Internship Presentation Madhucon Projects Limited

Internship Presentation
Madhucon Projects Limited
By
Alok Kumar (203113011)
Hitesh Sant (203113017)
Gurunath.G (203113019)
Dinesh Kumar.V (203113030)
About Madhucon:
 Madhucon projects limited established in 1983.
 Engaged in execution of expressways and national
highways, irrigation & water supply, dams, tunnels,
spillways, canal systems, sewage treatment, engineering
and property development projects.
On going projects:
 4 Lane National Highway-5: Vijayawada to Eluru & Eluru
to Rajahmundry - (Golden Quadrilateral) Km 3.4 to Km
75.0 including Four-Laning from Km 3.4 to Km 13.00.
Primary surveys
• It is intended to understand the existing traffic

scenario and to identify the improvements required
for upgrading the road to a better facility on the
project road.
• Count stations were chosen between / far from any
built up section to obviate the influence of local
traffic at the built up locations or mid-block
section.
• To assess the influence of local traffic at thanjavur-
trichy section, an additional count was carried out
at specific location i.e 129+00.
Turning movement surveys:
• The junctions at Velankanni and Tiruvarur are three
arm junctions, while the junctions at Valavaykkal,
Thanjavur bypass entry and Trichy are with four
arms
• Thanjavur bypass exit junction (Km. 90+000) is a
five-arm junction, with two legs towards Thanjavur
town (i.e.; Thanjavur bus stand road and Thanjavur
town road)
• Towards bus stand arms major and all traffic
movements are present but at Thanjavur town road,
only exit movements are major and hence only exit
movements were covered in the survey
Pedestrian Count Survey:
• Carried out at Thiruverumbur and Kattur where

substantial pedestrian crossing has been observed.
• The bus stops and the nearby urban stretch of

Thiruverumbur are causing haphazard and unsafe
crossing movement of commuters.
• Pedestrian underpasses/foot over bridges is

proposed at these two locations as these two
locations justify the condition for controlled
crossings.
Axle Load Survey:
• Axle Load Survey was conducted by using
separate portable weigh pads for both
directions, capable of weighing static wheel
loads with a capacity of 20 tonnes.
• It consists of a lightweight weigh pad and
separately housed digital readout unit with
interconnecting cables between the two axles
• The static wheel load is doubled to arrive at
the axle load, the ramps and sensors were
positioned on the shoulders.
Road Inventory Survey:
 Type of terrain.
 Land use.
 Carriageway width.
 Type of surfacing.
 Width and type of shoulders.
 Road Intersection(s) and their details.
 Height of embankment.
 Land width.
 Culverts, bridges and other structures (type, size, span
arrangement, and location).
 Utility services on either side of the road, and within the ROW.
 General drainage conditions.
 Locations where substantial local traffic exists and interferes
with through traffic longitudinally, justifying incorporation of
service roads.
 Locations where substantial local traffic crosses the existing road
requiring over- or underpasses.
Field (In-situ) Investigations:
 Drilling bore holes of 150 mm diameter to a maximum
depth of 20 to 25m.
 Collecting disturbed and undisturbed soil samples at
regular depth intervals.
 Conducting field-testing such as Standard Penetration Tests
at every 1.5m depth intervals or wherever strata changes in
Boreholes to determine N values as well as relative density
and stiffness of the soil strata.
 Study and record the standing Ground Water Table Level.
Experiments done:
 Grain Size Analysis as per IS 2720 part 4 – 1985.
 Specific Gravity as per IS 2720- part 3.
 Atterberg Limits as per IS 2720 part 5 1985.
 Determination of natural moisture content as per IS 2720 part 2 -
1973.
 Determination of natural density as per IS 2720
 Determination of Strength Parameters as per IS 2720 - Part 13
 Determination of water absorption, Specific Gravity and Unit
weight of rock core samples.
 Free swelling Index, Marshall test.
Free Swell Index Test (IS:2720-Part IV -1977)
Equipment / Apparatus
 Oven(1050C to 1100C, min)
 Balance (0.01g accuracy)
 Sieve [425 micron]
 Graduated glass cylinder
Calculation
 The free swell index of the soil is to be calculated as follows :
 Free swell index, percent = ((Vd-Vk) / Vk)*100
 Vd = The volume of soil specimen read from the graduated cylinder
containing distilled water.
 Vk = The volume of soil specimen read from the graduated cylinder
containing kerosene
Water content (Rapid Moisture Meter)
 It is a method for rapid determination of water content from the gas pressure
developed by the reaction of calcium carbide with the free water of the soil.
 Apparatus
 Metallic pressure vessel, with a clamp for sealing the cup, along with a gauge
calibrated in percentage water content
 Counterpoised balance, for weighing the sample
 Scoop, for measuring the absorbent (Calcium Carbide)
 3 steel balls of about 12.5mm dia. and 1 steel ball of 25mm dia.
 One bottle of the absorbent (Calcium Carbide)
Reporting of Results
 The water content on dry mass basis,

𝑚
 w= 𝑥100
100−𝑚
 m=water content (m) obtained on wet mass basis.

Principle of RMM:
• Reaction occuring inside RMM cylinder:
CaC2(s) + 2H2O(l) → Ca(OH)2(s) + C2H2(g)
• Moisture leads to actetylene(C2H2) production that

increases the pressure.
• Moisture is directly obtained by gauge readings as
a measure of pressure.
Marshall Mix Design
 Marshall Stability of mix is defined as the maximum
load carried by a compacted specimen at a standard test
temperature of 60°C
Apparatus:
 Marshall Mould with base plate and collar for preparing

specimens of 10.16 cm diameter and 6.35 cm height for
Marshall testing.
 Interchangeable base plate and collar can be used on

either end of compaction mould.
Sample Preparation
Percent Air Voids:
𝐺𝑡 − 𝐺𝑚
𝑉𝑣 = 𝑥100
𝐺𝑚
Here 𝐺 𝑚 = bulk density of the specimen
𝐺 𝑡 = theoretical specific gravity of mixture
100
𝐺𝑡 = 𝑊1 𝑊2 𝑊3 𝑊4
+ + +
𝐺1 𝐺2 𝐺3 𝐺4
Where 𝑊 1 = percent by weight of coarse aggregate in total mix
𝑊 2 = percent by weight of fine aggregate in total mix
𝑊 3 = percent by weight of filler in total mix
𝑊 4 = percent by weight of bitumen in total mix

𝐺 1 = Apparent specific gravity of coarse aggregate
𝐺 2 = Apparent specific gravity of fine aggregate
𝐺 3 = Apparent specific gravity of filler
𝐺 4 = Apparent specific gravity of bitumen
Percent Air Voids in Mineral Aggregate (VMA)

VMA=𝑉𝑣 + 𝑉𝑏
Here 𝑉𝑣 = volume of air voids, %
𝑊4
𝑉𝑏 = volume of bitumen, %=𝐺𝑚 𝑥
𝐺4
Percent Voids Filled with Bitumen (VFB)

100𝑉𝑏
VFB=
𝑉𝑀𝐴
Bitumen Unit Stability % voids VFB Flow value
Content Weight kg In mix % mm
% g/cc
4 2.25 622.432 12.85 41.43 2.33
4.5 2.33 643.955 10.16 51.41 2.48
5 2.35 746.205 8.35 59.14 2.72
5.5 2.36 928.704 6.51 67.40 3.27
6 2.37 884.22 4.26 77.80 4.01
6.5 2.36 780.458 3.96 80.26 4.82
2.4
2.35
Unit weight
2.3
2.25
2.2
4 5 6 7
Bitumen Content
1000
5
800
4
600
Stability
Flow value
3
400
2
200 1
0 0
3.5 4 4.5 5 5.5 6 6.5 3.5 4.5 5.5 6.5
Bitumen Content Bitumen Content
16
100
80 12
% voids in mix
60
8
VFB
40
4
20
0 0
3.5 4 4.5 5 5.5 6 6.5 3.5 4 4.5 5 5.5 6 6.5
Bitumen Content Bitumen Content
Optimum Bitumen content
The optimum bitumen content for the mix design is taken
from
 Bitumen content corresponding to maximum stability =
5.5 %
 Bitumen content corresponding to maximum bulk
density = 6.0%
 Bitumen content corresponding to 4% air voids = 6.34
 Optimum bitumen content of the mix =
(5.5+6.0+6.34)/3= 5.95%
 Flow Value corresponding to 5.95 % bitumen content =
4 mm
 VFB at 5.95% bitumen = 78%
Site Visit:
Transferring Aggregates
Transferring Filler
Excess Size Aggregate out let
Grading
Heating
Bitumen
Filler
Aggregate
Bituminous
mixture
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• It is intended to understand the existing traffic

• Carried out at Thiruverumbur and Kattur where

• The bus stops and the nearby urban stretch of

• Pedestrian underpasses/foot over bridges is

 Oven(1050C to 1100C, min)

 Balance (0.01g accuracy)

 Sieve [425 micron]

 Graduated glass cylinder

 The free swell index of the soil is to be calculated as follows :

 Free swell index, percent = ((Vd-Vk) / Vk)*100

 Vd = The volume of soil specimen read from the graduated cylinder

containing distilled water.

 Vk = The volume of soil specimen read from the graduated cylinder

 Counterpoised balance, for weighing the sample

 Scoop, for measuring the absorbent (Calcium Carbide)

 One bottle of the absorbent (Calcium Carbide)

 The water content on dry mass basis,

 m=water content (m) obtained on wet mass basis.

CaC2(s) + 2H2O(l) → Ca(OH)2(s) + C2H2(g)

• Moisture leads to actetylene(C2H2) production that

 Marshall Mould with base plate and collar for preparing

 Interchangeable base plate and collar can be used on

Here 𝐺 𝑚 = bulk density of the specimen

𝐺 𝑡 = theoretical specific gravity of mixture

𝑊 2 = percent by weight of fine aggregate in total mix

𝑊 3 = percent by weight of filler in total mix

𝑊 4 = percent by weight of bitumen in total mix

Percent Air Voids in Mineral Aggregate (VMA)

Percent Voids Filled with Bitumen (VFB)

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