Flexible Pavements with Bituminous Construction and New Technologies

M.N.Nagabhushana, Senior Principal Scientist, Co-ordinator (PD&R), Pavement Engineering Area, CSIR-CRRI, New Delhi

Introduction

The heavy wheel loads and fast traffic on modern highways require adequate cover called the pavement on the natural soil to provide a hard wearing surface and to distribute the loads within the bearing capacity of the soil without getting overstressed itself.

Characteristics of Pavement Layers

Wearing course or surface course takes the stresses at top to protect the lower layers and hence shall be superior- Bituminous and/or cement concrete layer/s used
Base course must possess high resistance to deformation in order to withstand high pressure imposed upon it by providing added stiffness and resistance to fatigue
Sub-base is normally used as a drainage layer to keep the structure free of excessive moisture.
The purpose of the lower layers is to even provide a working platform and regulate the surface on which upper layers are built.

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