Axle Load Spectrum for the Example Road

Load SAS SAD TAD TRA

2 274 137 0 0
4 2093 160 4 0
6 1536 421 9 0
8 501 455 50 0
10 71 437 91 0
12 21 890 83 45
14 8 552 141 0
16 0 184 150 45
18 0 43 169 0
20 0 158 576 0
22 0 2 377 0
24 0 2 261 45
26 0 0 161 45
28 0 0 76 0
30 0 0 29 136
32 0 0 59 79
34 0 0 82 0
36 0 0 4 45
38 0 0 0 45
40 0 0 8 0
42 0 0 0 15
44 0 0 0 191
46 0 0 0 15
48 0 0 0 0
50 0 0 0 0
52 0 0 0 0
54 0 0 0 0
56 0 0 0 0
58 0 0 0 0
60 0 0 0 0
62 0 0 0 0
64 0 0 0 0
66 0 0 0 0
Flextural strength of Concrete, Mpa 4.4145 Spacing of Contraction Joints, m
Effective modulus of subgrade reaction of DLC subbase, MN/m3 147 Width of slab, m
Elastic Modulus of Concrete, MPa 2.943E+04 No of lanes in both directions
Poisson's ratio 0.15 Type of carriageway
Coefficient of thermal expansion of concrete, / 0C 1.00E-05 Trial Thickness of PQC, mm
Tyre pressure, kPa 800 Radius of relative stiffness, m
Growth rate of traffic 7.5% Growth Factor
Design Life, Years 30 Lane Distribution Factor
Proportion of trucks plying along edge 0.34 Directional Distribution Factor

Axle Load, t LF*Axle Load, t No. of Axles stress, kg/cm2 Expected No. Stress Ratio Allowable No.
Single Axle With Single Wheel
16 19 0 15.2 0 0.34 Unlimited
14 17 8 13.7 42891 0.30 Unlimited
12 14 21 12.1 111162 0.27 Unlimited
10 12 71 10.5 370668 0.23 Unlimited
8 10 501 8.8 2604818 0.20 Unlimited
6 7 1536 7.0 7982281 0.16 Unlimited
4 5 2093 5.1 10879141 0.11 Unlimited
2 2 274 2.9 1426296 0.06 Unlimited
Single Axle with Dual Wheels
24 28.8 2 24.73 12690 0.55 126167
22 26.4 2 23.26 12690 0.52 367648
20 24 158 21.72 819029 0.48 2004954
18 21.6 43 20.17 221403 0.45 90733912
16 19.2 184 18.45 956728 0.41 Unlimited
14 16.8 552 2869137 0.00 Unlimited
12 14.4 890 4627569 0.00 Unlimited
10 12 437 2273248 0.00 Unlimited
Tandem Axle
40 48 8 16.76 42891 0.37 Unlimited
36 43.2 86 15.53 446756 0.35 Unlimited
32 38.4 88 14.23 458984 0.32 Unlimited
28 33.6 237 1231501 0.00 Unlimited
24 28.8 638 3317578 0.00 Unlimited
20 24 745 3870601 0.00 Unlimited
16 19.2 291 1514834 0.00 Unlimited
Tridem Axle
48 57.6 15 21.54 78871 0.48 2646545
44 52.8 207 20.06 1073331 0.45 151766641
40 48 45 18.55 235089 0.41 Unlimited
 4.0
3.5
4
Divided
325
0.875
103.40
0.75
0.54

Damage Ratio

0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0

0.101
0.035
0.409
0.002
0
0
0
0

0
0
0
0
0
0
0

0.030
0.007
0.000
 Diameter of Dowel 32 mm
Length of Dowel 500 mm
Moment of Inertia 5.147185E-08 m4
Modulus of Dowel Support 400000 Mpa
Modulus of Elasticity of Dowel Steel 200000 Mpa

88.29 kN

0.15 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25

Load by each Dowel 1 0.712644 0.425287 0.137931 0 0

Max load by one dowel 15.52 kN

Permissible bearing stress 29.23 Mpa

Relative Stiffness of Dowel 23.61 m-1

Bearing Stress in Dowel 28.31 Mpa

 88.29 kN

0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.15