PAVEMENT SERVICEABILITY MODEL FOR SELECTED FLEXIBLE PAVEMENT SECTIONS ALONG GYNAN SUDHA SCHOOL TO CHAMBOL IN BIDAR (KARNATAKA)

  • Unique Paper ID: 145193
  • Volume: 4
  • Issue: 7
  • PageNo: 648-653
  • Abstract:
  • An efficient and adequate transportation system is one of the key indicators of a nation's prosperity, its developmental status, and overall economic growth. India, being the second most populous and the tenth-largest industrialized country in the world, has an extensive road transportation system. The large and ever-increasing investment demands for the upkeep and for ensuring the desired level of serviceability of road infrastructure facilities that were created at great cost have concerned administrators, policy makers, and highway professionals in India, and caused them to seek appropriate solutions, in view of resource constraints, for road maintenance and rehabilitation problems. The existing road network has shown signs of premature distress because of the unexpected demands of growing traffic volume and heavier axle loads. The network has fallen short of its structural capacity and hence it is greatly overstrained. The serviceability performance concept, rating technique, and distress evaluation are the attributes used to develop the Present

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