IRC-58 2015 Excel Sheet

IRC:58-2015 Guidelines for Design of
Plain Jointed Rigid Pavements for Highways

Example of Design of Slab Thickness for Pavement
(with and without doweled transverse joints. Beta value will be 0.66 for doweled joint and 0.90 for without dowels case)
Type of pavement considered Pavement Structural Details
4-lane Modulus of subgrade reaction of subgrade, MPa/m

Carriageway 50.3
divided
Thickness of Granular Subbase, mm 150
Shoulders :- Tied concrete shoulders ? (yes/no) yes Thickness of Dry Lean Concrete subbase, mm 150
Transverse joint spacing (m) 4.5 Effective

MPa/m
modulus of subgrade reaction of foundation,
285
Lane width (m) 3.5 Unit weight of Concrete, kN/m 3

24
Transverse Joints have dowel bars? (yes/no) yes 28-day Flexural strength of cement concrete, MPa 4.5
Max. day-time Temperature Differential in slab, 0C (for
Design Traffic Estimation bottom-up cracking)
16.8
Design Period (years) 30 Night-time Temperature Differential in slab, C (for top-

0
13.4
down cracking) = day-time diff/2 + 5
Total Two-way Commercial Traffic (cvpd) in the year of
6000 Trial Thickness of Concrete Slab, m 0.29
completion of construction
Av. Annual rate of growth of commercial traffic Load Transfer Efficiency Factor for TDC analysis, Beta =
0.075 0.66
(expressed as decimal) 0.66 for dowel Joints, 0.90 for joints without dowels
Cumulative No of Commercial vehicles during design

226444692 Elastic Modulus of Concrete, Ec (MPa) 30000
period (two-way), A
Average No of axles per commercial vehicle, B 2.35 Poisson's Ratio of Concrete, Mu 0.15
Cumulative No of Commercial Axles during design
532145025 Radius of relative stiffness, m 0.68398
period (two-way), C = A*B
Proportion of traffic in predominant direction (For 2-
lane 2-way highways use a value of 1.0), D
0.50 Design Axle Load Repetitions for Fatigue Analysis
Lateral Placement factor (0.25 for 2-lane 2-way. For

multilane highways the value is 0.25 X C), E
0.125 For Bottom-up Cracking Analysis
Factor for selection of traffic for BUC analysis (for six-

0.2 Front single (steering) Axles = H * K1 5986632
hour period during day), F
Factor for selection of traffic for TDC analysis (for six-

0.3 Rear single Axles = H * K2 1995544
hour period during day), G
Design axle repetitions for BUC analysis (for 6 hour day
13303626 Tandem Axles = H * K3 3325906
time traffic), H = B*E*F
Proportion of vehicles with spacing between front and

the first rear axle less than the spacing of transverse 0.55 Tridem Axles = H * K4 1995544
joints, I
Design axle repetitions for TDC analysis (for 6-hour
night time traffic), J = B*E*G*I
10975491 For Top-Down Cracking Analysis
Proportion of Front single (steering) Axles, K1 0.450 Front single (steering) Axles = J * K1 4938971
Proportion of Rear single Axles,K2 0.150 Rear single Axles = J * K2 1646324
Proportion of tandem Axles, K3 0.250 Tandem Axles = J * K3 2743873
Proportion of Tridem Axles, K4 = (1-K1-K2-K3) 0.150 Tridem Axles = J * K4 1646324
Fatigue Damage Analysis
Axle Load Spectrum Data
Bottom-up Cracking Fatigue Analysis for Day-time (6 hour) traffic Top-Down Cracking Fatigue Analysis for Night
and Positive Temperature Differential
Rear Single Axle Rear Tandem Axle Rear Tridem Axle Rear Single Axles Rear Tandem Axles Rear Single Axles
Load Mid-Point of Frequency Load Mid-Point of Frequency Load Mid-Point of Frequency Expected Flex Stress Allowable Fatigue Expected Flex Stress Allowable Fatigue Expected Flex Stress Allowable Fatigue
Group Load Group (%) Group (kN) Load Group (%) Group Load Group (%) Repetitions Stress Ratio Repetitions Damage Repetitions Stress Ratio Repetitions Damage Repetitions Stress Ratio Repetitions Damage
(kN) (kN) (kN) (kN) (kN) (ni) MPa (SR) (Ni) (ni/Ni) (ni) MPa (SR) (Ni) (ni/Ni) (ni) MPa (SR) (Ni) (ni/Ni)
185-195 190 18.15 380 - 400 390 14.5 530-560 545 5.23 362191 2.399 0.485 1763475 0.205 482256 2.0225 0.409 infinite 0.000 298808 2.329 0.471 4937710 0.061
175-185 180 17.43 360 - 380 370 10.5 500-530 515 4.85 347823 2.324 0.470 5435730 0.064 349220 1.9546 0.395 infinite 0.000 286954 2.278 0.460 14078127 0.020
165-175 170 18.27 340 - 360 350 3.63 470-500 485 3.44 364586 2.249 0.454 30696063 0.012 120730 1.8867 0.381 infinite 0.000 300783 2.226 0.450 infinite 0.000
155-165 160 12.98 320 - 340 330 2.5 440-470 455 7.12 259022 2.173 0.439 infinite 0.000 83148 1.8188 0.367 infinite 0.000 213693 2.174 0.439 infinite 0.000
< 85 80 14.15 < 180 170 34.23 < 230 215 17.58 282369 1.571 0.317 infinite 0.000 1138458 1.2758 0.258 infinite 0.000 232955 1.760 0.356 infinite 0.000
100 100 100 1995544 Fat Dam from Sing. Axles = 0.281 3325906 Fat Dam from Tand Axles = 0.000 1646324 Fat Dam from Sing. Axles = 0.081
Total Bottom-up Fatigue Damage due to single and

tandem axle loads =
0.281 + 0.000 = 0.281 Total Top-Down Fatigu
Front Single Axles and Rear Tridem axles not considered for bottom-up analysis
Sum of CFD for BUC & TDC= 0.533 DESIGN IS SAFE SINCE
Design for Bonded Pavement Option
Subgrade CBR (%)= 8 Trial Slab thickness (m) over DLC, h1 0.235 Poisson's Ratio of DLC, m2 0.2 Total Flexural Stiffness P
Granular Subabse Thickness (mm) = 250 Provide DLC thickness (m), h2 0.15 Depth to Neutral axis, m (See Fig.6) 0.16 which is more than the F
Effective k-value from Tables 2 and 3 (MPa/m) = 72.0 Elastic Modulus of Pavement Concrete (MPa), E1 30000 Flex Stiffness of design Slab 69.05 Hence, Provide a Slab of
For k of 72.0 MPa/m and for Elastic Modulus of DLC (MPa), E2 13600 Flex Stiffness of Partial Slab Provided 46.65 Slab thickness (h1) over
Doweled Joint and Tied Concrete Shoulders, Slab Thickness (m) = 0.3 Poisson's Ratio of Paving Concrete, m1 0.15 Flex Stiffness of DLC 23.28 design stiffness with the
Analysis
e Analysis for Night-time (6 hour) traffic and Negative Temperature Differential
Rear Tandem Axles Rear Tridem Axles

(Stess computed for 50% of axle load) (Stress computed for 33% of
axle load)
Expected Flex Stress Allowable Fatigue Expected Flex Stress Allowable Fatigue
Repetitions Stress Ratio Repetitions Damage Repetitions Stress Ratio (SR) Repetitions Damage
(ni) MPa (SR) (Ni) (ni/Ni) (ni) MPa (Ni) (ni/Ni)
397862 2.3554 0.476 3244304 0.123 86103 2.2864 0.462 11530399 0.007
288107 2.3036 0.465 7996094 0.036 79847 2.2346 0.451 48465100 0.002
99603 2.2519 0.455 27914169 0.004 56634 2.1829 0.441 infinite 0.000
68597 2.2002 0.444 infinite 0.000 117218 2.1312 0.431 infinite 0.000
2743873 Fat Dam from Tand Axles = 0.162 1646324 Fat Dam from Tridem Axles = 0.009
Total Top-Down Fatigue Damage = 0.081 + 0.162 + 0.009 = 0.252
DESIGN IS SAFE SINCE SUM OF CFD FOR BUC AND TDC< OR EQ.1
Total Flexural Stiffness Provided = 46.65 + 23.28 = 69.93
which is more than the Flexural Stiffness of the Design Slab = 69.05
Hence, Provide a Slab of thickness (m) 0.235 over DLC of thickness (m) 0.15
Slab thickness (h1) over DLC layer may be obtained by iteratively changing h1 and matching the
design stiffness with the combined stiffness provided

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IRC:58-2015 Guidelines for Design of

Plain Jointed Rigid Pavements for Highways

4-lane Modulus of subgrade reaction of subgrade, MPa/m

Thickness of Granular Subbase, mm 150

Transverse joint spacing (m) 4.5 Effective

Lane width (m) 3.5 Unit weight of Concrete, kN/m 3

Design Period (years) 30 Night-time Temperature Differential in slab, C (for top-

Cumulative No of Commercial vehicles during design

Lateral Placement factor (0.25 for 2-lane 2-way. For

Factor for selection of traffic for BUC analysis (for six-

Factor for selection of traffic for TDC analysis (for six-

Proportion of vehicles with spacing between front and

Total Bottom-up Fatigue Damage due to single and

Design for Bonded Pavement Option

e Analysis for Night-time (6 hour) traffic and Negative Temperature Differential

Rear Tandem Axles Rear Tridem Axles

Total Top-Down Fatigue Damage = 0.081 + 0.162 + 0.009 = 0.252

Total Flexural Stiffness Provided = 46.65 + 23.28 = 69.93

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