Abstract
A well-developed transportation infrastructure is essential for economic, industrial, social and
cultural development of a country. Due to this need, human being has developed three modes of transport, i.e., by land, by water and by air. The road network has expanded from 4 lakh km in 1947 to 20 lakh km in 1993 and almost 55 lakh kms as on 31 March, 2015. India has less than 3.8 kms of road per 1000 people; including all its paved and unpaved roads. In terms of quality, all season, four or more lane highways; India has less than 0.07 kms of highway per 1000 people as of 2010. Inadequate maintenance of roads accounts to an act of disinvestment and sacrifice of past investment in roads. Roads have been receiving decreasing share of total Five-Year Plan expenditure (decreasing from 6.7% in first plan to 3% in second plan). The Vehicle Operating Cost increases at a rapid rate as the condition of existing pavements starts deteriorating. The loss due to bad conditions of the main road network would be around
Rs.12000 crore per annum. Pavement structure can be destroyed in a single season due to water penetration. Defects in flexible pavements is a problem of multiple dimensions, phenomenal growth of vehicular traffic (in terms of no. of axle loading of commercial vehicles), the rapid expansion in the road network, non-availability of suitable technology, material, equipment, skilled labour and poor funds allocation have all added complexities to the problem flexible pavements. Maintenance of a road network involves a variety of operations, i.e., identification of deficiencies andplanning, programming and scheduling for actual implementation in the field and monitoring. The essential objective
should be to keep the road surface and appurtenances in good condition and to extend the life of the road assets to its design life. The purpose of the proposed study is to discuss the possible causes of pavement failures, and recommends better ways to minimize and hopefully eliminate the causes of failures in pavements.
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@article{GSV-June-04-IJEMT,
title = {ANALYSIS OF FLEXIBLE PAVEMENT \textendash ITS FAILURE AND MAINTAINANCE},
author = {Durgvijay Anand, Mithlesh Kumar, Sandeep Yadav, Manjeet Gautam, Ashok Raj, Siddhant Rajput},
url = {https://ijemt.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/GSV-June-04-IJEMT.pdf, download pdf},
issn = {2583 - 4517},
year = {2022},
date = {2022-06-23},
journal = {International Journal of Engineering, Management \& Technology (IJEMT)},
volume = {1},
issue = {04},
pages = {34-39},
abstract = {A well-developed transportation infrastructure is essential for economic, industrial, social and
cultural development of a country. Due to this need, human being has developed three modes of transport, i.e., by land, by water and by air. The road network has expanded from 4 lakh km in 1947 to 20 lakh km in 1993 and almost 55 lakh kms as on 31 March, 2015. India has less than 3.8 kms of road per 1000 people; including all its paved and unpaved roads. In terms of quality, all season, four or more lane highways; India has less than 0.07 kms of highway per 1000 people as of 2010. Inadequate maintenance of roads accounts to an act of disinvestment and sacrifice of past investment in roads. Roads have been receiving decreasing share of total Five-Year Plan expenditure (decreasing from 6.7% in first plan to 3% in second plan). The Vehicle Operating Cost increases at a rapid rate as the condition of existing pavements starts deteriorating. The loss due to bad conditions of the main road network would be around
Rs.12000 crore per annum. Pavement structure can be destroyed in a single season due to water penetration. Defects in flexible pavements is a problem of multiple dimensions, phenomenal growth of vehicular traffic (in terms of no. of axle loading of commercial vehicles), the rapid expansion in the road network, non-availability of suitable technology, material, equipment, skilled labour and poor funds allocation have all added complexities to the problem flexible pavements. Maintenance of a road network involves a variety of operations, i.e., identification of deficiencies andplanning, programming and scheduling for actual implementation in the field and monitoring. The essential objective
should be to keep the road surface and appurtenances in good condition and to extend the life of the road assets to its design life. The purpose of the proposed study is to discuss the possible causes of pavement failures, and recommends better ways to minimize and hopefully eliminate the causes of failures in pavements.
},
keywords = {Volume 1 Issue 04 June 2022},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}