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CALIFORNIA BEARING RATIO (CBR) METHOD. Typical Testing Machine. Introduction. The California Bearing Ratio devised by engineers of the California Division of Highways in nine years period to 1938. Most universally accepted pavement design methods.
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CALIFORNIA BEARING RATIO (CBR) METHOD Typical Testing Machine
Introduction • The California Bearing Ratio devised by engineers of the California Division of Highways in nine years period to 1938. • Most universally accepted pavement design methods. • A standard penetration-type load-deformation test is carried out, and using the values obtained from the test from an empirical design chart, the pavement thickness are calculated.
CBR LABORATORY TEST Specimen may be • Prepared • In-situ Mould • 150mm diameter • 127.3mm height • Separate base plate • A collar
The specimen is soaked and the expansion is measured. • Load is applied by the loading frame through a cylinder plunger of 50mm diameter and penetration is measured. • Rate of penetration is maintained at 1.25mm/minute. • Loads are recorded for 2.5 and 5.0mm. • Load is expressed as a percentage of the standard load at the respective deformation level, and is known as the CBR value.
CBR Equipment Soaking Samples Typical Testing Machine
CBR Equipment CBR Test – Sample Preparation CBR Test – Load-Penetration Measurement
Load a piston at a constant rate See what load it takes to make it penetrate a known amount California Bearing Ratio (CBR)
California Bearing Ratio Vs Moisture content California Bearing Ratio Equipment
CBR DESIGN METHOD • In this method, the CBR values are used to determine the total thickness of the flexible pavement and its various layers. • Following are the graphs used in the design of the pavement thickness.
