FEU-INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

P. PAREDES ST., SAMPALOC, MANILA

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

HIGHWAY ENGINEERING(CEHIGHWAYV021)
PAVEMENT INVESTIGATION

SUBMITTED BY:
Joebelle Alciso
Lawrence Mico del Rosario
Joshua James delos Santos
Joseph Emmanuel Queddeng
John Malone B. Severo
Andro Soriano

SUBMITTED TO:
Engr. Edward Caezar D.C. Alimorong
Instructor

June 13, 2017

 PAVEMENT INVESTIGATION

I. Introduction
The work reported herein was performed to determine the cause of inordinate distress
manifest in the paved asphalt surface from Legarda Station(km post 3) to Marilaque
Highway, Marikina(km post 13). Following is a presentation of the investigation, observation
and conclusion of the distressed infrastructure. The excisting visual condition were based on
close visual assesment.
A. Pavement Condition Index (PCI)

The Pavement Condition Index rates the condition of the surface of a road network.
The PCI provides a numerical rating for the condition of road segments within the road
network, where 0 is the worst possible condition and 100 is the best. It is widely used
in transportation civil engineering. It is a statistical measure and requires manual survey
of the pavement. PCI surveying processes and calculation methods have been
standardized by ASTM for both roads and airport pavements.The method is based on a
visual survey of the number and types of distresses in a pavement.

B. Modes of Distress in Concrete Pavement

 Block Cracks are interconnected cracks that divide the pavement up into rectangular
pieces.
 Corner Cracks are usually caused by heavy traffic over a corner that does not have
adequate support. It may occur either at the edge of the slab or where the transverse
joint intersects with the longitudinal joint.
 Longitudinal Cracks are cracks parallel to the pavement’s centreline.
 Transverse Cracks are cracks perpendicular to the pavement’s centreline.
 Deformation is the change in the road surface from the intended profile. It affects the
safety and riding quality of the pavement as it may lead to water ponding thus
increasing the chance of aquaplaning and is a traffic hazard.
 Spalling is a condition where distinct, usually angular pieces of concrete have flaked
(cracked), or are showing a tendency to flake from the concrete surfaces.
 Ravelling is the progressive breakdown of the slab to depths commonly of 6 mm to
12 mm. Mortar and aggregates are lost independently of each other.

C. Modes of Distress in Asphalt Pavement

 Crocodile Cracks or Alligator cracks are interconnected or interfaced cracks
forming a series of small polygons resembling a crocodile hide.
 Depression is a localised area of pavement surface that is slightly lower in elevation
than the surrounding pavement.
 Rutting is the longitudinal vertical deformation of a pavement surface in a wheel
path.
  Shoving is the deflection and bulging of the road surface generally parallel to the
direction of traffic, and/or horizontal displacement of surfacing materials.
 Pothole is a small, bowl-shaped depression in the pavement surface that penetrates all
the way through the HMA layer down to the base course.

Figure 1. Shows route from kilometer post 3 ( Legarda Station) to kilometer post 13 (

DEFECTS (LEGENDS)

Kilometer Post Crocodile Cracks

Block Cracks Depression

Corner Cracks Rutting

Longitudinal Cracks Shoving

Transverse Cracks Potholes

Spalling Ravelling

Center Line of the Road

3+000

++

0+120

++

0+430

++
 0+585

++

0+880

++

4+000
1+220

++

1+370

++

1+595

++

1+930
5+000

++

2+305

++
 2+685

++

6+000

++

3+115

++
3+340

++

3+580

++
7+000

++
4+915

++

8+000

++
 0+120

++

0+335

++

0+585

++
0+880

++

9+000 1+055

++
 1+370

++

1+495

++
1+930 10+000

++ ++

2+305

++
2+685

++

11+000

++
 3+115

++

3+340

++

3+580

++
 3+825

++

12+000

++
4+915

++

13+000

++
 OBSERVATION

Many deffects is caused by traffic fatigue since the Legarda station to

Marilaque highway is a national road over many axle loads repetitions, predominantly
by trucks. The distress are decreasing , indication of newly paved and overlay. All
sites accessible in any forms of transfortation vehicle from heavy to light. Some
inconsistency are assumed due to age of the overlay of pavement. There are very
partial of slight distortion resemble to a speed bump. The pavement condion have no
crucial effects to the traffic. Majority of the deffects from the edges, pertaining that
the defects are not due to over age of the pavement.

CONCLUSION

The exercise of detailed visual examination yielded few evidence of distortion

in some areas were the highway is connected to another . All the sites should receive a
rating from slight to severe damage to define the degree of defects and distortion in
the paved surface. In order to generate information about pavement, the observers
should further investigate in a different manner by testing the support conditions by
laboratory analyses of backfill materials, and review of geotechnical report. Overall,
the pavement from Legarda station to Marilaque highway have an excellent review
since the defects are not crucial. It is noticable that some parts of the road are newly
paved and has no defects at all.