Rigid Pavement Development Essay

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NDT EVALUATION OF RIGID PAVEMENT (Review) Omprakash Khodke1, and Prof. P.B. Patil2 1 Student M Tech (STR), GHRCE Nagpur, 2 Asst. Prof. Civil Engineering Dept., GHRCE Nagpur. E-mail: 1 khodke_omprakash.ghrcemtechstr@raisoni.net, 2 prakash.patil@raisoni.net Abstract: Pavement deflection is the parameter to evaluate the structural capacity of the rigid pavement. NDT is the simple and best method for determination of different parameter of the rigid pavement such as Modulus of Elasticity, Poissons’s ratio and Deflections. Use of destructive test to is like to take a core or destruction of a pavement which is difficult and time consuming in heavy traffic loads. Various test equipment’s are used to NDT on pavement depending upon the characteristics …show more content…

The analysis is based in the periodic loading on the pavement. The results show that inertial effects are important in the prediction of the pavement response. Prediction of the pavement moduli back-calculated from the deflection data as conventional static analysis yields different result. Young's modulus, mass density are the basic parameter for analysis of the pavement as the pavement is subjected to impulse and vibratory loading. Hence the deflection data obtained from the device are easier to interpret the …show more content…

Field dynamic cone penetrometer as well as laboratory California bearing ratio tests were performed and compared with results obtained from PFWD. One of the most important factors concerning the PFWD modulus is the size of the PFWD loading plate. Our testing suggests that an appropriate plate size can be chosen from the measured modulus. The effects of drop height on PFWD moduli were found to be small as the moduli remained about the same regardless of the drop heights. Considering the personnel and skills required for data collection, result interpretation, speed of testing, and the quality of data produced, the PFWD is preferred. PFWD is an ideal device for quality control during compaction monitoring because it enables a rapid stiffness assessment of individual pavement

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