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The document describes the typical components of a road structure cross section, including the sub base, base course, and sub grade/wearing course. It details the functions and characteristics of the sub base layer, which includes reducing traffic stresses on the subgrade, acting as a working platform and drainage layer, and preventing mixing of subgrade and base course layers. The sub base material should be well-graded, uniformly-sized gravel with specified liquid limit, plasticity index, California Bearing Ratio, and maximum particle size.

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The document describes the typical components of a road structure cross section, including the sub base, base course, and sub grade/wearing course. It details the functions and characteristics of the sub base layer, which includes reducing traffic stresses on the subgrade, acting as a working platform and drainage layer, and preventing mixing of subgrade and base course layers. The sub base material should be well-graded, uniformly-sized gravel with specified liquid limit, plasticity index, California Bearing Ratio, and maximum particle size.

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Typical Road Structure Cross Section - Road Cross Section Details


Composition of Road Structure:
Road Structure Cross Section is composed of the following components
1.
2.
3.
4.

Sub Base
Base Course
Sub Grade
Surface/Wearing Course

1. Sub Bases:

It is layer of granular material provided above subgrade generally natural gravel.


The load is transferred by the sub-grade effectively to the earth mass.

a. Function of Sub base in Road


Cross Section

It enables traffic stresses to


be reduced to acceptable
levels in subgrade in the
Road Cross Section.
It acts as a working plate
form for the construction of
upper pavement layers.
Acts as a drainage layer, by protecting the subgrade from wetting up.
It intercept upward movement of water by capillary action.
It acts as a separating layer b/w subgrade and road base. By this it prevent the two
layers from mixing up.

b. Characteristics of materials used in Sub Base:


The subgrade material should be clean and free from organic matter and should be able to
be compacted by roller, to form stable sub-base. The material should have the following
characteristics:

Well graded, uniformity coefficient (D60/D10) should not be less than 3.


Fraction passing sieve #200 shall not be greater than 2/3rd of the fraction passing
sieve #40.
Should have a L.L not greater than 25%.
P.I not greater than 6
CBR should not be less than 25.
In coarse grain, aggregate retained by #10 sieve, %age of wear shall not be greater
than 5%.
The maximum dia of any particle shall not be greater than 2/3rd of the layer thickness
of sub-base

2. Sub Grade in Road Structure Cross Section:


The subgrade is the compacted soil layer that forms the foundation of the pavement
system. Subgrade soils are subjected to lower stresses than the surface, base, and
sub base courses. Since load stresses decrease with depth, the controlling subgrade

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