Pavement Design- Module 2

Design Factors- Design Wheel Load

Hasan Wahqhan M N
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Civil Engineering.
 Design Factors.
• Design Wheel Load
– Maximum Wheel Load
– Contact Pressure
– ESWL
– Repetition of loads
• Subgrade Soil
• Climatic Factors
• Pavement Component materials
• Drainage and Environmental factors.
Design Wheel Load-Repetition of Loads
Effect of Repeated Application of Wheel Load.
• Effect of Repeated Application of Wheel Load on
flexible pavement.
Higher number of repetitions requires higher thickness.
Deformation
Plastic Deformation accumulates- RUTTING
• Effect of number of repetition of different magnitudes
of loads
Traffic composition in India- mixed
Convert various wheel load to one standard wheel load.
Design Wheel Load-Repetition of Loads

AASHO study
Rutting
Rutting
Design Wheel Load-Repetition of Loads
Equivalent Wheel Load Factors(EWLF/VDF)
• Equivalent Wheel Load Factors are made use of
to convert daily traffic count of each category of
axle or wheel load for the purpose of flexible
pavement design.
• Light vehicles are negligible
• EWLF=(given wheel load/standard wheel load)⁴
• As per IRC:37 -2001 VDF of different magnitudes
of single and tandem axle are given as follows
Design Wheel Load-Repetition of Loads
Weigh Bridges
Design Wheel Load-Repetition of Loads
 Assignment
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 Design Factors.
• Design Wheel Load
– Maximum Wheel Load
– Contact Pressure
– ESWL
– Repetition of loads
• Subgrade Soil
• Climatic Factors
• Pavement Component materials
• Drainage and Environmental factors.
 Subgrade Soil
• Properties of subgrade and its support to the
pavement layers above are important in
deciding in thickness requirement of flexible
pavement.
• Lower stability --- Thicker pavement
• CBR Value
• Variation in stability and stability and volume
of subgrade soil with moisture changes are to
be studied.
 Design Factors.
• Design Wheel Load
– Maximum Wheel Load
– Contact Pressure
– ESWL
– Repetition of loads
• Subgrade Soil
• Climatic Factors
– Variation in moisture content
– Frost Action
– Variation in temperature
• Pavement Component materials
• Drainage and Environmental factors.
Frost Action.
 Frost Action.
Factors on which frost action depends.
• Frost susceptible soil
• Depressed temperature below freeing point
• Supply of water
• Cover
 Design Factors.
• Design Wheel Load
– Maximum Wheel Load
– Contact Pressure
– ESWL
– Repetition of loads
• Subgrade Soil
• Climatic Factors
– Variation in moisture content
– Frost Action
– Variation in temperature
• Pavement Component materials
• Drainage and Environmental factors.
 Pavement Component materials

• TYPE
• SHAPE
• GRADATION
THANKS