JETIR (ISSN-2349-5162)

Study on cement stabilized base and sub-base courses

of flexible pavements
1
G Narendra Goud, 2K Swetha, 3T Naveen Kumar 4T Adithya Sharma
1,2,3,4
Assistant Professor,
1,2,3,4
Department of Civil Engineering,
1,2,3,4
MVSR Engineering College, Hyderabad, India
1gnarendragoud@gmail.com, 2karneswetha9@gmail.com, 3naveenkumargouda@gmail.com,
4adityarao.sharma6@gmail.com,

Abstract—Conventional pavement base or sub base layers may be stabilized with cementitious additives to improve the
performance of pavement or to reduce the premature failures in pavements. The cemented material used as base / subbase
layer can impart extra fatigue life to a pavement. Latest guidelines on flexible pavement design given by Indian Road
Congress (IRC) 37-2012 provides the scope to incorporate cement stabilized base or sub-base courses in flexible
pavements, however use of these pavements in practice is limited due to lack of awareness about the advantages and
competent equipment to ensure construction quality. In the present study conventional flexible pavement base layer
materials are characterized and designed. Cement stabilized base and sub-base layer materials are characterized and
cement content is decided in accordance with the specifications. A flexible pavement with a selected subgrade soil, traffic
level using conventional base and sub-base layers is designed also a flexible pavement with cement stabilized base and sub-
base layers is designed using available guidelines. Layer thicknesses are designed keeping fatigue and rutting criteria with
in the allowable limits. Layer thickness reduction in case of cement stabilized pavement in comparison with conventional
pavement for same service life is determined for various cases under consideration. An estimate is made for material
quantities and costing for both conventional and cement stabilized flexible pavement to compare and quantify the benefits
of cement stabilized pavements.

Index Terms—flexible pavement, cement stabilization, stabilized base course, base course reduction