Hi, Â Â Failures in cement concrete pavements are recognized mainly by the formation of the structural cracking. Â Failures occur due to two factors: (a) Deficiency of pavement materials. (b) Structural in-adequacy of the pavement system. Â Deficiency of the Pavement Materials: Soft aggregates Poor workmanship in joint construction Poor joint filler or sealer material […]
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Traffic Capacity Studies are an essential aspect of highway engineering that focuses on understanding the capacity of roads to accommodate traffic volume. To delve into this topic, let’s explore a few important terms. Traffic Volume Traffic volume refers to the number of vehicles passing a specific point on a highway lane in a given direction
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Hi, Failures of flexible pavements can occur due to the failure of one of the four layers – surface, sub-base, base, and subgrade. Failure of Sub-grade will result in the failure of the pavement because it will get reflected in the top surface. Similarly, failure of the sub-base or base layer will also result in
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Hi there,In the syllabus for Highway Engineering(HPU) , this topic is under the section C of Traffic Studies. I have discussed the parking studies in my previous article and in this post I am going to post about the Causes and Prevention of the accidents. Causes Under the mixed traffic conditions and different types of
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Hi,After teaching this topic of highway engineering to 1st batch of Civil Engineering at JNGEC Sunder Nagar, I thought to write a post about it.Certainly, I have not lived in a big city such as Chandigarh,Mumbai or Delhi and more than that I have spent first 10 years at a mountain village of Himachal Pradesh
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