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GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

BE - SEMESTER–V (NEW) EXAMINATION – SUMMER 2021
Subject Code:3150613 Date:17/09/2021
Subject Name:Pavement Design & Highway construction
Time:10:30 AM TO 01:00 PM Total Marks: 70
Instructions:
1. Attempt all questions.
2. Make suitable assumptions wherever necessary.
3. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
4. Simple and non-programmable scientific calculators are allowed.
MARKS
Q.1 (a) Compare between tar and bitumen. 03
(b) What is modified emulsion? 04
(c) Explain concept of modulus of resilient of sub base and base course as 07
per IRC 37.

Q.2 (a) What are the factors affecting pavement design? 03

(b) What is the difference between ESWL & EWLF? 04
(c) Enlist various tests carried out on bitumen emulsion. Explain any one in 07
detail.
OR
(c) What are requirements of expansion and contraction joints in rigid 07
pavements?
Q.3 (a) Explain IITPAVE software for granular base and granular sub base. 03
(b) State assumptions and limitations of Boussinesq’s theory. 04
(c) List the different stresses induced in cement concrete pavements. 07
Discuss the critical combination of these stresses.
OR
Q.3 (a) What is an equivalent single axle load? How can it be determined? 03
(b) Differentiate between WBM and WMM. 04
(c) Write a short note on Westergaard’s stress analysis. 07
Q.4 (a) Explain construction of drainage layer in rigid pavement. 03
(b) Explain Pavement quality concrete construction requirements as per 04
IRC: 15 and IRC: 58 and MORTH.
(c) What is importance of joints and its provision Interlocking Concrete 07
Block Pavement (ICBP) and Its procedure of laying.
OR
Q.4 (a) Write the steps for design of overlay in flexible pavement. 03
(b) Explain warm mix asphalt as per IRC SP 101. 04

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 (c) Explain in flexible pavement need of maintenance, types, planning & 07
system approach as per IRC-82.
Q.5 (a) Write a short note on micro surfacing. 03
(b) Differentiate between Cold in place (CIP) and Hot in place (HIP). 04
(c) Explain maintenance and its methodology for rigid pavement as per IRC: 07
SP: 83.
OR
Q.5 (a) Explain recycle aggregate pavement as per IRC: 120 (RAP). 03
(b) Write a short note on Ultra-thin white topping as per IRC SP-76. 04
(c) Describe in detail stone matrix asphalt as per IRC SP-79. 07
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