CE6010 Pavement Engineering, Final year, Department of Civil Engineering, First and second Units Questions
Answer ALL Questions
PART A – (10 x 2 = 20 Marks)

1.      Define Pavement.
2.      What are the characteristics of Pavement?
3.      Define Subgrade.
4.      What is Design factor?
5.      What is ESWL?
6.      What is meant by Soil Stabilisation?
7.      What are the purpose of soil stabilisation?
8.      What is meant by combination of materials?
9.      Definechloride stabilisation?
10.  What is meant by soil bitumen?
PART B (5x16=80 Marks)

1.      Difference between flexible and rigid pavement ?
2.      Determine Eqivalent single wheel load of a dual assembling carrying 2.5 KN each for pavement thickness 40mm,50mm,300mm,600mm and 700mm. The distance between thespaces of the 2 tyre and the c/c distance b/w the tyre are 100mm and 300mm respectively.
3.      Calculate the design repitation for 10yrs periods equivalent to 2268kg wheel load if the mixed traffic in both direction is 1860 wheels / day the details of different wheel load of commercial vehicles given below
Wheel load
% of total traffic volume
2268
25
2722
12
3175
9
3629
6
4082
4
4536
2
4990
1
4.      Explain the applications of mechanical stabilization ?
5.      Explain the types of soil-bitumen stabilization processes ?