Q.1
14 Marks(a)
Briefly explain CBR.
(b)
Give classification of modified bitumen.
Gujarat Technological UniversitySummer 2025 examination
GTU 3150613 Pavement Design and Highway construction Summer 2025 Question Paper & PDF
B.E. · Civil Engineering · Semester 5 · Subject code 3150613
- Total
- 70 marks
- To pass
- 23 marks (33%)
- Duration
- 2.5 Hours 2:30 PM – 5:00 PM
- Questions
- 5 with internal choice
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Q.2
14 Marks(a)
Enlist physical properties requirement for rural road.
(b)
Calculate VDF for wheel load of 2160 kg. Take standard wheel load as 1080 kg.
Also asked in Winter 2023 Q3a
(c)
Calculate CSA for AADT of 2500 veh/hr, design period of 30 years, LDF=0.75, VDF=2, vehicle growth rate = 7% per year.
Also asked in Winter 2025 Q3b OR, Winter 2023 Q3b OR
OR
(c)
Write and explain formula for calculating CSA.
Q.3
14 Marks(a)
Explain effect of temperature stresses in rigid pavement.
(b)
State critical conditions of stress in rigid pavement.
(c)
Compute the radius of relative stiffness and equivalent radius of resisting section of 22 cm thick cement concrete slab from the following data: E of Cement concrete = 2.1 x 105 kg/cm², Poisson’s ratio for concrete = 0.15, Modulus of subgrade reaction = 8 kg/cm³, radius of contact area of wheel load = 15 cm.
Also asked in Winter 2025 Q3b
OR
(a)
Draw neat titled sketch expansion joint in rigid pavement.
(b)
Differentiate between highway and runway.
(c)
Calculate the stresses at interior, edge and corner region of cement concrete pavement using Westergaard’s stress equations. Take wheel load = 5200 kg, Ec = 3 x 105 kg/cm², Pavement thickness = 20 cm, μ = 0.15, Modulus of subgrade reaction K = 7 kg/cm³, Radius of contact area = 15cm
Also asked in Winter 2023 Q4c
Q.4
14 Marks(a)
Describe construction procedure of WMM course.
(b)
Describe construction procedure of Bituminous base course.
(c)
Discuss in detail prime coat and tack coat.
OR
(a)
Describe construction procedure of drainage layer.
(b)
Describe procedure for bituminous mix design.
(c)
Discuss importance of joints in rigid pavement.
Q.5
14 Marks(a)
Discuss types of maintenance of flexible pavement.
(c)
Discuss design of overlay.
OR
(a)
Discuss types of maintenance of rigid pavement.
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Official Gujarat Technological University (GTU) examination paper for Pavement Design and Highway construction (Summer 2025, B.E. · Civil Engineering, Sem 5). Features complete 70-mark regular & remedial examination pattern, official marking distribution across all 5 questions, and direct 1-click official PDF download.
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