DESIGN OF CRUST

Name of work : Widening and Strengthening of Kovur town road from Km 0/6 to 4/688
(working reach from Km 0/6 to 2/0) in SPS Nellore district

No. of Commercial vehicles Per day : 500CVPD

Average CBR value of soils : 6.00%

Projected traffic intensity (A) : P(1+r)x

Annual rate of increase of heavy vehicles r : 5.00%
Design period, x : 10 Years

Number of years between last count and year of completetionr,(x) : X2-x1

Year of Traffic Census taken (X1) : 2017
Expected Year of Completion of Construction(X2) : 2019
X=X2-X1 : 2
Projectd Traffic Intensity, A : 500(1+5)2
100
551.250
Say 551.00

Design Traffic ( N in Msa)

N= 365 x( ( 1+r)n -1) x AxDxF

r
A= Initial Traffic after construction in CVPD : 551.00
n= Design life in no.of years (15 yaers for NH &
SH, 10 to 15 years for Other category roads) : 10 years

r= growth rate in % : 5.00%

F= Vehicle Damage Factor : 3.50
( For Rolling /Plain Terrain and CVPD>150)

D= Distribution fator for Two Lane roads : 0.50

N= 365 x( ( 1+5/100)10 -1) x551x0.5x3.5 = 4426805.00

5/100 = 4.43
Say 4.5 Msa
 For CBR 6% & N=5.0 Msa
As per IRC 37-2012 Plate No.4 Page-27 Crust required as per IRC 37-2001
Cumulative Traffic Msa Total Pavement
Thickness in mm wearing Binder
coarse coarse WBM Granular base
5 Msa --------- 540 30 50 BM 250 210.00

Hence the crust provided is :

wearing Binder
coarse coarse WMM GSB Total
30 BC 50 BM 250 210.00 540mm.

Total Thickness required in Widening portion

Reach Crust Requirement Existing Crust Balance Curst Required

Km 0/6 to 2/6 and
540 0 540
3/8 to 4/6

Total Thickness available in existing carriageway :.

150mm WMM+200mm WBM+(200mm GB equivalent to 100mm)+ 50mm BM+30mm BC
Effective Crust available - 100+225+150+50+= 555 mm
Crust required in Central carriageway
Reach Crust Requirement Existing Crust Balance Curst Required
Km 0/6 to 2/0 540 530 10
Hence provide 30mm BC

Asst.Exe.Engineer Deputy Executive Engineer Executive Engineer

(R&B)Section:Butchi (R&B)Sub-Division:Kovur (R&B) Division Kavali

Superintending Engineer
(R&B) Circle:Nellore