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Highways.

Q1
A three-axle tipper truck was weighed during an axle load survey. The front, middle and back
axles weighed 5234 kg, 6821 kg and 6342 kg respectively. Calculate;
i. The average load equivalency factor of the truck using the 4,5" power
approximation.

ii. The truck factor if four (4) more three-axle tipper trucks were surveyed with average load
equivalency factors of 0.45, 0.35, 0.21, and 0.19.

Q2.
Using the TRL method, determine, draw and label the structure of a bituminous road base
pavement if the accumulated equivalent standard axle load coming onto a highway was
determined to be 5x10° and the shear resistance of the sub-grade soil was assessed to be 6%.

Q3.
To meet the design specification for a bituminous road, the particle size distributions of two
acquired aggregates are as in the table, along with the design specification.
Determine a suitable ratio for blending the two aggregates to obtain an acceptable combined
aggregate using the mathematical method.

Q4.
Q5.

ce) Determine the liqivalent Single Axle Load for a tractor tailer of the following configuration:
Tractor
I. 1 Single Axle of 25 kN
ii. 1 Tandem Axle of 70 kN
Trailer
(i) 3 tandem Axles, each of 160 kN
(iv) 1 Tridem Axle of 250 kN.

Q6.
A traffic study done on a proposed 2-lane rural highway to be constructed revealed an annual
average traffic of 36,000 in both directions. Of the total traffic volume, 53% of them were cars
with axle loads of 850kg/axle; 34% were of 2-axle single unit vehicles with axle loads of
3000kg/axle. The rest of the traffic volume were made up of 3-axle single unit vehicles with axle
loads of 4500kg/axle. Traffic was estimated to grow at a rate of about 3% annually over a 25-
year design life of the pavement.

(i) Determine the load equivalency factor for the three different classes of vehicles.

ii. Calculated the cumulated equivalent standard axle load (ESAL) for the different categories of
vehicles and the total to be expected on the road over the 25-year design life.

Q7.
Q8.

Q9.
a)
The following data were obtained from a Los Angeles Abrasion Test performed on an aggregate
sample.

I. Calculate the LA abrasion loss for the aggregate.


Dry mass of sample prior to test
= 5008.7g
Dry mass of sample (retained on #12 sieve) after test
=2746.9g

b). Samples of stockpiled sand and gravel were brought to a laboratory to test for moisture
content. 520 grams of sand lost 45 grams and 1510 grams of gravel lost 25 grams of water
when they were brought to oven-dry state. If the absorption capacity of sand and gravel are
1.4% and 1.9% respectively, determine the following for each aggregate

I. Stockpiled moisture state


ii. Effective absorption

Q10.

The weight of a coarse aggregate sample was measured under the following conditions
Oven-dry weight in air - 996.3g
SSD weight in air = 1109.2g
Air-dry weight in air = 10233g
Weight of saturated sample in water =
751.5g

Calculate the following for the aggregate sample


. Air-dry moisture content
. Effective absorption
. Bulk specific gravity
. Saturated Surface Dry specific gravity
. Apparent specific gravity

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