Valuation of the Perpetual Pavements Compared with the Conventional Pavements in Tropical Region of India

Authors

  • T. Naga Seshu Babu Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, K.L.University, Andhra Pradesh, India
  • R. Syam Kumar UG Student, Department of Civil Engineering, K.L.University, Andhra Pradesh, India
  • T. Gangadhar UG Student, Department of Civil Engineering, K.L.University, Andhra Pradesh, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53555/mce.v2i4.1006

Keywords:

Perpetual pavements, life cycle cost analysis, ME design, tropical climate, crumb rubber

Abstract

The design of the perpetual pavements are gaining acceptance in foreign countries as the traffic flow is increasing day by day, the economic and the environmental sustainability is also taking place. In this paper the perpetual pavements in the tropical region are compared with the normal conventional pavements, the economic feasibility is evaluated in this paper. The tropical climate has different effects on the pavements; the tests on the materials to be used in the pavements. The tests are performed such as marshal stability tests, bitumen tests, and the aggregate tests in which the tropical region has its availability. The binders like crumb rubber are also replaced with bitumen so that the cost will be reduced and it has the stability as that of the Bitumen and the tests are performed with crumb rubber as binding material. The design of the perpetual pavements are used of mechanistic empirical design (MED) philosophy where as normal conventional pavements has a proposed specific design. To perform the perpetual pavement design according to the traffic loads, the pavement design software MnPAVE design & the BCOA ME design. The two programmings are being analyzed and the thickness is being recommended by both the software's. The life cycle cost analysis is being evaluated from the perpetual pavements and compared with that of the normal conventional pavements.

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References

Asphalt Pavement Alliance (APA)., Perpétuel Pavements:A Synthesis, APA 101, Lanham, Maryland, 2002.
 IRC: 37-2012, Tentative Guidelines for the Design of Flexible Pavement, (The Indian Roads Congress: New Delhi).
 Perpetual Pavement A Boon for the Indian Roads Chandan Basu, Atasi Das, Pavanaram Thirumalasetty, Tanmay Das.
 Traffic flow data from the RTA Vijayawada.

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Published

2016-04-30

How to Cite

Babu, T. N. S., Kumar, R. S., & Gangadhar, T. (2016). Valuation of the Perpetual Pavements Compared with the Conventional Pavements in Tropical Region of India. International Journal For Research In Mechanical & Civil Engineering, 2(4), 30–38. https://doi.org/10.53555/mce.v2i4.1006

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Vol. 2 No. 4 (2016): International Journal For Research In Mechanical & Civil Engineering (ISSN: 2208-2727)

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