Concrete pavements have been used for highways, airports, streets, local roads, parking lots, industrial facilities, and other types of in...
Everything you should know about the Aggregate Impact Value (AIV)
Designation (Number): B.S. 812: Part 112: 1990. Scope: -Testing coarse aggregates for resistance to Impact Aggregates: -combination of sand,...
Geometric Design of Rural Roads and Urban Streets [PPT/PPTX]
This report presents guidance on the application of geometric design criteria to facilities functionally classified as local roads and stree...
Inspection, Evaluation, Rehabilitation, Maintenance and Retrofitting of Bridges
A special task force to investigate the collapse of the bridges.A committee, formed at the direction of this task force.All bridges longer t...
Things you should know about rutting
A very common premature pavement failure in most countries is seen as a surface depression in the wheel path. The depression which is formed...
Difference between free way (motorway) and a simple highway?
In pavement engineering we mostly hear the terms highway, motorway and freeway. These terms sometimes causes confusion about what they mean ...
Permeability of Granular Soil using constant Head Permeameter
Similar to the constant head permeameter, there is one more test called falling head permeameter in which fall of head is related to the per...
What is scouring, Bridge Scouring? How to calculate Scour Depth?
Scouring can be defined as a process due to which the particles of the soil or rock around the periphery of the abutment or pier of the high...
California Bearing Ratio (CBR) for determining Shear Strength of subgrade
California Bearing Ratio (CBR) test is a compressive nature penetration test. It was originally developed by Caltrans i.e. California Depart...