\ UcsI University Faculty of Engineering, Technology and Built Environment FINAL EXAMINATION Student ID (in Figures) * TTI cd Student ID (in Words) Course Code & Name EV303/P411 Highway Engineering Semester : May ~ August 2016 Instructor/Lecturer/Examiner : Ir. Loe See Kim Duration £3 hours INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES: FIVE (5) questions set. Attempt ALL questions. (Total: 100 marks) This question paper consists of 7 pages, exeluding the cover page. Answers to ‘the questions are to be written in the answer booklet, Candidates are not any unauthor caleulator, Electronic dictionaries are strietly prohibited, This question paper must be submitted along with all used and/or unused rough papers andor graph papers (if any). Candidates are NOT allowed 10 take any ‘examination materials out of the examination hall Warning: ‘The University Examination Board of UCSI University regards cheating as @ most serious offence and will not hesitate to mete out the appropriate punitive actions according to the severity of the offence committed, and in accordance with the clauses stipulated in the Students’ Handbook, up to and including expulsion from UCSI University.May — Aug 2016. nal Examination EV303/5¥411 Highway Engineering QI(a) Explain briefly on the history of Early basic roads, Romans roads, Modern (b) © Qe (b) roads, (3 marks) Explain and sketch important modifications made in Macadam’s method of road construction compared to older pavement designs. (9 marks) With the aid of sketches, discus briefly the comparative specifications of ‘Telford and Macadam road crust construction. (8 marks) A toad with hierarchy of 05 has a surface width of 7.5 m, shoulders width 1.25 m, and two lanes (both ways) are to be built as a main road in a ‘dential area. It has an initial average daily traffic of 6,600 ev/day in both directions, The rate of traffic growth is 8%, Percentage of commercial vehicle is 30%, Design a flexible pavement for the road which needs a design life of 10 years, The CBR for sub-grade of the road is 8%. (Employ the JKR Malaysia Design Method). Explain what is of JKR Malaysia Design Method (G marks) Analyse the thickness design for the pavement using the JKR Malaysia Design Method if the requirement for the payement layers is: ~ Wearing course = asphalt concrete + Road base and sub-base = cement stabilized. (17 marks) Describe concisely the construction works for a modern flexible pavement, by including the processes (only until finishing), different layers and/or plants used, (20 marks) Q4(a) Drainage system used for highways may vary depending on location and traffic volume. Briefly differentiate between surface and subsurface drainage with respect to aim and methods of providing highway drainage. (6 marks) Page | of 7May — Aug 2016, Final Examination EV303/8V411 Highway Engineering (6) Explain road maintenance in terms of its functions, work types and/or categories as outlined by AASHTO. (6 marks) © Due to surface defects and irregularities, a stretch of roadway is planned for maintenance operations. As an engineer with the local city council, design ‘two (2) maintenance alternatives to mitigate this problem, while ensuring that the alternatives are both economical. (8 marks) Q5 Two alternative short span bridge designs for highway (A and B) are being considered as improvement to the current interchange between Kajang fown and Cheras town in Selangor. The first alternative is to construct the bridge in two phases (Phase I now and Phase II in 25 years). The second altern is to construct it in one phase. The information are given in Table QS below. Table Q5: The projects cost. Alternative B { ~ Phase 1 Phase Construction Leants RM 14700000 | 12,6000 | 22,400,000 j 4% — Hae Annual i Maintenance 75,000 25,000 100,000 | _Cosis (RM) i ji Service period Ea (rears) 26-50 (@) Based on the information given in Table Q5, analyze both alternatives using Present Worth analysis (16 marks) (b) Determine which of the two is more economically desirable, (4 marks) END OF QUESTION PAPER Page 2. of 7May — Aug 2016 inal Examination Appendix 1 Formula list 1 P Yo = Abr x (5 x 365% 74) Vo((1 + r)* — 1) r Ye Vy = Watry ESA= Vee XRxT c C=10.¢ C< Vy: ie f) jog +7) NPV = PV(AU) + PV(AR) — PY(AI) — PY(AM) B PV(AU) C~ PVC) + PV(AM) — PV(aR) F ary al Page 3 of 7 EV303/EV41! Highway EnginoeringMay — Aug, 2016, Final Examination EV303/EV411 Highway Engineering Appendix IT Tables & Graph Tables & Graph for Q2 Percentage of T | selected heavy goods | 0-15% on | vehicle | 16-50% | 51-10% | ‘Type of road | | Equivalence factor 30 37 2000 per ‘Two lanes (bothways) 2000 total for bothways 4000 total for bothways Three lanes (bothways) “Carriageway ___ Shoulder width width 7.5m 7.0m 6.0m “5.0m ~~ Rolling | Hue 100 i ~ (100 + 2P.) | 7 Mountainous | 7 ____ 100 ~ (100 + SP) Page 4 of 7May~ Aug 2016 Final Examination EV303/E¥411 Highway Engineering Fe SO a ene Se San Or Cotrected Equivalent Thickness TA, (em) 2 = £ £8 8 A SaRaeRRRees be Equivalent Thickness TA, (em) 1x 108 1x108 1x10" 1x10° ob Equivalent Axle Load ESA. Subgrade CBR (%) 6May — Aug. 2016 Final Examination EV303/8V411 Highway Engineering Figure : Thickness Design Nomograph ‘Component ‘Type oflayer | __ Property Coefficient Wearing and |__binder course _| Asphalt concrete | “Type 1 : Stability | Dense bituminous |. >-400kB | Macadam ‘Type 2: Stability 300 ke Base course | Uneonfined Cement stabilized, | compressive mechanically | | strength (7 days) | stabilized crushed | 3940 kg/cm? aggregate an CBR 80% Sand, laterite, ete. CBR 20% | Sub-base Crushed aggregate CBR 30% Cement stabilized CBR 60% ‘Type of layer Wearing course Binder course Bitumino Wet mix Cement treated Base course Sub-base course |-— *For cement treated base course, the total bituminous layers overlying it should not be less than 15 cm Page 6 of 7May — Aug. 2016 ‘Table for QS 0.4564 03751 (0.407 | 0.1157 Final Examination T1184 13.5903 ‘15.6221 21.482 | 22.109 Page 7 of 7 EV303/8V411 Highway Engineering “03118 11.4669 0.2330 12.78: 0.0543 x 0.0406 16.161