CE-603 (C) RGPV B.Tech
Advance Pavement Design (APD)
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Previous Year Papers
2 papers, latest Jun 2025
Syllabus, notes and important questions for CE-603 (C)
Syllabus units
Topics as the official RGPV syllabus lists them.
Unit 1 Equivalent Single Wheels Load concepts and applications 13 topics
- Equivalent Single Wheels Load concepts and applications
- Relationship between wheel arrangements and loading effects
- Tyre contact area
- Effect of load repetition
- Effect of transient loads
- Impact of moving loading
- Factors to be considered in design of pavements
- Design wheel load
- Soil factors
- Climatic factors
- Pavement component materials
- Environmental factors
- Special factors such as frost, freezing and thawing
Unit 2 Flexible Pavements – components, stresses and design methods 10 topics
- Component parts of flexible pavement structures and their functions
- Stresses in flexible pavements
- Stress distribution through various layers
- Boussinesque’s theory
- Burmister’s two‑layered theory
- Design methods for flexible pavements
- Group index method
- CBR method
- Burmister’s method
- North Dakota cone method
Unit 3 Rigid Pavements – subgrade evaluation and stress analysis 8 topics
- Evaluation of subgrade
- Modulus‑K determination by plate bearing test and test details
- Westergaard’s stress theory for rigid pavements
- Temperature stresses in rigid pavements
- Warping stresses
- Frictional stresses
- Critical combination of stresses
- Critical loading positions
Unit 4 Rigid Pavement Design and Pavement Joints 10 topics
- IRC method for rigid pavement design
- Fatigue analysis
- PCA chart method
- AASHTO method
- Reliability analysis
- Types of pavement joints
- Contraction and warping joints
- Dowel bars and tie bars
- Temperature reinforcements
- Filling and sealing of joints
Unit 5 Evaluation and Strengthening of Existing Pavements 4 topics
- Benkelman beam method
- Serviceability Index method
- Rigid overlays design procedures
- Flexible overlays design procedures
Other 6th semester CE subjects
- CE-601 Structural Design & Drawing (RCC-I)
- CE-602 Environmental Engineering-I
- CE-603 (A) Water Resource Engineering
- CE-603 (B) Precast & Modular Construction
- CE-603 (D) Cost Effective & ECO‑Friendly Structures
- CE-604 (A) Fluid Mech. – II
- CE-604 (B) Intellectual Property Rights
- CE-604 (C) Environmental Impact Assessment
- CE-604 (D) Operation Research
- CE-605 Advance surveying lab
- CE-606 Non- Destructive Testing Lab