GOVERNMENT ENGINEERING COLLEGE, BHARATPUR

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

7th semester

Submitted by :- Submitted to :-
VIJENDRA MEENA Mrs. PRIYANKA GUPTA
(17EELCE051) (Asst. professor)
1. Introduction
2. About bituminous road
3. Materials used for bituminous road
4. Test on material
5. Machines and equipment used
6. Components of flexible pavement
7. Finishing work
8. Failure in flexible pavement
 INTRODUCTION
 Type of pavement: flexible pavement
 Project construction: under P.W.D. dausa
 Length: 15km
 Location: Dausa to lawan road
 Estimated cost: 564.00 lacs
 ABOUT BITUMINOUS ROAD

• Bituminous road is a road constructed by using bitumen.it is also

called flexible pavement because it changes its shape according to
nature of load and sub space.
 MATERIALS USED FOR BITUMINOUS
ROAD
 Aggregate
A broad category of coarse to medium grained particulate
material used for road construction, including sand,
gravel, crushed stone, recycled concrete .
 STONE
The crushed form of rock obtained by disintegration of
rock by mechanical as well as chemical weathering of
rock.
MATERIALS USED FOR BITUMINOUS
ROAD
 SAND
Sand is a naturally occurring granular material composed
of finely divided rock and mineral particles
MATERIALS USED FOR BITUMINOUS
ROAD
 Bitumen
Bitumen is also known as asphalt , is a sticky , black,
and highly viscous liquid or semi solid form of
petroleum.
MATERIALS USED FOR BITUMINOUS
ROAD
 WATER
Water is also an integrate part of road construction.
It is used in each and every phase of construction for well
compaction.
Water used in road construction must be free from
impurities
TEST ON MATERIALS

 Test on soil
 Grain size analysis as per IS:2720(Part 4)-1985
 Atterberg’s limit as per IS :2720(Part-5)-1985
 Standard Proctor density test as per IS:2720(Part-7)-
1980
 4 day soaked CBR test as per as IS:2720(Part-16)-
1985
TEST ON MATERIALS

 TEST ON  TEST ON BITUMEN

AGGREGATE  Penetration test
 Crushing test  Ductility test
 Abrasion test  Specific gravity test
 Impact test  Flash and fire point test
 Soundness test  Water content test
 Specific gravity test  Float test
 Water absorption test
MACHINES AND EQUIPMENT USED
COMPONENT OF FLEXIBLE
PAVEMENT
 BITUMINOUS ROAD LAYER
• This type of pavement has four layers namely, sub grade(bottom most)
sub base, base and wearing surface (top most).
• Thickness of layer decreases normally from bottom to top.

1.(SUB GRADE LAYER)

• The SUBGRADE is the layer of naturally occurring material or the fill
material the road is built upon.
• Where the SUBGRADE is weak, i.e. a low CBR, it will be necessary to
have a CAPPING LAYER over the subgrade to increase the strength
before the actual road pavement thickness is designed.
 BITUMINOUS ROAD LAYER
contd…
• capping is also used to minimize the effect of a weak subgrade on
pavement strength.
2.SUB BASE LAYER
• This particular layer in ROAD PAVEMENT construction, is quite
often used to refer, some what misleadingly, to the material
GRANULAR SUB-BASE.
 BITUMINOUS ROAD LAYER contd…

• The primary functions of sub base layer are Improve drainage ,

Minimise Frost action damage. ,Provide a working
platform for construction.
• The material used in this layer - Granular sub base ,Cement
bound material.
3.ROAD BASE (BASE)
• The ROADBASE is the main load-bearing / load spreading layer in the
road structure and is usually 100mm. or more thick depending on the
loading of the traffic for which the road is designed.
 BITUMINOUS ROAD LAYER contd…

• Generally BASE layer is made of crushed slag, crushed stones and

other stabilized materials -Aggregates and Hot Mix Asphalt are usually
used in this layer.
• BINDER COURSE- This is the layer of material below the SURFACE
COURSE and above the ROADBASE.
• BASE COURSE (binder course) is most commonly a bituminous
material, and can be either HOT ROLLED ASPHALT or DENSE
BITUMEN MACADAM (asphalt concrete).
 BITUMINOUS ROAD LAYER contd…

 The WEARING COURSE (surface course) is the top layer of the ROAD
PAVEMENT and is designed –
 To be impervious to the ingress(entering) of water.
 To be durable, and have a high resistance to skidding.
 To be chosen so as not to deform under the weight of traffic appropriate to
the road.
 OPERATION
 Seal coat :It is a thin surface treatment used to water proof the surface and to provide
skid resistance.
 Tack Coat: It is a very light application of asphalt, usually asphalt emulsion diluted
with water. It provides proper bonding between two layers of binder course and
must be thin, uniformly cover the entire surface, and set very fast.
 Prime Coat: It is an application of low viscous cutback bitumen to an absorbent
surface like granular bases on which binder layer is placed. Unlike tack coat, prime
coat penetrates into the layer below, plugs the voids, and forms a water tight surface.
ANY QUERY ?
Thank you!