well as theoretical knowledge
about the subject from Er. Narayan Prasad Timilsina.
We would also like to thank the president of local ward and local people of
Puranchour for their kind cooperation and assistance. Lastly, we would like to
share our regards to everyone who helped us directly or indirectly in the duration
of our field works and in the preparation of this report.
Members
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Abstract
As prescribed by Tribhuvan University syllabus “Civil Engineering Project” in
final semester serves as an effective tool to get acquainted with practical problem
that one has to face as an application of various theoretical knowledge gained
during the four year course. In the concern subject’s viz. Survey Engineering,
Highway Engineering, Estimating and Costing, Engineering geology etc are
helpful in safe, economic and stable analysis of Roadway Design.
After the completion of this project, the people of this locality will be highly
benefited. To get optimum good result more realistic approach has been
adopted taking in account and the various consequences that may arise during
the real practice. The design were made based on DoLIDAR norms and Nepal
Rural Road Standard (NRRS-2055, 2nd Revision 2071) and the designed surface
is blacktop.
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List of Figures
Fig. 2.1 Horizontal Curve 7
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List of Tables
Table 2.1 Extra Widening 9
Table 4.1 Design Speed 20
Table 4.2 Carriageway, Shoulder and Roadway Width 21
Table 4.3 Set Back Distance 23
Table 4.4 Safe Stopping Distance 24
Table 4.5 Minimum Radius for Horizontal Curve 26
Table 4.6 Computed Superelevation 30
Table 4.7 Minimum Widening for Single Lane Road 31
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ABBREVIATIONS
Symbol Descriptions
AADT :Annual Average Daily Traffic
BC : Beginning of curve
B.M : Benchmark
Cum. : Cubic meter
DoR : Department of Roads
DoLIDAR : Department of Local Infrastructure
Development & Agricultural Roads
RC : Road Centre
ESAL : Equivalent Standard Axle Load
IP : Intersection point
ISD : Intermediate Sight Distance
Km : Kilometer
Kmph : Kilometer per hour
CR : Curve Road
m : Meter
OS : Ordinary Soil
OSD : Overtaking Sight Distance
RL : Reduced Level
R : Radius of Curvature
: Deflection Angle
SSD : Stopping Sight Distance
Sqm : Square Meter
VDF : Vehicle Damage Factor
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SAILENT FEATURES OF THE PROJECT
1. Name of the project: Design of Rural Road Connecting Agriculture Campus
to Kharka Gaau-3, Puranchour
a. Province: Gandaki
b. Zone: Gandaki
c. District: Kaski
2.2 Starting Point: Agriculture Campus, Puranchour
2.3 Ending Point: Kharka Gaau-3, Puranchour
2.4 Geographical Feature
a. Terrain: Hilly (Rolling)
b. Climate: Moderate (Sub-tropical)
c. Geology: Loose and boulder mix soil
d. Hydrology: Precipitation controlled by monsoon
e. Meteorology: Precipitation controlled by monsoon
f. Soil Type: Sandy, Silty and Clayey
3. Classification of road: Village road
4. Length of Road: 2.18 km
5. Geometric Design
5.1. Right of Way: 20 m (10 m on either side )
5.2. Formation Width:
5.3. Road Width: 8 m
5.4. Carriage Width: 7 m
5.5. Shoulder Width: 0.5 m on either side
5.6. Side Drain Shape and Size: Trapezoidal (0.5 m)
5.7. Design Speed: 15 kmph
5.8. Minimum Gradient: 0.5%
5.9. Maximum Gradient: 12%
5.10. Minimum Radius of Horizontal Curve: 10 m
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5.11. Maximum Radius of Horizontal Curve: 100 m
6. Structures
6.1. Side Drains: Lined Drain
6.2. Pipe Culverts: Proposed as cross drainage structure across a small road
6.3. Retaining Structures:
6.4. Gabion Walls
7. Volume of construction
7.1. Earthwork
a. Cutting: 8499.739 m3
b. Filling: 1473.952 m3
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TABLE OF CONTENT
Acknowledgement i.
Abstract ii.
Abbreviation v.
1. Introduction 1-6
1.1 Background 1
1.2 Objectives of The Project 2
1.2.1 General Objectives 2
1.2.2 Specific Objectives 2
1.3 Geology and Morphology 3
1.4 Hydrology and Meteorology 3
1.5 Socio-Economic Study 4-6
2. Literature Review 7-14
2.1 Geometric Design of Road 6
2.2 Horizontal Curves 7-10
2.3 Vertical Curves 10-11
2.4 Road Drainage 11
2.5 Side Drain 12
2.6 Retaining Structure 14
3. Road Alignment and Engineering Survey 15-19
3.1 Road Alignment 14
3.1.1 Factors Controlling Road Alignment 14-15
3.2 Engineering Survey and its Stages 15-19
4. Geometric Design Standards 20-38
4.1 Road Classification 20
4.2 Terrain Classification 21
4.3 Design speed 21
4.4 Cross-Section Elements 21
4.4.1 Carriageway Width 21
4.4.2 Shoulder Width 22
4.4.3 Roadway Width 22
4.4.4 Setback Distance 22-23
4.4.5 Lateral Clearance and Vertical Clearance 24
4.4.6 Right of Way 24
4.5 Sight Distance 24-25
4.6 Horizontal Alignment 25-32
4.6.1 Minimum Radius of Curvature 26-27
4.6.2 Superelevation 27-30
4.6.3 Extra Widening 31-32
4.7 Vertical Alignment 33-37
4.7.1 Gradient 33
4.7.2 Summit Curve 34
4.7.3 Valley Curve 35-36
4.8 Curve Setting 36-37
5. Design and Slope Protection 39-52
5.1 Pavement Design ( DoR Method) 39-42
5.2 Drainage Design 43-46
5.2.1 Side Drain 43-45
5.2.2 Cross Drainage 45-46
5.3 Retaining Structure 47-50
5.4 Slope Protection Works 51-52
5.5 Bio-Engineering Works 52
6. Conclusion and Recommendation 53
Limitations 54
References
Appendices
Appendix-A Abstract of Cost
INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND
Nepal being a landlocked and mountainous country road ways is the major means
of transport. There were almost no motor able road ways prior to 1950s [6], in the
past decade village road extension has been growing challenge due to low budget
and difficult terrain. Rural road has been part of life for people residing in remote
places. Kaski district lying in province no. 4 has about 1348.43km of road network
of which 60.9%(822.01 km) accounts as village road.[5] of the total village road
section only 3.5% is all weather road section. Such village roads are prone to
seasonal deterioration and lack of maintenance just worsens the situation.
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Length
S.No. Road Name Present Condition
km
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• To reduce transportation cost.
• To develop a route that involves community and considers their interest.
• To provide a route that support economic development.
• To manage the upgrading of route in accordance to ecologically sustainable
development principles.
• Handover the finalized field data to local ward for the practical
implementation.
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1.3 GEOLOGY AND MORPHOLOGY
The proposed project area lies on hilly region. The soil along the alignment is stable
and hard mainly consist of gravel mixed soil. No tectonic activity fault is found
around the zone by visual inspection. The overall geology is found to be very good,
some strip on alignment found minor landslide. It is recommended to provide
gabion wall, stone masonry wall and bio-engineering protection for landslidezone.
Almost every type of terrain has been encountered during field works viz. steep,
rolling and plain. The rocks of this area are occupied by low grade metamorphic
rocks. The geology of is also characterized by some large boulders or rocks. The
soil is almost uniform throughout the whole stretch of the road. The hard and dense
soil is best for the foundation of the road. We found soft clayey soil that was very
damp at some regions as well.
The road section stated by visual inspection has comparatively stable soil expect for
some landslide prone regions. The section is comprised of mild slope terrain to steep
vertical cliffs. The remedial measures should be taken around landslide prone areas.
The project area lies in the Northern side from Lamachour, Kaski. The project area
lies in the zone of sub-tropical climatic conditions. The rainfall is mainly due to
monsoon. Almost 80% of rainfall occurs during the monsoon, which starts around
the middle of June and continues until the end of August. Rainfall may also occur in
the pre monsoon (April - May), post monsoon (September - October), and in
winter. During monsoon rainfall, high surface runoff and considerable amount of
flood discharge take place. During winter, the rivulets area is normally dry. The
relative humidity of the area ranges from 60 to 80 percent. The temperature varies
from 5 degree Celsius to 35 degree Celsius. The temperature, rainfall, vegetation,
catchment and discharge characteristics have been considered in the design of the
Road structure.
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1.5 SOCIO-ECONOMIC STUDY
Majority of people in this area are engaged in agriculture. They cultivate vegetables,
maize, millet and paddy crops. People are involved in different government and
private services. Thus, this road construction would help people in transporting their
goods to the nearby market. The area surrounding the road which changes in land
use pattern, price of factory inputs production, and accessibility to schooling,
medical and cultural facilities etc., occur in the influence area of the road.
The settlement in most of the village is hilly. Houses built are of stone masonry and
use of timber and C.G.I sheet for roofing. Some of the houses are RCC as well.
Agricultural product
Maize, Paddy, Wheat, Millet, Mustard are the major crops grown in the area. Major
cash crops cultivated are potato, tomato etc. Orange, bananas are common fruits
planted in the area. Vegetables like cauliflower, cabbage, onion, garlic and radish
are grown for home consumption.
Livestock keeping is very important for the households of the area. Livestock is the
major source of manure for cultivation. Livestock productivity in the area is very
low. Goat, cow, buffalos are the main livestock production of the area. However, in
recent years improved varieties are imported for good yield.
Market
Health
There is one health post near the bazar area and people have to travel all the way to
Pokhara for hospital. Proper access of road will probably enhance and improvise
the quality of health of people.
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Education
Communication
Electricity
Tourism
Kaski district is rich in natural beauties gifts, resources and wonders. There are
many places and things of cultural, historical and religious importance. Likewise,
Puranchour has many beautiful places and sceneries which may attract internal as
well as external tourist. For this reason, it has great potential for the development
of tourism industry.
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CHAPTER – 2
LITERATURE REVIEW
Every project needs different references and guidelines for the successful
completion. For the knowledge and process for the support of project work, the
previous project detail reports of Road designs, Nepal Road Standard (NRS), Nepal
Rural Road Standard (NRRS), training manual for engineers were thoroughly
studied and discussed among the project members. Several Road related
publications, magazine, journals and document study gave us idea about the real
project scenario and guided us for proposed Road project.
The geometric design of Road deals with the dimensions and the layout of visible
features of roads such as alignment, sight distance and intersections. The geometry
of the Road should be designed to provide optimum efficiency in traffic operations
with maximum safety at reasonable cost. The safe efficient and economic operation
of a Road is government to large extent by the care with which the geometric design
has been worked out. Efficient and comfortable operation of traffic only if the
design elements have been meticulously considered. A well-designed Road has to
be consistent with economy. Too liberal standards may not fit with the available
resources, whereas if the standards are too low, the cost of operation may mount up.
Factors affecting the geometric design of road are:
Design speed
The design speed is the most important factor controlling the geometric design
elements of roads. The design speed is decided taking into account of the highway.
It directly affects sight distance, horizontal curve and the length of vertical curves.
Since the speed of vehicles vary with driver, terrain etc. and design speed is adopted
for all geometric design. Design speed is different from the legal speed limit
imposed to curb a common tendency of drivers. Different speed standards have been
assigned depending upon the importance or class of Road.
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Topography
The topography or the terrain conditions influence the geometric design of highway.
The terrain is classified based on the general slope of the country across the
alignment, as plain, rolling, mountainous and steep terrains.
Traffic Factors
The factors associated with the traffic that affects geometric design of Roads are the
vehicular characteristics and human characteristics of the Road users.
Horizontal curves are provided to change the direction at the intersection of straight
alignments either in horizontal plane. The change in direction should be gradual to
secure safety together with comfort to the passengers. They are generally used on
the roads where it is necessary to change the direction of motion.
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Radius of the Horizontal curve
The radius of the horizontal curve is an important design aspect of the geometric
design. The maximum comfortable speed on a horizontal curve depends on the
radius of the curve. Although it is possible to design the curve with maximum super
elevation and coefficient of friction, it is not desirable because re-alignment would
be required if the design speed is increased in future. Therefore, a ruling minimum
radius Rruling can be derived by assuming maximum superelevation and coefficient
of friction.
Rruling
=
e = rate of superelevation
Ideally, the radius of the curve should be higher than Rruling. However, very large
curves are also not desirable. Setting out large curves in the field becomes difficult.
In addition, it also enhances driving strain.
Extra Widening
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component of widening should be sufficient on its own. For single lane roads, only
mechanical widening is required for low traffic.
Superelevation
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Figure No.2.2: Analysis of Superelevation
When two different or contrary gradients meet, they are connected by a curve in
vertical plane which is known as vertical curve. This is provided to secure safety
and adequate visibility together with comfort to the passengers. The most common
practice has been to use parabolic curves in summit curves. This is because of the
ease of setting it out on the field and the comfortable transition from one gradient
to another. Furthermore, the use of parabolic curves gives excellent riding comfort.
In the case of valley curves, the use of cubic parabola is preferred as it closely
approximates the ideal transition requirements. Types of vertical curves are:
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1. Summit curve
2. Valley curve
Summit curve
In the alignment, the summit curve is introduced when an ascending gradient meet
with descending gradient. The maximum permissible gradient taken as 12% and
maximum average gradient is 8% NRRS (2055) 2nd Revision, 2071. During design
sight distance is considered and according to NRRS (2055) 2nd Revision, 2071,
minimum value of stopping sight distance is 15m (for design speed l5km/hr). The
length of summit curves is governed by the choice of sight distance.
Valley curve
In the alignment, the valley curve is introduced when a descending gradient meet
with descending gradient or when ascending gradient meet with ascending gradient
or when ascending gradient meet with ascending gradient. The maximum value of
N adopted is in longitudinal profile 12% and minimum value of N is 2%. During
design, sight distance is considered and according to NRRS (2055) 2nd Revision,
2071, the headlight beam distance is equal to the stopping distance.
Road drainage is the process of removing and controlling excess surface and soil
water with in the right of way. This includes interception and diversion of water
from the Road surface and subgrade. Road drainage is achieved by two methods as
given below:
1. Surface drainage
• Collection of Surface water
• Design of Surface Drainage System
2. Sub surface drainage
• Lowering of water table.
• Control of seepage
• Control of capillary rise
• Drainage of infiltration water
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2.5 SIDE DRAINS
Side drains are for the drainage of the surface water these are provided on the both
side of the Road to drain off the surface water from the carriageway. The
longitudinal slope of drain made parallel to the longitudinal slope of the alignment.
A side drain must satisfy two main criteria if it is to be effective throughout its
design life:
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2.6 RETAINING STRUCTURE
Retaining structure is that type of wall, which is used to resist the vertical mass of
the soil. The primary function of which is to resist the lateral thrust of a mass of
earth on one side and sometime the pressure of sub soil, water and in many cases
the wall may also be required to support vertical loads from the structure above
called sub charge.
Active Earth Pressure: Lateral pressure, which tends to move or overturn the. wall
at all, times and this result of the earth wedge being retained together w1th any
hydrostatic pressure caused by the pressure of ground water.
Passive Earth Pressure: Reactionary pressure that builds up to resist any forward
movement will compromise the soil in front and relation to counteract this
movement.
Angle of repose: It is the natural slope taken by any soil and it is given in terms of
the angle to horizontal base line. Angle of repose varies from 45 to 0 degree for wet
clay but for most of soil angle is nearly about 30 degrees.
Wedge of Soil: It is the mass of soil resting on the upper plane of the angle of
repose.
Surcharge load: A uniform vertical pressure applied to the ground surface in the
vicinity of a retaining wall is called a surcharge load. This surcharge load will result
in an additional horizontal pressure on the wall.
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CHAPTER - 3
The Road alignment may be defined as the position or layout on the ground surface
by the center line of the highway. The Road alignment includes the straight path,
the horizontal deviations and curves. Changes in the gradient and vertical curves
are covered under vertical alignments of Road. To determine the precise position of
the layout of the Road centerline from the design and drawing on the ground during
construction, it is essential to determine three coordinates of all points of the center
line. Thus, Road alignment is located on the ground with the help of two
components. A new Road should be assigned carefully, as improper alignment
results following disadvantages:
• Short
• Easy
• Safe
• Economical
While designing the Road alignment, the distance between the two terminals should
be straight and short as far as possible. Road is often deviated from the shortest
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route in order to fulfill the demand of Road as per the obligatory points. A Road,
which is economical in the initial construction cost, need not necessarily be the most
economical in the maintenance or in the cost of vehicle operation. It is possible the
shortest route may be the costliest route; thus, it is seen that an alignment can
seldom fulfill the entire requirement simultaneously. Hence a judicial choice has to
be made considering all the factors. The various factors, which control the Road
alignment, may be listed as:
• Obligatory points
• Traffic
• Geometric design
• Economics
• Other considerations
Survey Procedure
For the detail survey, we the team of 5 member from Paschimanchal Campus of
fourth year Civil has conducted 6 days survey. The survey team was divided into
two groups to carry out the survey. The first group carried out the fixing of the base
line stations and taking horizontal angles, the second group carried out the Co-
ordinate readings in 20m interval & road edge, road center of every cross-section
data.
1)Map study
2)Reconnaissance
3)Preliminary survey
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Map study
If the topographical map of area is available, it will be easier to find the alternative
path pathway of the highway. In Nepal, topographical maps are available from the
department of survey, Government of Nepal. Then, it is possible to suggest the
likely routes of the Road. The maps are available in 1:25,000 to 1:50,000 scales.
The main features like rivers, hills, and valleys are carefully shown in these maps.
By the study of maps, several alternative routes are found. The probable alignment
can be located on the map from the details available on the maps.
Reconnaissance
It is the second stage of the surveys for the Road alignment. A field survey inspects
a Road stretch of land along the proposed alternative routes of map in the field using
simple instruments like abney level. All the relevant data not available in the maps
are collected and noted down. Some of the relevant details collected during recci
are mentioned below:
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• Number and types of cross drainage structures, maximum flood level
and natural ground Water level along the probable routes.
• Soil types along the routes from the field identification tests and
observation of geological features.
• Sources of construction materials, water and location of stone quarries.
• When the road passes through hilly or mountainous terrain, additional
data regarding the geological formation, types of rock, dip of strata,
seepage flow etc. may be observed so as to decide the stable and unstable
sides of the hill for the road alignment.
As the result of reconnaissance a few alternate alignments may be chosen for further
study.
Preliminary survey
The alignment finalized after the preliminary surveys is to be first located on the
field by establishing the centerline. Then, detailed survey should be carried out for
collecting the necessary data for the preparation of plans and construction details
for the Road project.
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• Detailed Survey: Temporary benchmarks are fixed at all drainage and
under pass structures. The location of BM and traverse points was fixed in
the corridor. The detail cross section of the road corridor was carried out up
to 4 m each side from the center line of the alignment. In addition, the
cross-section of the curve features (RE, RC, CR) were taken.
All topographical details are noted down and also plotted using conventional signs.
Adequate hydrological details are details are also collected and recorded.
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CHAPTER – 4
The geometric design of Road deals with the dimensions and the layout of visible
features of roads such as alignment, sight distance and intersections. The geometry
of the Road should be designed to provide optimum efficiency in traffic operations
with maximum safety at reasonable cost. The safe efficient and economic operation
of a Road is government to large extent by the care with which the geometric design
has been worked out. Geometric design of highway deals with following elements:
Village Road - Smaller roads not falling under District Road (Core Network)
category are Village Roads, including other Agriculture Road.
According to Nepal Rural Road Standard (2055) second revision, the designed road
in this project falls under Village Road category.
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and rolling terrain and varies from 0 to 25 percent cross slope, ‘Hills’ covers
mountainous and steep terrain and varies from 25 to 60 percent and more.
Design speed is one of the basic parameters that determine geometric design
features. The choice of design speeds is linked to terrain and road function and is
shown in the table below. Normally ruling design speed should be the guiding
criterion for the purpose of geometric design. Minimum design speed may,
however, be adopted where the site condition and cost does not permit a design
based on ‘Ruling Design Speed’.
Hills Terai
Road Categories
The width of the carriageway depends on: The dimensions of vehicles using the
road, Speed of travel, Traffic volume, Width of shoulder. If a village Road carries
a traffic volume of more than 100 motorized vehicles per day, the carriageway
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width will be 3.75 m and affect other design parameters accordingly. Due to
different circumstance and cost ineffectiveness basic width of 3.0 m will normally
sufficient.
If the available existing road way width is more than that stated below and the
carriageway is to be paved, the partial remaining road way width between side
drain/ditch and pavement edge can be maintained as hard shoulder and earthen
shoulder.
The different cross-section elements of the roads are carriageway width, shoulder
width according to NRRS (2055) 2nd Revision, 2071 is shown in the table below:
Shoulder Roadway
Carriageway Width (m)
width (m) width (m)
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4.4.4 Setback Distance
Setback distance or the clearance distance is the distance required from the
centerline of a horizontal curve to an obstruction on the inner side of the curve to
provide adequate sight distance at a horizontal curve. The setback distance depends
on:
m = R - Rcos( )
2
= 180 2
2
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m = minimum set-back distance to sight obstruction in meters (measured from the
centre line of the road)
R = radius at the centre line of the road in meters n-distance between the centre line
of the road and the centre line of the inside lane in meters
S = sight distance in meters (measured along the centre line of the road)
We have,
S = 15m
Similarly, the setback distances for all the radius can be calculated as:
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4.4.5 Lateral Clearance & Vertical Clearance
For culverts, the full roadway width shall be carried through including the width of
the shoulders. Normally 1.0 m lateral clearance shall be provided.
Minimum vertical clearance for through structures shall be 5.00 meters. However,
in the case of overhead wires, poles etc. clearance shall be at least 7.0 meters above
the road surface.
Right of way is the area of land acquired for the road along its alignment. For
Village Road, the minimum right of way and distance between building lines will
be 15 m (7.5 m on both sides of the centerline of the road).
Visibility is an important requirement for the safety of travel on the roads. For this
it is necessary that sight distance of adequate length should be available in different
situations to permit drivers enough time and distance to control their vehicles.
The stopping sight distance is the clear distance ahead needed by a driver to bring
his vehicle to a stop before collision with a stationary object in his path and is
calculated as the sum of braking distance required at a particular speed plus the
distance travelled by the vehicle during perception and brake reaction time (lag
distance).
Perception &
Coefficient of Safe Stopping
Speed km/hr brake reaction
Longitudinal Sight Distance, m
time, t(sec)
15 2.5 0.4 15
25
Design Calculation:
=0.278*15*2.5
=10.425 m
= 152/ (254*0.4)
= 2.21m
For Design,
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4.6.1 Minimum Radius of Curvature
v2
e + f=
127 Rmin
Or,
v2
R =
min
127(e + f)
Where,
v = Vehicle Design Speed, km/hr
Rmin= Radius, m
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Design Calculation:
The minimum radius of horizontal curve has been adopted for the road section is
according to the formula as given follows:
v2
Rmin =
127(e+f)
Then,
152
Rmin =
127(0.1+0.15)
= 7.086 m
4.6.2 Superelevation
To counter-act the effect of centrifugal force and reduce the tendency of vehicle to
overturn and to skid laterally outwards, the outer edge of the pavement is raised
with respect to inner edge. Thus, providing a transverse slope is known as Super
elevation. It is represented by “e”. In plain terrain, non-motorized vehicles travel
with high center of gravity, so the maximum value of super elevation shall be
limited to the following values;
• Terai 7%
• Hill 10%
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The designer should aim at providing flatter super elevation but it should not be less
than the camber.
where,
Design Steps:
• STEP 1: Calculate the super elevation necessary for 75% design speed and
assume No lateral friction is developed:
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(0.75 ) 2
i.e. 1 = 127
2
Therefore, 1 = 225
go to step 3
• STEP 3: From the above step we have the value of e. so, check for lateral
friction factor is applied in this step for the known value of e.
2
0.1 + f =
127
2
=
127
– 0.1
• STEP 4: Find the allowable speed for the maximum e = 0.1 and f = 0.15,
= √127 ∗ 0.25
Design calculation:
Radius = 10m
Design speed (V) = 15 kmph
Therefore,
2
e=
225
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152
=
225∗10
= 0.1
= 10% ≤
Hence, ok.
Similarly, the Superelevation for all the radius is calculated. It is presented in the
table below:
10 10
15 6.667
20 5
25 4
30 3.33
35 2.85
40 2.25
45 2.22
50 2
55 1.82
60 1.67
65 1.54
70 1.43
200 0.5
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4.6.3 Extra Widening
At sharp horizontal curves, it is necessary to widen the carriageway to provide safe
passage of vehicles. Widening is dependent on curve radius, width of carriageway
and type of vehicle (length and width). Widening has two components: (I)
mechanical widening to compensate for the extra width occupied by the vehicle on
the curve due to tracing of the rear wheels, and (II) psychological widening vehicles
in a lane tend to wander more on a curve than on a straight reach.
In single lane roads the outer wheels of vehicles use the shoulders whether on the
straight or on a curve. Therefore, use of the mechanical component of widening
should be sufficient on its own.
For single lane roads, only mechanical widening is required for low traffic speed.
2
W=
2
Where,
W = Widening, m
21-
Up to
60
Curve Radius (m) 20 Above 60
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Design Calculation
2
W=
2
Radius Widening
10 1.861
15 1.240
20 0.930
25 0.744
30 0.620
35 0.532
40 0.465
45 0.413
50 0.372
55 0.338
60 0.310
65 0.286
70 0.266
200 0.093
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4.7 VERTICAL ALIGNMENT
4.7.1 Gradient
Gradient is the rate of rise or fall along the length of the road with respect to the
horizontal. While aligning a highway, the gradient is decided for designing the
vertical curve. Before finalizing the gradients, the construction cost, vehicular
operation cost and the practical problems in the site also have to be considered. It
is expressed as a ratio of 1 in x. Sometimes it is expressed as a percentage, n i.e. n
in 100.
Exceptional gradient
3 (%) 12 7 12 7
Limitation of maximum
4 gradient length (m) 300 - 300 -
above average gradient
of 7%
Whatever gradient used the pavement must have sufficient camber to drain storm
water laterally. However, in cut sections or where the pavement is provided with
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Krebs, it is necessary that the road should have some gradient for efficient
drainage. Desirable minimum gradient is 0.5 % if the side drains are lined and 1%
if unlined. Exceptional gradients should be adopted only in very difficult places
and unstable locations in short length in hill.
Summit curves are usually designed to provide adequate stopping sight distance.
The radius of curve is calculated on the basis of formula. Stopping sight distance
(SSD) is considered for design of vertical curves.
2
The minimum radius of summit curve is = . The length of summit curves
=4
is governed by the choice of sight distance. The length is calculated on the basis
of the following formulae:
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Where,
L = Length of curve in m
S = Sight distance in m
At valley curve, the radius of vertical curve is designed considering the night
visibility condition. The maximum value of N adopted is in longitudinal profile
12% and minimum value of N is 2%.
NS2
L=
1.5+0.035* S
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Where,
N = deviation angle, i.e. the algebraic difference between the two grades
Design Calculation
At distance X = ℎ ℎ
2
2
X= 24.1 = 12.05 Y = =0.073
2 2
Horizontal Curves
We have adopted only circular curves in this proposed road. The setting out of
simple circular curves has explained below:
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Tangent Length (T) = R*Tan
2
= Deflection angle
e = Apex distance
Vertical Curves
Since the parabolic curve is considered, minimum radius of vertical curve may be
calculated as:
R = L* 100/N
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CHAPTER – 5
Introduction
N = 365 * (1+ −1
*A*D*F
Where,
N = the cumulative number of standard axles to be catered for the design (msa)
F = Vehicle damage factor which can be obtained using the following table:
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n = Design life in year
r = annual growth rate of commercial vehicle (in the absence of detail traffic study
r can be taken as 7% i.e 0.07)
The traffic in the year of completion is estimated using the following formula:
A = P (1 + r) x
Where,
x is the number of years between the last traffic count and the year of completion
of construction.
Design Calculation:
Given,
= 0.07
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Design life (n) = 15 years
We know,
Now,
Equivalent
standard axle, per
Vehicle type Numbers VDF day
Tractor 40 1.0 40
(1+0.07)15−1
N = 365 * *138*1
0.07
N = 1.27 msa
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Pavement composition from (Annex I):
PC (20 mm)
BM (50 mm)
Table No.5.3
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Figure No.5.2: Pavement Thickness Design Chart 1-10 msa
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5.2 DRAINAGE DESIGN
5.2.1 Side Drain
Generally different typical cross section of drain is used in highway. Among them
trapezoidal, triangular and rectangular cross section are widely used. Different
hydrological data are required for drain design. Economical drain section should be
design as per discharge of rain water at that area. For our project we choose
economical triangular section with rounded bottom is used.
Rainfall Month
intensity
(mm)
94.7 October
0 November
0 December
5.5 January
9.9 February
46.8 March
12.6 April
424.8 May
579.3 Jun
1006.6 July
309.4 August
541.2 September
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Design Calculation:
= 503.3mm/day = 20.97mm/hr
= 0.8*20.97*13/3.6
= 0.60m3/s
Where,
slope of cannel
Take, S=1/1500
N=.04
We have R=A/P
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= (BD+D2) *(1/N*R2/3*S^0.5)
= 0.496 = 0.5cm
• By mixing two or three streams into one and only one cross drainage work
to be constructed, making the structure economical.
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Culvert is a tunnel structure constructed under roadways or railways to provide
cross drainage or to take electrical or other cables from one side to other. The culvert
system is totally enclosed by soil or ground.
Pipe Culvert
Pipe culverts are widely used culverts and rounded in shape. The culverts may be
of single in number or multiple. If single pipe culvert is used then larger diameter
culvert is installed. If the width of channel is greater than we will go for multiple
pipe culverts. They are suitable for larger flows very well. The diameter of pipe
culverts ranges from 1 meter to 6m. These are made of concrete or steel etc.
Chainage: 0+880 m
S= 7%
For maximum discharge through a circular channel, the depth of flow = 0.95 D
= 0.95* 0.6
= 0.57 m
For maximum discharge through a circular channel, the hydraulic radius = 0.29 D
= 0.174
Q=A*V
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5.3 RETAINING STRUCTURES
Retaining walls are structures to support backfill and surcharge load from the fill
section of the road. Normally, it is constructed on the valley side along hill roads.
Breast walls are similar structures constructed along the hillside.
Retaining and breast walls are not normally intended to stabilize slope failures but
are meant to support active or passive earth pressure from the assumed failure
wedge above the base of the wall. Retaining and breast walls are constructed for the
following purposes:
• To minimize the volume of excavation and to achieve cut and fill balanced
sections
• To support the road completely or partially in fill
• To stabilize fill slopes (e.g. tipping areas) and cut slopes
• To support the toe of a weak slope
• To prevent erosion on steep sloping cut faces as revetments
Dry stone masonry walls are the economic earth retaining structures. However, they
do have limitations. For effective functioning, the height of the retaining wall
should be limited to 3.5 m. However, the same is not recommended where there is
scope for continuous flow of water, such as areas where causeways are proposed
and at river/stream banks.
The backfill on the rear side of a dry masonry wall needs to be of selected material
that is pervious in nature. Appropriate compaction in layers is essential to backfill
the material. Dry masonry walls are favored under the following conditions:
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• Dry masonry walls should not be used in drainage outlets, high water flow,
moist and areas with high groundwater.
Design Calculation:
h =5 m
β =70
δ =24
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angle of surcharge (i)=0
safe bearing capacity=600
unit weight of soil (γ) =19 KN/m3
unit weight of concrete(γ') =24 KN/m3
angle of shearing resistance (Ф)=36
depth of foundation (Df) =1
total height (H) =6 m
thickness of base slab =0.5 m
width of base slab (b) =3.6 m
toe projection (tp) =1 m
stem top width =0.5 m
active earth pressure coefficient (Ka)= 0.42
Total active earth pressure (Pa) = 143.64 KN/m2
The total pressure force acts at an angle (δ+(90°-β)) with horizontal
at height H/3 from base = 44 KN/m2
fg=0.18
gd=5.5
eh=2
mk=2
µ=0.45
Stability Analysis:
Factor of saftey against sliding (fs)=µ∑V/∑H > 1.5
Pmax=∑V/B(1+6 )
e=B/2-
∑ ∑
= −
∑ ∑
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Forces (KN) Moments about
Lever toe (KN-m)
S.N. Description Vertical Horizontal arm
(KN) (KN)
Clockwise Anticlockwise
Weight
1 (w1=1/2*γ’*fg*gd) 11.88 1.12 13.3056
Weight
2 (w2=γ’*stem top
width*gd) 66 1.43 94.38
3 Weight
(w3=γ’*1/2*eh*gd 132 2.35 598
Weight
(w4=γ’*thickness
4 43.2 1.8 123.48
of base slab *width
of base slab)
5 Vertical
component of P
(Pav) 99.78 3.19 586.7
6 Horizontal
component of P 103 2.5 257.5
(Pah)
total sum 570.8184 103 814 257.5
Net moment 556.5
if the Net moment value is +ve then clockwise else anticlockwise
Resultant force(R)
367.59 Pressure distribution (kN/m2)
Distance from toe where Pmax 134
1.58
R strikes base (x bar) Pmin 62.08
Eccentricity (e) 0.22
if e comes -ve, means R acts at toe side from the center of base
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5.4 SLOPE PROTECTION WORKS
Slope protection is the process of protecting the slope of roadside to avoid slope
failure. Road construction is the development work but it also had its own
drawbacks. We disturb natural ground condition which make natural ground
condition unstable and under the action of different types of promoting agent like
rain, wind etc. it would detach from natural ground. The road slope disaster is due
to the following several reasons:
• Landslide - Tends to occur on gentle slopes and is related mainly to weak geology,
stratification, faulting and ground water. Rainfall and earthquakes are the main
triggers. The movement mass generally starts at the weakest layer and involves a
very wide area.
• Slope Failure - Occurs mostly on steep slopes deteriorated by extensive surface
water infiltration. Rainfall and earthquakes usually trigger the falling or crumbling,
which characterize slope failures.
• Rock Fall
• Debris Flow/Sedimentation
• Embankment Erosion
Proper procedure of slope protection should be applied for planning and designing
slope protection methods. In general, following points are to be considered while
planning a slope protection work.
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• Combination of Water Management and Earthworks shall be considered as
primary control measures.
• Restrain measures such as retaining wall and structures like gabion wall and
stone masonry can stabilize the slope when failure scale is small and or
when the movement of landslide is low.
• Bioengineering shall be considered in every case of slope failures. Proper
application of bioengineering contributes to basic stabilization of the slope
and reduction of negative environmental impact.
In large-scale slope failures, monitoring and control measures should be planned
and applied prior to implementation of restrain measures.
Bio engineering works has to be done in order to protect the roadside from the
shallow seated failure and stabilization of road for the long-term work. It can be
done by stone pitching, grass plantation, vegetation, wire meshing etc. Even for the
case of deep seated failure we prefer retaining structure along with bio-engineering
work. Retaining structure like retaining work masonry wall got weaken after
prolonged effect at that time plantation get their strength and handover the
protection work.
Bio engineering is a community based vegetative technique in which local can use
these plans for their economic development. For this purpose, also, they grow and
preserve these plants, which ultimately work as bio-engineering. Locally available
plant, grass like Amriso, Nigalo, Napier etc. are used.
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CHAPTER – 6
The selected alignment does not possess major hydrological problems. Designed
drainage can resist scouring and erosion problems. There are no other problems and
this road alignment seems as one of the most economical and stable routes.
Transportation projects can have major impacts upon the economic, biological,
physical and social environment. Road construction in hills of our country has
become serious from bio-engineering point of view. Therefore, special attention
should be given for slope stability, soil erosion and siltation problems.
• Effective maintenance program to minimize the clay runoff from the road
surface.
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LIMITATIONS
For the surveying and designing of road different types of difficulties and
challenges are occurred. We have tried to minimize the error as much as possible
but some limitation constraints occurred which forced us take consideration on
certain field of work. Though these limitations are not huge enough to affect on the
overall performance of road but its our responsibility to mention the limitation for
the project work listed as below:
• Area calculation and drainage design for all catchment area is difficult and
could yield very large side drain which might be tedious to design and
uneconomical to implement so we suggest catch drain of suitable type above
150m uphill.
• The discharge calculation for the cross-drainage structures was based on the
relevant literature review and information from local people as hydrological
study to perform was little unsuited for the time constraints.
• The structural analysis of the retaining structure was not performed. The
selection of the suitable retaining structure was based on expert opinion and
standard design.
• The data of the soil composition of the field was taken from eye
judgement.
• The traffic survey of the road was not carried out.
• Not any geological study were performed.
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Tribhuvan University
Institute of Engineering
Paschimanchal Campus
Lamachour,Pokhara,Kaski
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AND GEOMATICS ENGINEERING
APPENDIX A
Abstract of Quantity
Description Quantity (m3)
Ordinary Fill Volume 1473.952
Ordinary Cut Volume 8499.739
Structure Cut Volume 547.546
BackFill Volume 322.067
Drain Cut Volume 1949.100
Left Drain Volume 1011.882
Right Drain Volume 1024.398
Gabion Retaining Wall (Left) Volume 147.803
Gabion Retaining Wall (Right) Volume 421.247
Dry Retaining Wall (Left) Volume 2.795
Dry Retaining Wall (Right) Volume 28.380
Trbhuvan University
Institute of Engineering
Paschimanchal Campus
Lamachour, Pokhara,
Kaski
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AND GEOMATICS ENGINEERING
APPENDIX B
HORIZONTAL CURVE DETAILS
Hoz.
IP Easting Northing WCB Distance
Angle Radius Design Speed Superelevation TL LC
(no.) (m) (m) (Deg) (Deg) (m) (m) (km/hr) (%) (m) (m)
IP-0 1000.000 1000.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 15.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
IP-1 937.453 1065.317 196.229 316.241 90.435 20.000 15.000 7.000 2.852 5.665
IP-2 894.086 1148.519 177.583 332.470 93.826 100.000 15.000 3.000 2.110 4.219
IP-3 854.640 1216.988 180.497 330.053 79.019 20.000 15.000 7.000 0.087 0.174
IP-4 816.730 1284.132 174.765 330.551 77.107 20.000 15.000 7.000 0.914 1.827
IP-5 748.839 1382.236 223.634 325.316 119.305 50.000 15.000 5.000 20.016 38.078
IP-6 755.604 1425.191 93.863 8.950 43.484 25.000 15.000 6.000 23.369 37.584
IP-7 657.277 1447.553 163.130 282.813 100.838 100.000 15.000 3.000 14.829 29.444
IP-8 606.681 1443.964 244.022 265.943 50.723 20.000 15.000 7.000 12.503 22.348
IP-9 587.109 1477.815 131.256 329.964 39.102 20.000 15.000 7.000 9.061 17.015
IP-10 527.623 1489.616 193.367 281.221 60.645 100.000 15.000 3.000 11.718 23.330
IP-11 485.221 1509.018 80.343 294.588 46.630 20.000 15.000 7.000 23.691 34.787
IP-12 474.852 1470.132 248.549 194.931 40.245 20.000 15.000 7.000 13.630 23.928
IP-13 389.292 1460.354 150.953 263.480 86.117 100.000 15.000 3.000 25.905 50.696
IP-14 322.310 1412.459 275.361 234.434 82.344 20.000 15.000 7.000 21.965 33.287
IP-15 292.828 1463.103 120.457 329.794 58.600 20.000 15.000 7.000 11.441 20.785
IP-16 112.190 1463.895 181.421 270.251 180.640 1000.000 15.000 3.000 12.399 24.797
IP-17 20.444 1466.573 232.105 271.672 91.785 20.000 15.000 7.000 9.777 18.188
IP-18 4.966 1487.703 233.407 323.777 26.192 20.000 15.000 7.000 10.061 18.643
IP-19 54.383 1647.503 182.094 17.184 167.266 1000.000 15.000 3.000 18.276 36.549
IP-20 89.006 1746.493 179.693 19.278 104.870 1000.000 15.000 3.000 2.681 5.362
IP-21 100.363 1779.531 163.261 18.971 34.936 100.000 15.000 3.000 14.712 29.215
IP-22 101.902 1819.021 231.493 2.232 39.520 30.000 15.000 6.000 14.468 26.961
IP-23 182.753 1878.359 139.243 53.724 100.289 100.000 15.000 3.000 37.147 71.135
IP-24 203.347 1967.796 221.036 12.967 91.777 100.000 15.000 3.000 37.425 71.622
IP-25 283.840 2026.270 196.318 54.004 99.490 100.000 15.000 3.000 14.338 28.481
IP-26 330.809 2043.067 156.694 70.322 49.882 50.000 15.000 5.000 10.312 20.339
IP-27 344.942 2056.239 197.722 47.016 19.320 30.000 15.000 6.000 4.677 9.279
IP-28 389.116 2077.085 317.524 64.737 48.845 15.000 15.000 7.000 38.597 36.004
IP-29 363.350 2014.141 0.000 202.262 68.013 0.000 15.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
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Institute of Engineering
Paschimanchal Campus
Lamachour, Pokhara,
Kaski
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AND GEOMATICS ENGINEERING
APPENDIX C
EARTHWORK CALCULATION
1V:0H