Economic Evaluation of Pavement: Using Coconut Coir
| Author(s) | : | Rajan J. Lad, Mayank N. Gupta, Mustafa A. Ghasia, N. Reddy Rajesh M., Ashok K. Kumhar |
| Institution | : | Assistant Professor,Civil Engineering Department G.I.D.C. Degree Engineering College, Abrama, Navsari |
| Published In | : | Vol. 3, Issue 5 — May 2016 |
| Page No. | : | 895-902 |
| Domain | : | Engineering |
| Type | : | Research Paper |
| ISSN (Online) | : | 2348-4470 |
| ISSN (Print) | : | 2348-6406 |
Development of roads plays an important role in development of a nation. Flexible pavement often facesproblems like cracking and rutting due to frequent traffic loads. Therefore these problems are to be tackled in order toimprove the performance and serviceability of road pavements. Our main focus is on the studies and suitability of coconutcoir which is a naturally available material in abundance as waste of coconut and can be used as reinforcement material onsurface mixes.Marshall Method of mix design was adopted for the mixes and the optimum bitumen content, fibre content and fibre lengthare determined for coir fibre reinforced bituminous mixes and their performance is analyzed. An Optimum Bitumencontent 5.25%, Optimum Fibre content 0.6% and Fibre Length 16.25 mm is obtained after analysis. On studying theMarshall parameters, it is found that the addition of Coir Fibre to Bituminous Coarse contributes significantly inimproving the performance of the mix.
Rajan J. Lad, Mayank N. Gupta, Mustafa A. Ghasia, N. Reddy Rajesh M., Ashok K. Kumhar, “Economic Evaluation of Pavement: Using Coconut Coir”, International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development (IJAERD), Vol. 3, Issue 5, pp. 895-902, May 2016.
