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Annual Report

2015-2016

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CSIR-Central Road Research Institute, New DelhiAnnual Report2015-2016

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Contents

From Director’s Desk v

Objectives of CRRI vii

Quality Policy viii

Summary of Progress

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERINGGround Improvement 5

Landslide Management 8

PAVEMENT ENGINEERING

Pavement Design & Rehabilitation 27

Pavements Materials & Construction Technologies 36

Road Asset Management 42

BRIDGES AND STRUCTURES 51

INSTRUMENTATION 78

TRAFFIC & TRANSPORTATION PLANNING

Traffic Engineering and Road Safety 81

Environmental Science 88

Transportation Planning 98

INFRASTRUCTURE & SUPPORT

HRD & PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation 115

Technology Management and Business Development 119

Information, Liaison & Training 120

DOCUMENTATION AND LIBRARY SERVICES 129

R&D SUPPORT SERVICES Computer & Networking 130

Mechanical Engineering Support 132

Civil Engineering Support 135

Quality Management 137

Rajbhasha 138

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Contents

Other Activites of the Institute

Events 142

Award 158

Lectures Delivered 159

Technical Training, Deputation etc. CRRI Scientists / Staff Deputed for Training 161

Deputation Abroad 163

Student Trainees 164

Visitors 172

Membership of Staff on Various Technical Committees 173

Membership of National and International Organisations 178

Marketable Products and Services 179

Publications

Papers Published in Journals 181

Papers Published in Seminar / Conference /Symposia 187

Staff of CRRI 203

Management Council 211

Research Council 212

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From Director’s Desk

It is indeed my pleasure to present the Annual Report of the Institute for the period 2015-16 which reflects Institute’s progress and achievements in all aspects including sponsored, collaborative, R&D works, consultancy services provided, in-house projects carried out for the development of technology and all other infrastructure and services provided during the year.

The R&D and consultancy services were focused in the area of Traffic Engineering and Road Safety, Transportation Planning, Transport Environment; Geotechnical aspects of Road Development, Slope Stability, Ground Improvement, Sub-surface Drainage; Use of Waste and Marginal Materials for Road Construction; Material Characterization, Design & Construction Techniques of Flexible and Rigid Pavements, Pavement Evaluation, Maintenance and Rehabilitation; Instrumentation for Highways and Bridges; Bridge Design and Instrumentation, Inspection & Evaluation, Rehabilitation and Software Development.

Under 12th Five Year Plan Network Project on “Development and Application of Technologies for Sustainable Transportation (SUSTRANS), research has been conceived under two main modules (i) Transportation Modules (8 work packages) and (ii) Road Modules (7 work packages). Under Transportation Modules, an Advanced Car Driving Simulator for assessing the driving related abilities of Drivers with Psychomotor problems or impairments has been developed. To achieve overall objective of integrating of Public Transportation System, the transport model is developed using Four Stage Modeling technique utilizing VISCOM software for the city of Delhi. Under another 12th five year plan project on “Evaluation of Economic Loss due to Idling of Vehicles at Signalised intersection and mitigation measures (ELSIM)” research has been conceived under 6 work packages and is under progress. Studies are being carried out at signalized intersections of seven cities – Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai, Bhopal, Vadodara and Chandigarh to Evaluate the Economic Loss due to Idling of Vehicles at signalized intersections and mitigation measures. A petroleum based Rejuvenating Agent has been developed for Recycling of Asphalt Pavement. Studies on the Development of Indo-HCM for determining the roadway capacity and level of service for varying type of inter-urban roads and urban roads separately is in progress.

The Institute also continued with its year round activities of conducting refresher courses/ training programmes in the area of road and road transport sector. In addition, an International Training Course on Dissemination of Highway Development and Management (HDM-4) was organized. It was attended

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From Director’s Desk

by participants from India and other developing countries. Short term tailor made training programmes were organized for the Engineers of Government of Afghanistan; National Rural Road Development Agency; Uttar Pradesh Public Works Departments, Lucknow; Rural Engineering Department, UP and Road Construction Department, Bihar.

CSIR-CRRI contributed to human resource development in various areas by providing facilities to students for their project work and training. During the year, several students from reputed academic institutions carried out their project work for B.Tech/M.Tech/M.Sc. programmes. Some of the students worked for their Ph.D/post-graduate programme also. In addition, under AcSIR, CRRI has also admitted students under M.Tech and Ph.D Programmes.

In its endeavor for effective technology transfer and building a close linkage with user organization,the Institute handled large number of consultancy assignments and earned a sizeable cash resource. Licensing agreements were signed with BRRDA for use of Cold Mix Technology on Bihar Roads. Agreements were also signed with industries for commercial production of Patchfill Machine. Our scientists filed IPR Application for SETUCARE : the Mobile Bridge Inspection Unit and PATCHFILL : the Pothole repairing Machine. Three Patent applications were also filed during this period. These are (i) “A Process of using Thermocoal (Expanded Polystrene) Waste in Hot Bituminous Mixes for Road Construction”, (ii) “Utilization of PVC Pipe Waste in Modifying Bitumen for Paving Application” and (iii) “Development of Electro Mechanical Field Density Gauge”. The patents on “Upgraded Device for Road Condition Evaluation” and “Carbon Based Mixer for Improved Performance of Flexible Pavements as one of the Bitumen Additives or Fillers and Methods of Preparation thereof” were also filed.

A large number of distinguished scientists both from India and abroad visited the Institute, delivered Lectures, and held discussions with R&D Scientists of the Institute.

Many of our Scientists received recognition, served as expert members on important Committees and contributed in the preparation of Standards/ Codes of Practices/ Manuals/ Guidelines / Specification (IRC/BIS/MORTH).

I acknowledge the contributions made by everyone in the success achieved by the Institute during the year.

Prof. (Dr.) Satish ChandraDirector

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Objectives

The scientific & technical objectives of CSIR-CRRI are:

To develop specifications and manuals for construction of low cost roads for different regions of country.

To carry out applied research for investigation, construction and maintenance of different type of roads and runway including studies on related materials such as aggregates, bitumen, cement, etc. With a view to effecting economy and achieving greater serviceability.

To develop appropriate tools, machinery, equipment and instruments for adapting technologies as related to highway engineering and relevant to the country for indigenous use.

To carry out research and development activities in all aspects of roads under varying climatic and traffic conditions.

To carry out research and development in all aspects of road traffic and transportation engineering, including study of accidents, development of road safety measure, psychology of road users and transportation economics in relation to different forms of transport.

To render technical advice and consultancy services to various organisation in roads and related fields to avoid import of foreign expertise.

To train engineers through refresher courses, workshops and training programmes for wider application of indigenously developed technologies .

To create and establish all the needed infrastructure, both equipment and expertise , in the various facets of highway and transportation engineering for investigation, planning, design, construction and maintenance as well as to achieve judicious solutions for special problems.

To collaborate with other institution for R&D studies concerning roads, road transportation and related practices particularly on regional problems.

Publication of scientific and technical findings in journals, symposia, conferences, etc. Devoted to research and development in related areas of highway engineering .

Generation of intellectual property and its commercialization through technology transfer.

Objectives

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Quality Policy

Quality Policy

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The CSIR-Central Road Research Institute (CRRI) endeavors towards

Continual Professional Excellence in the area of Roads and Road

Transport including Bridges and Structures. The Institute is committed

to accomplish Industrial as well as Sociatal Research and Development

Programmes, Consultancy Services and HRD Programmes meeting

diverse technical needs of the profession globally.

Prof. Satish ChandraDirector

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Summary ofPROGRESS

Geotechnical Engineering

Ground Improvement

Landslide Management

Geotechnical Engineering Ground Improvement

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Construction of Road over Municipal Solid Waste Dump, Siddhartha Vihar, Ghaziabad (U.P.)The site of Municipal Solid Waste Dump (MSW) is located at Siddharth Vihar, Ghaziabad, U.P. MSW landfill is a heterogeneous material and exhibits anisotropic properties that are difficult to characterize. Typically, it consists of food and garden wastes, paper products, plastics and rubber, textiles, wood, ashes, mixed with soil (Fig.-1). To provide proper road infrastructure at the site, construction of road was proposed which is about 1500 m long and 24 m wide. Out of the 1200 m length of proposed road, 300 m length passes over MSW dump. A suitable methodology for construction of road over the MSW dump has been proposed in the project. Different Field and laboratory investigations were carried out which include viz. Study of physical and engineering properties, Standard Penetration Test (SPT), Dynamic Cone Penetration Test (DCPT) and Plate Load Test (PLT).

The physical and engineering characteristics of MSW indicate that it consists of different type of materials viz. Soil, plastic, fabric, rubber, wood etc. as shown in the Fig. 1. The MSW sample was observed to be saturated in the field and in-situ density was around 12.5 KN/m3. The organic content was in the range of 15 - 20 percent. It was observed that MSW is a coarse grained material having gravel (30 %), sand (50 %) and silt + clay (20 %). Municipal Waste dump was observed to be non-

plastic in nature. However, liquid limit of MSW was observed to be 30 %. According to BIS classification, MSW is classified as SM i.e. silty sand with fines. The Maximum Dry Density (MDD) and Optimum Moisture Content (OMC) were observed to be 1.48 g/cm3 and 16 %.

Figure 2 shows the arrangement of plate load test on MSW land fill. The variation of load intensity vs. Settlement is shown in Fig. 3.

Fig. 1 : Composition of Municipal Solid Waste

Fig. 2 : Test set up for Plate load test

Fig. 3 : Load intensity vs. settlement

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Based on the field and laboratory investigations followings conclusions along with suitable remedial measures were given.

The average value of SPT or Equivalent SPT from DCPT was observed to be less than 10 kg/cm2. It was concluded that it is in loose condition.

From the plate load test, continuous settlement was observed for a particular load. This indicates that MSW fill is in loose state and this is supported by results of SPT/DCPT.

Settlement of MSW was calculated by different methods and total expected settlement was estimated of about 1.04 m.

Different ground improvement measures/alternatives that were recommended include: (1) Excavation and Removal of MSW dump (2) Dynamic compaction with Interconnected block pavement and (3) Dynamic compaction along with stone column.

Technologies for Utilisation of Waste and Marginal Materials in Road Construction – 12th FYP project under SUSTRANS - Work Package - 9Foundry sand was investigated for its suitability as a backfill material in Reinforced Earth wall construction. Understanding of interface frictional behaviour between reinforcement and structural fill material is essential for the design of MSE walls. Pullout tests were carried out to determine the interaction friction coefficient between Foundry sand and ribbed G.I strip, where ribbed galvanized iron (G.I) strips functioned as reinforcement material and Foundry sand as a structural fill material. The pullout test results on ribbed metal strips embedded in Foundry sand (FS) are compared with those embedded in other conventional fill materials available in the literature. The pullout resistance (PR) versus displacement curves for different normal stresses for ribbed G.I. strips embedded in Foundry sand (FS) Fig. 4. It is observed that, the pullout resistance (PR) increases with increasing normal stress resulting from the increased confinement of the metal ribbed reinforcement in Foundry sand. Fig. 5 presents the results of pullout tests in terms of interface friction coefficient (F*) between ribbed

G.I strips – Foundry Sand. The interaction friction coefficient value decreases with increase in normal stress. Similar results were reported by AASHTO (2010a), Reinforced Earth Company (1995). The higher interaction friction coefficient at low normal stress is due to dilatants behavior of fill material.

Fatigue characteristics of cement stabilized fly ash was studied. Fig. 6 shows the variation of diametrical strain with number of load repetition. It is observed that, as the number of load cycle increases, the value of diametrical strain also increases. The rate of increase is observed to be very significant after reduction of resilient modulus by about 50% of initial value. It can also be observed that rate of increase of diametrical strain increases with increase in stress ratio. It is due to the fact that as the stress ratio increases, diametrical deformation also increases resulting in dissipation of energy.

Fig. 4 : Normalized pullout curves for GI strips - Foundry sand

Fig. 5 : Interface friction coefficient versus normal stress for GI strips in FS

Geotechnical Engineering Ground Improvement


base layers, design of pavement was carried out. Pavement design was carried out considering the Design life of 15 years, Design traffic of 525 CVPD, Annual growth rate of commercial vehicles of 5 %, CBR value of sub grade of 6 % corresponding to 90th percentile CBR value, Resilient modulus of sub grade of 55 MPa. Wheel load is considered as legal axle load of 10.2 ton and single wheel load is taken 2.55 ton for stress-strain analysis. Modulus of geocrete stabilised layer with 8 % cement was taken as 5.2 MPa based on laboratory result. A crack relief layer above the cementitious base was proposed i.e. Wet Mix Macadam (WMM) of thickness 100 mm sandwiched between the bituminous layer and cement-Geocrete stabilised base layer to arrest the propagation of cracks. The values of modulus and Poisson ratio of WMM layer was taken as 450 MPa and 0.35 for design as per Annexure VIII, Table VIII-1, IRC-37. Resilient modulus and Poisson ratio of bituminous materials (DBM/BC) with VG30 bitumen binder at 35oC was considered as 1700 MPa and 0.35 respectively as per Table 7.1, IRC 37.

Stress-strains at critical locations were computed using a linear layered elastic model. The stress analysis software IITPAVE has been used for the computation of stresses and strains. The strains were computed at critical locations viz. under the wheel load (Radial distance = 0) and at a Radial distance of 155 mm. Considering the proposed crack relief layer, cross sections with cementitious layer thickness 250mm was analyzed. The computed strains were then compared with allowable critical strains determined using Fatigue and Rutting models and it is observed within limit. The proposed schematic cross section of geocrete stabilized pavement is shown in the Fig. 7.

Fig. 6 : Variation of Diametrical Tensile Strain with Number of Load Cycle

Quality Assurance for Embankment, Subgrade and Reinforced EarthWall ConstructionKubepur to Fatehabad, Agra

Construction of Inner Ring Road (Phase 1) from Kubepur to Fatehabad in Agra is being carried out by Agra Development Authority, Agra, (UP) and CSIR - CRRI is engaged in the quality assurance for the different project activities i.e. construction of embankment, sub grade, sub base, Reinforced retaining walls etc. The quality of construction of embankment was assessed by geotechnical characterization of fill material, evaluation of degree of compaction achieved in different layers. Suggestions were also given for erosion protection of high embankments. The quality of Reinforced earth retaining wall constructed at the toe of the high embankment was monitored by assessing the quality of backfill material, mode of installation of facing panels; quality and installation of reinforcements etc. Suggestions were also given for proper lying of filter material and use of geotextiles for proper drainage.

Pavement Design Proposed with Geocrete Stabilized Layer (Secundera - Jhinjhak - Rasoolabad Road, U.P.)Secundera-Jhinjhak-Rasoolabad road is a Major District Road (MDR-47) in Ramabai Nager Region, U.P. The existing single lane was proposed to be widened to 7m carriageway with 1m shoulder on either side. To economize the total cost of the construction by using a new stabilser called 'Geocrete'' in base/sub Fig. 7 : Pavement Cross Section

425 mm

25 mm BC

50 mm DBM

100 mm WMM Crack Relief

250 mm Cement Geocrete Layer

Geotechnical EngineeringLandslide Management


Consultancy Projects

Design and Supervision of Soil Nailed System for Construction of Underpass at Railway Level Crossing No. 156, Sahibabad, U.P

As reported earlier (Annual Report 2014-15), Deputy Chief Engineer (Construction), Northern Railway, and Ghai Construction Ltd. approached CSIR-CRRI for design of suitable technique for the stabilization of collapsible soil (sandy soil) for construction of subway across the Delhi-Gaziabad Rail line at crossing No. 156 near Sahibabad Railway Station, Uttar Pradesh (U.P). The proposed underpass to be constructed below railway track (total 9 tracks having three main tracks in the centre, three loop lines on either sides of main tracks and two future proposed tracks). The proposed underpass would have seven segments of pre cast RCC Boxes which were pushed using jacking technique under the existing railway embankment. The inner dimensions of each segments of RCC precast boxes was 9.0 m x 4.50 m (BxH) with box thickness of 0.90m. The overburden comprises of about 0.7m thick railway ballast

and 1.50m thick filled up soil. As discussed with railway engineers, the side slopes of the execution pit were to be protected with RCC retaining wall. The estimated pushing length was about 67.5 m. About 300 to 350 trains pass over this section daily. It was informed by railway that during box pushing, rail traffic should not be disrupted.

In order to protect from sudden failure, suitable Soil Nailing Technique has been suggested by CSIR-CRRI, which had been previously developed in CRRI and adopted in various projects. Seven number precast box segments were pushed through this stratum. (Fig. 8)

Design and Implementation of Remedial Measures for Prevention of Hill Slope and Rock Fall/Landslide at Shri Ram Laxman Gadmandir, Ramtek, NagpurRamtek is one of the important and famous Talukas of Nagpur District which is located around 55 km from Nagpur City. The local enquiry revealed that the Ramtek Temple has very rich history of Hindu mythology; therefore, thousands of pilgrims visit the

Fig. 8 : Stages of Box Underpass Constructions

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place every year. There are fractured rock masses on valley side of the Mandir. It seems that Ramtek Fort Temple was constructed from the locally available stones such as Sandstone, Dolomite, Quartzite and Schist rocks. Main temple was constructed by mainly sandstone which is available in the nearby areas. (Fig.-9)

Over a period of time, due to exposure of building

stones and rocks to fluctuating weather and changing climatic conditions coupled with other condition like seepage of water through the rock joints etc. These have deteriorated and along with weathering, erosion also took place. The side slope with fractured rocks and under constant weathering and erosion pose a risk to slope failure on valley side which will seriously affect the foundation of temple. Some

Fig. 9 : Close View of Fractured and Jointed Rock Mass Below the Temple



cases of rock fall and already were experienced. It is also a threat to the local habitants.

In view of the above, the Chief Engineer, PWD and Director, Archaeological Deptt, Mumbai requested CSIR-Central Road Research Institute (CSIR-CRRI) to design remedial measures for prevention of probable rock fall/landslide at Shri Ram Laxman Mandir at Gadmandir, Ramtek, Nagpur.

Accordingly, CSIR-CRRI team collected relevant geological, geotechnical details, Rainfall and mean of minimum and maximum temperature data to find out most probable causative.

In view of the scope of work laboratory tests were conducted on representative sample collected from the field and a scheme of remedial measures designed, which is required to be implemented in one go, is suggested. (Fig.-10)

Remedial Measures

The following work was carried out for the above mentioned project:

(1) Extensive field work carried out for one week.

(2) Geological and Geotechnical data collected.

(3) Drainage problem of temple complex thoroughly investigated.

(4) Data tabulated and marked in contour map and photographs.

(5) Field data. Uniaxial compressive strength data of field collected sample data PL), other rock properties and strength data from contour map provided by client used for tabulated the data for calculation of Rock Mass Rating (RMR) and Slope Mass Rating(SMR).

(6) Separately, Rock structure Rating(RSR) valueaso calculated.

(7) Based on values of RMR, SMR and RSR, remedial erasures are suggested for stabilisation of Rock Slopes of temple.

The drain outlets are directly left on to the slope which has to be avoided. All these drain are to be connected with main drains and A proper network of drains along with stepped chute is provided on slope

Sequential order of remedial measures in weathered and highly fractured zones

Nailing/Rock bolting

Application of Net

Drainage/Weep holes

Construction of wall up to 8m height

Fig. 10 : Recommended Remedial Measures to be Implemented



IGIB Building

Seepage in Basement

Seepage in STP

Low Lying Area

Seepage in Lift Room

Low Lying Area

Fig.11 : Seepage in Basement and STP of ISSH

Comprehensive Study of Seepage and Design of Suitable Preventive Measures for Seepage in ISSH Hostel, IGIB Campus, New DelhiThe Institute of Genomics & Integrative Biology (IGIB) was constructed in north side of CSIR-CRRI on Sukhdev Vihar road in the year 2007. The IGIB institute campus includes ISSH and AG1 building of seven and five stories respectively. Both the buildings have basements. The building was constructed in 2007 and it was handed over to IGIB in the year 2011. Geotechnical investigation report provided by the engineer in charge revealed

that the IGIB campus is resting on shallow depth of overburden soil varying from 1.5m to 7m and underlained by Delhi quartzite rock formation up to the investigation depth. The overburden sub soil stratum consists of low plastic Sandy Silt.

Due to undulating ground and poor condition of surface as well as subsurface drainage, the campus of IGIB faced a serious problem of water logging, seepage in basement of ISSH from year 2012 and foundation failure of boundary wall from year 2015 (Fig. 11). The problem of waterloging was recurring again and again and it was resulting in continuous



suitable remedial measures /method were designed for reducing the seepage pressure. Accordingly, sub soil sample were collected from boreholes and grain size analysis tests were conducted. In view of the gradation of soil different methods of ground improvement method for protection of seepage pressure were suggested. Vacuum Well point dewatering system has been taken into account while designing the preventing measures for ground improvement within the campus.

Well Point Method for Dewatering

Well point systems are commonly used methods for lowering of ground water table, as they are applicable to wide range of excavation and groundwater conditions. A well point system is usually the most practical method for dewatering where the site is accessible and water-bearing strata to be drained are not too deep.

In view of the site condition and to reduce the seepage pressure on basement wall this method was thought to be most appropriate and would be very effective. In this method, 40-50mm diameter pipes are installed in borehole up to the required depth. The top most portion of pipe to be connected to a common header pump with one or more well points. The end point of pipe in the well are connected with pipe screens as shown in Fig. 13. The pipe generally range in size from 40-50mm in diameter and 1 to 1.50m in length and are constructed with either closed ends or self-jetting tips.

seepage of water especially in the basement area of both the buildings. In order to avoid such problems in future, Director, IGIB decided to involve CSIR-CRRI to investigate the causes of failure and to suggest preventive and remedial measures. Accordingly, the work of comprehensive study and design of suitable preventive measures for seepage in ISSH hostel, and failure of boundary wall of IGIB campus, New Delhi was awarded to CSIR-CRRI. The field investigation work was carried out by CRRI team. The causes of problem of seepage in ISSH Hostel and Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) and Sudden collapse of boundary wall (Fig. 12) :

Causes of Problem Excessive rain

Topography

Shallow Water Table

Poor Sub Soil (Fine grained)

Rock formation at shallow depth acts as rigid boundary

Poor permeability of soil

In effective rain harvesting system

Zero discharge i.e., no waste water drainage outlet

Excessive irrigation/watering

Occasional leakage of water in campus from Delhi Jal Board pipe line

Absence of Weep holes in boundary wall

Design of Remedial Measures/ Ground Improvement

In view of the extent of the problem and its causes, the

Fig.12 : Ground Profile vs Horizontal Distance



Sub-Soil Investigation for the Construction of 4 Lane Single Span Bridge over Gurgaon Canal at Two Different RD’s 20780 (Atmadpur Bridge) and 9800 (Palla Bridge), Faridabad, HaryanaExecutive Engineer, Water Services Division, Faridabad has requested to CRRI for Soil investigation for the construction of 4 lane single span Bridge over Gurgaon canal at two different RD’s 9800 (Palla Bridge) and 20780 (Atmadpur Bridge), Faridabad, Haryana. The report deals with the analysis of the field and laboratory test results, type and depth of foundation and recommendations regarding the safe bearing capacity of soil. The purpose of sub-soil investigation was to obtain the sub surface conditions at the site so as to evaluate the soil parameter required for evaluating the safe bearing capacity of soil for the design and suitability of the foundation for the proposed structure Fig.14. The knowledge of general geotechnical subsoil characteristics, compressibility and information about ground water table is an essential requirement for the geotechnical engineer, which would assist the designer to design the foundation system. On the basis of field and laboratory test results Pile foundation has been designed as bridge foundation system.

Field Investigations Mobilisation of Equipment:

Drilling of Boreholes

Standard penetration test

Disturbed and undisturbed samples

Measurement of ground water table

Laboratory Investigation

The following laboratory tests were conducted on selected soil samples recovered from the boreholes.

a) Natural Moisture Content

b) Bulk and Dry Density

c) Void Ratio

d) Specific Gravity

e) Sieve Analysis

f) Liquid and Plastic Limit

g) Direct Shear test

Fig.13 : Well Point System Proposed as Ground Improvement Measures

Fig. 14 : Geotechnical Investigation in Progress

Discharge Pipe

Header Pipe

GateValve

Stop Valve

Suction Pipe

HeaderPipeCoupling

FlexibleConnection

Riser Pipe

7 m

Dewatering Pump

Wellpoint Rocky formation



Recommendation of Foundation

The above laboratory tests were carried out as per relevant Indian standard code of practice IS: 2720. On the basis of field and laboratory test results Pile foundation has been designed as bridge foundation system.

Evaluation & Consultancy Services for Land Reinforcement at UPES, Bidholi, Dehradun

The University of Petroleum & Energy Studies (UPES), an Indian University located in Dehradun, Uttarakhand established in the year 2003 is known traditionally for its education and research in fields of Energy & Power. The UPES consists of two campuses Bidholi and Kandoli, located at the foothills of Mussoorie range mountains which are about 3 km apart from each other. The project site is located at Bidoli and this campus is having 9 clusters of buildings mainly Energy House and Chitrakoot Block which includes various laboratories, workshops and hostels, Fig 15. The UPES has constructed a three storey MDC Annexe (3BHK) and hostel buildings in 2007. The 3BHK building is situated about 9m away from proximity of downhill slope face slope as shown in Fig 16.

The UPES Authority has proposed to extend the Hostel block- 5 and new construction of Mess with Hostel block- 6 &7, which is situated close to the vertical hill slope. The vertical/downhill slope at proximity of which the building is located seems to be stable under present condition. However, the UPES authority has proposed to construct one more new building near the proximity of valley

slope. The expert advice was requested from CSIR-CRRI to ascertain the stability of valley slope under additional loading due to construction of new proposed buildings. General Manager (Project) on behalf of UPES approached CSIR-CRRI for the work of ‘Evaluation & Consultancy services for Land Reinforcement' at the suggested site. Subsequently, a team of CSIR-CRRI scientists accompanied by the officials of UPES made a preliminary visit at the site to assess the scope of the work, etc. CSIR-CRRI has accepted the proposal in November, 2015.

Field Investigations

Field investigations include: close traverses along the slope, toe and top boundary of the slope. The different observations during field investigations are as follows Figs. 17 & 18.

1. The slope from top edge to the toe is almost vertical ranging from 70 to 80 degrees and

Fig. 16 : Three Storey MDC Annexe (3BHK) and Hostel Buildings near Downhill Slope

Fig. 15 : Location of UPES, Dehradun Fig. 17 : Field Investigation in Progress



Fig. 18 : Field Investigation in Progress

above. The extent of the slope ranges from 96 to 101 meters (from Toe to Top portion).

2. It is made up of compact mixture of silty sandy soil & gravels & occasional boulders.

3. The slope material as observed during field investigation has alternate layers of horizontally bedded pebbles of bigger sizes followed by fine material with small sizes indicating different stages of deposition.

4. The profile of the slope indicate overall concavity making it spoon shaped slope which can be inferred due to excessive cutting of the river in the past.

5. The profile across different sections indicate little convexity at middle bottom part due to accumulation of the eroded slope material.

6. As the present topography indicates, the rocks protrudes at the far bottom part of both side of the slopes making it a narrow point. It is suspected that, in the past; there would have been some blockade of the river resulting intense toe cutting on breaking of it.

Topographic Survey

For carrying out slope stability analysis, accurate cross sections at 1:500 scale, representing to the ground conditions were required to be drawn. The topographic survey was carried out at the site by CRRI team along with UPES officials. Total Station was used for mapping of the slide area. The slope area was divided in seven cross-sections as shown in plan of x-section and shown in Table-1.

Hill Slope Condition Cross Section Surcharge EQ Forces FOS (with RCC Retaining Wall

(Ht.-5m)

Dry Condition

YES NO 1.00

Dry Condition

YES YES 0.85

Dry Condition

YES YES1.01

(with Nails)



Table-1 : X- Section of Slop Area and Parameters Considered in the Stability Analysis

Wet

(WT at approx. 5m)

YES YES0.87

(with Nails)

Wet

(WT at approx. 10m)

YES YES0.88

(with Nails)

Wet

(WT at approx. 20m)

YES YES0.98

(with Nails)

Wet

(WT at approx. 25m)

YES YES1.03

(with Nails)

Slope Stability Analysis

In order to predict the rock fall/ landslide occurrence, a quantitative assessment of slope stability is necessary. The assessment of degree of safety is through calculated factor of safety (FOS) which is conventionally defined as the ratio of average shear strength to the average shear stress along a potential failure surface. The selection of potential failure surface essentially depends on the condition of the site as revealed from site investigation and accordingly, selection of suitable remedial measures follows the estimation of stability. There are many

methods of stability analysis which are presently available in the form of computer software. The GEO-5 stability analysis software available in CRRI was used and slope stability was determined as per Bishop’s Method and Sarma’s Method. Cross sections (Geometry of the slope) adopted for stability analysis were as per cross sectional drawings. Earthquake factor (EQ) was also included in the analysis. The parameters considered in the stability analysis are given in Table-1.

As per the site condition, geometry of slope and requirements of project, the stability of slope of



critical zone has been checked for the natural conditions of slope with and without surcharge, water table and earth quake in different possible combinations,

Landslide Mitigation MeasuresThe slope stabilization, sliding control/prevention of landslide measures generally include, flattening of slopes, lowering of ground water table, providing and further promoting vegetation cover on slopes, RCC or Masonry Retaining Structures, reinforced earth retaining structure, grouting, improved surface drainage and preventing slides by Nailing and Shotcreting etc. depending upon site constraints and likely solution on case to case basis. A judicious combination of both active and passive measures is required for successfully controlling landslide problem.

The remedial measures are designed and suggested having in view of the following.

1. Long vertical river valley slope made up of river borne material.

2. Toe of the valley slope cut by a seasonal river.

3. Space constraints for construction of conventional measures, generally requiring more space.

4. Limited space between the foundation of the building and the edge of the valley slope (9m).

5. Slope is vegetated, occasional traces of the draining on the slope.

6. Stability Analysis indicates the slope is almost at critical FOS, Table-1 under dry condition.

In view of the site conditions and feasibility of implementation of scheme of remedial measures, following combination of methods is proposed for stability of the slope.

Retaining Wall

Soil Nailing Technique

The combined cross-sectional view representing the above provisions of RCC Retaining Wall along with Soil Nailing is shown in Fig. 19.

Concluding Remarks

In addition to the above suggested measures, following general measures are also required to be provided/constructed.

Lining of irrigation canal where distresses have appeared.

Keep the drain clean during rain/ close the drain, if not to be utilized.

The Vertical Slope face above the drain (in the vicinity of 9 to 12 m from top edge of slope) which is near to the upcoming building can be covered with suitable Geogrid/ Carpet (Details enclosed in Annexure ‘B’) or else local plants should be promoted in this reach which can promote vegetation and at the same time can prevent the slope face from erosions.

Fig. 19 : Cross-Section of Slope



Provide RCC as one of the Retaining Structures as per the given details in this Report.

Soil Nailing using Tor steel bars should be done as per the design details given in this Report.

Appropriate drainage measure should be adopted to avoid the seepage from slope area.

Ensure that the water from domestic as well as seasonal rains is prevented from going on to the lower slope by providing appropriate drainage measures all around the Infrastructure.

No exploitation of vegetation/slope be allowed from human activity at any time.

Continuous monitoring of slope for any distress be done in future.

Toe protection from running water using Energy Dissipaters such as Wire Rope Gabion along the river.

Provision of Deflecting/Repelling Spur can be adopted for the whole stretch along the Nimi river, to repel/shift the river scour away from the toe of the slope.

Shielding of Structure against Vibration due to Earthquake

Study on shielding of structures against the vibration due to earthquake and Isolation of the ground using trench barriers was taken up by the Institute.

The other study is to protect the building/ important structure against vibration.

During the year work on Characterisation of sawdust and local soil to be used as in-fill material in the trench for protection against vibration has been completed.

Progress made along with salient findings: It has been proved experimentally that sawdust is an effective material for the isolation purpose due to its high angle of friction and porosity values. It also increases the angle of friction of its mixes with other materials. It has been also explained experimentally that consolidation takes place immediately in its presence and settlement behaviour is uniform. The following table 2 gives an idea of the various geotechnical properties of sawdust.

Sl.No. Geotechnical Property

Value of the Property

1. Sp. Gravity 0.4

2. Porosity(%) 87

3. % of sand sized particles 98

4. Angle of Friction (in undrained condition)

50 degrees

5. Percentage of CaCo3 4

6. pH Value 5.3

Table 2 : Various Geotechnical Properties of Sawdust

The following table 3 explains its behaviour with soil and sand mixes.

Sl. No.

Material Friction parameters (CU Condition) (kg/

sq.cm and degrees)

1. Delhi soil C= 0.013, =26.8

2. Delhi soil & sawdust mix

C=0.07, =34.3

3. Badarpur sand C=0, =35.0

4. Badarpur sand and sawdust mix (90:10)

C=0, =37.4

5. Yamuna sand C=0, =31.09

6. Yamuna sand and sawdust mix (90:10)

C=0, =37.16

Table 3 : Behaviour with Soil and Sand Mixes

The following settlement curve gives an idea of the uniform settlement of sawdust Fig. 20.

Fig. 20 : Settlement Curve of the Sawdust



Fig. 21 : Settlement Curve of B.C. Soil and Sawdust Mix (80:20)

Fig. 22 : Construction of Two Storey Building is in Progress (2014)

Fig. 23 : Displacement of Retaining Wall since May 2014 to December 2015

Fig. 21 explains the same uniform settlement behaviour of its mix with B.C. Soil.

Stability of Slope and Foundation for Construction of Buildings at Port Blair

The Andaman and Nicobar are a group of picturesque islands, located in South-Eastern part of Bay of Bengal. Military Engineering Services (MES) requested CSIR-Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi to investigate the stability of slope and foundation for the construction of buildings at Buniyadabad, Port Blair and to suggest suitable remedial measures. During the field visit, CRRI team carried out investigations and also collected geotechnical investigation details and other relevant data from MES.

The broad scope of work is as follows to

Field and laboratory investigation

Analysis of results

Design of remedial measures for slope stability and foundation related problems

Provide construction methodology for the proposed road embankment

Field and Laboratory Investigations

In the year 2014, two storey building construction was under progress (Fig. 22). The retaining wall constructed on back side of the building was displaced by more than 3m as shown in Fig. 23. The soil beneath the building was subsided by 30 cm.

Nine boreholes for the proposed site were made in year 2014 - 2015. The locations of bore holes have been distributed in such a way so as to cover the entire area of the slope. The borehole has been carried up to 15 m depth. On left hand side thickness of soil is more on top portion (9m to 13.5 m) of the slope and thickness of soil reduces to 4.5m at bottom of the slope. On right hand side thickness of the soil is more or less uniform on entire slope (11m to 15 m) and rock is available at deeper depth.

Road Geometric Design

A team of CRRI has carried out required studies to design the road on the given terrain conditions. The major activities during field visits have included collection of available data, field reconnaissance survey, topographical survey, geometric design and estimation of earthwork quantities.

Design of Remedial Measures

Stability analysis of the study area has been carried out using 'Geo4' software. Based on the results of stability analysis the sloping area was found safe in



normal conditions while the same slopes were found failing under seismic and seismic with saturated conditions. The proposed alignment with remedial measures shown in Fig. 24. The suggested remedial measures are as follows :

As the rainfall in Port Blair is very high, its required to immediately drain off the rain water without harming the slope. To drain off the water, proper drainage network should be constructed in the study area.

Fig. 24 : Location of Proposed Alignment and Buildings in the Study Area



The proposed buildings can be constructed at marked locations 1 and location 2. At location 1 the moderately weak rock is available at 4.5 m depth. Since the slip surface is touching the rock surface, pile foundation is suggested as a preferred solution for proposed buildings.

Vulnerability Assessment and Development of Adaptation Strategies for Climate Change Impact with Special Reference to Coasts and Island Ecosystems of India (VACCIN) under Information Sciences Cluster by CSIR-NISCAIR (ISC0302)- 12th Five Year Plan Project, Work Package 15:Study of Changing Trends of Landslide Hazards Considering Geo Environmental Conditions in the parts of Peninsular IndiaGlobal warming phenomena are the key issue in the present scenario and directly/indirectly related to the human activities. Increasing demand of growing population requires more food and space. Therefore, rapid industrial growth, increasing tourism demand and unplanned urbanization is taking place and this may leads the fast depletion of forest cover. This may contribute significantly to the temperature rise globally. Melting glaciers & ice caps, rising Seas, Changes in rainfall patterns, increased chances of extreme events, extreme hot & cold climate, widespread vanishing of animal populations etc. are the major impacts of the global warming. Changes in rainfall patterns and increased extreme events are further leading the frequent occurrences of hazards such as floods, cyclone and especially landslide hazard.

Therefore, it is essential to know the relative stability before, implement of any further developmental scheme in an area. Landslide hazard zonation map also help in the planning by choosing relatively stable slopes and by avoiding the high and very high hazard slopes.

The main objectives are:

• Preparation of LHZ map of the study area.

• To study the change in relative land stability conditions with change in rainfall.

• To suggest the Adaptation and mitigation measures.

Work Done

Landslide is the most common and recurring hazard on the hilly regions worldwide. Landslide hazard may be defined as the “Probability of occurrence of potentially damaging natural phenomena. A landslide hazard zonation map depicts a division of land surface into zones of varying degree of stability based on an estimated significance of causative factors in inducing the instability”. Therefore, landslide hazard Zonation maps consists of several zones of progressive levels of expected landslide hazard.

In order to create landslide hazard zonation (LHZ) maps of different years, an area is required to be selected.

Selection of Field Area

An area roughly around 550 sq. km. covering a moderate sized watershed Fig.25 is selected for the present study (WP-15) in the Western Ghats region. Study area is covered within the survey of India toposheet nos. C43L3, C43L4 and C43K16 and falls in the Idukki District of Kerala State. Study area is selected on the following basis:

a) Accessibility of the field area

b) Different type of land use and land cover

c) Human interference

d) Rainfall area

e) Developing area

f) Stability problems in the area

Slope Facet Map

Study area is falling in the Western Ghats. The area has rugged topography. Hills are dissected by numerous streams and rivers. Mattupatti Lake is formed due to the construction of Concrete Gravity Dam at the confluence of three major rivers namely Muthirappuzhu, Chanduvaria and Kundale. This dam is located in the South - Eastern part of the study area and reservoir filled in the North-East to South - West direction. Various land use and land pattern viz. dense forest, barren land, flat & agricultural land, tea plantation, etc. are present in the area.

In order to prepare factorial maps of the study area (550 sq. km.), a base map (slope facet map)



is required. Slope facet map is a part of hill slope which has more or less uniform direction (≥15°) as well as slope angle (≥15°). Initially, boundary of the study area is marked covering a watershed. Topography of the study area is studied carefully on the survey of Toposheets. The hill slopes are divided into the number of small segments, called slope facets bounded by ridges, spurs, gullies and streams in such a way that uniformity of direction and slope inclination of the bounded slope maintained. In the absence of ridges, spurs, gullies and streams, arbitrary lines are used as a slope facet boundary, where a significant change in the attitude of slope is observed. Slope facet may vary in shape and size depending upon the uniformity and nature of the slope.

Slope facet map Fig. 26 is prepared manually using hard copies of Toposheets. Initially, manual method is given preference over the digital map to get the overall view of the study area, which is not possible on the monitor. Once, slope facet map is prepared

manually, it is scanned and registered using Geographical Information System (GIS) software. Registered slope facet map superimpose over the Toposheets to digitize the various features minutely and modified accurately, wherever it is required. Various features such as ridges, spurs, gullies and streams, arbitrary lines and their sub features of the slope facet map is digitized on different layers. This will help to further modify the map if needed. An arrow is also marked for every facet to indicate slope direction. Merging all the features gives the final slope facet map of the area. Slope facet map may be modify on the basis of field information and by the imageries. Further, the study area (550 sq. km) will be ranked into five classes of relative stability viz. very high hazard, high hazard, moderate hazard, low hazard and very low hazard.

Final slope facet map will serve the base map for preparing the other factorial maps such as lithological map, structural map land use & land cover map, relative relief map, hydrogeological map

Fig. 25 : Study Area, Munnar, Idukki District, Kerala - Map Preparation



etc. Structural map can be prepared after analysis of structural field data and rest of the maps can be prepared with the help of the Toposheets and facet map. These maps further may be modified after incorporating the field data. It will form a basis for evolving a strategy for the development of the study area, Munnar, Idukki district Kerala.

Drainage Map

Drainage map of a basin is the geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries. That is an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet Fig.27. Basin or catchment area is an extent or an area of land where surface water from rain, melting snow or ice converges to a common point at a lower elevation. Drainage system of an

area is commonly governed by the topography of the land, whether a particular region is dominated by hard or soft rocks, and the gradient of the land. Drainage pattern of the study area is showing the sub-dendritic pattern.

Digital Terrain Model (DTM)

Digital Terrain Model (DTM) is a digital model or 3D representation of a terrain’s surface, created from terrain elevation data. A digital terrain Model of the study area has been prepared using the cartosat-1 v3 data Fig. 28. Colors represent the heights in this map. Here bright colors (red, orange etc) represent the higher reaches and cool colors like green blue

Fig. 26 : Slope Facet Map of the Study Area, Munnar, Idukki District, Kerala

Fig. 27 : Drainage Map of the Study Area, Munnar, Idukki District, Kerala

Fig. 28 : Digital Elevation Model, DEM of the Study Area, Munnar, Idukki District, Kerala



represents lower heights. This map is also useful to understand the geomorphology of the area. DTM shows that north, east, south-east part of the study area have higher reaches than the west and the middle part of the map. Rivers are flowing mainly from west to east directions and North to south direction.

Rock Dynamic Study of Joint Controlled Hill Rock SlopesRock Dynamic Study of Joint Controlled Hill Rock Slopes carried out in following different categories to understand the mechanism of hill slope failures in dynamic condition of hill slopes adjacent to hill roads. Rock Engineering Investigations (Fig. 29) plays a vital role for development of any programs for investigation of rock slope pertaining to cutting of hills for roads constrctions, stabilization of rock slopes, etc. needs to be focused as the main stream work done with best precision and accuracy. Rock Engineering Investigations includes different methods in two segments as follows-(A) Key Block Theory approach including Joint controlled rock block- Joint Pyramid, Key blocks and Rock

Fig. 29 : Scheme of Rock Engineering Investigation and Remediation for Rock Slope

volume and Sliding Direction. (B) Parametric Study approach including Rock Mass Rating (RMR), Slope Mass Rating (SMR), Rock Structure Rating (RSR) and Rock Mass Quality (Q). Geological and Geotechnical studies in detail are necessary to understand and quantify the number of factors related to mechanism of rock slope failures. An attempt has been made for this Project related work to improve better the stabilization practices for hill rock slopes. Consequently we observe that, the evaluation of the joint controlled rock blocks adjacent to highways in hilly terrain of India is essentially required prior to their stabilization and thus is inevitable. RMR, SMR and Q are other important parameters for the discontinuous planes intersecting with each other such as rock joints and other discontinuous planes in order to explain the generation of rock blocks known as the joint pyramids. In addition to the assessment and critical evaluation is highly essential for condition of rocks as per observations at site and laboratory testing of different rocks based on secondary data. The volume and further the stability for tetrahedral joint controlled rock blocks can be determined using vector methods based on secondary rock joint data available for work. The removability and further the direction of sliding of rock blocks which can be obtained by the geometrical and vector method analysis may indicate the consequences leading to the damage of both up hill and downhill slopes and the adjacent roadways and other such engineering structures around or in the vicinity of the hill road adjacent to rock slope. Based on above mentioned different types of investigations for rocks slopes, a set of remedial measures evolved for stabilization for hill slopes and hill roads. The outcome of the study finally help to establish the enhance the quality of stabilization measures for rock slopes by implementing the same by agencies like state PWD’s,Border road organizations and other hill road construction agencies. The Project findings aim to benefits to society and economic development of hill regions of India. The outcome of this study if implemented by appropriate agency well in time will help the villagers and the road users of the particular hilly region of india.

ROCKENGINEERING

IONVESTIGATION

Key BlockTheory

RMR, SMR, Q and their

relationship

Rock SlopeStability

Stabilisation ofRock Slope

Pavement Engineering & Materials

Pavement Design & Rehabilitation

Pavements Materials & Construction Technologies

Road Asset Management


Pavement Engineering Pavement Design and Rehabilitation

Development of Technology for Use of Fly Ash as an Alternate Material in Pavement Construction through Accelerated Pavement TestingNatural materials are fast depleting and road construction industry is facing acute shortage of good quality materials required for new construction and maintenance. The use of fly ash waste in road construction has a great potential for considerable saving in the use of natural resources, likely to enhance the pavement performance and protect environment, and therefore is very relevant in sustainable road development.

This mega project, sponsored by Department of Science and Technology, MoST (Govt. of India) envisages that pavements serving traffic for the Indian rural road and low volume roads are the best bet for exploring of a technology of maximised ustilisation of fly ash waste, with the following objectives:

Fig. 30 : The CRRI APTF Facility

• Experimental design of test pavement using selected fly ash waste in sub-base/ base and construction of test strips within CRRI.

• Semi-field performance evaluation of pavement constructed using these materials using APTF fig. 30.

• Development of design guidelines on their optimal usage

The scope involves assessing the basic engineering properties and behaviour of the selected fly ash blended sub-base/ base course materials, field performance evaluation under real life like traffic loads and drawing inferences on the utility of the fly ash based on analysis of observations fig. 31 and documenting.

Design Specifications

With due deliberations with the experts, six different (one conventional and five alternate) design specifications are proposed in the final design matrix to be studied.

CSIR-CRRI APTF


Pavement EngineeringPavement Design and Rehabilitation

Expected DeliverablesDeliverables of the Project include the following:

• Guidelines for assessing the suitability and use of fly ash in road construction

• Design approaches for use of fly ash material

• Quantification of techno-economic benefits of the proposed use of fly ash in the lower layers of flexible pavements

Work AccomplishedThe laboratory phase of designing mixes for sub-base is complete while designing for flyash-aggregate-cement base is in progress and the inferences drawn from Sub-Base studies are as follows:

• The stipulated evaluation tests for cement stabilised materials can also be effectively carried out for cement-flyash stabilised mixes also Fig. 32 : Typical Gradation of Flyash from Badarpur (NTPC)

Fig. 31 : Analysis of observations

Fig.33: Compaction Properties Aggregate: Fly ash = 78 : 22

• The loss of weight for stabilised fly ash mixture with varied cement composition after 12th cycle of wetting and drying were found to be less than permissible limit specified by IS 4332 (Part 4).

• As the cement content is increased, the value of resilient modulus also increases.

The results are given in Figs. 32 & 33.

Badarpur New Fly Ash

CementContent

(%)

Aggregate : Fly ash56:44


OMC(%)

MDD(g/cc)

OMC(%)

MDD(g/cc)

3 11.11 1.802 8.56 1.753

6 7.91 1.836 10.64 1.764

9 11.73 1.764 13.92 1.7099

Badarpur Old Fly Ash

CementContent

(%)



OMC(%)

MDD(g/cc)

OMC(%)

MDD(g/cc)

3 8.288 1.909 9.277 1.825

6 8.511 1.882 10.68 1.821

9 9.255 1.859 7.24 1.880



Post Construction Quality Audit of Four Laning of Jetpur-Somnath Section of NH 8-D from km 0.000 to 123.454 (Gujarat)

National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) is responsible for the development, maintenance and management of country’s National Highways and consequently, the road sections of National Highways are being developed much to the expectation of the public and policy makers alike. These efforts have yielded positive results, both for passenger and goods traffic with increased connectivity and improved road infrastructure developed in the country in the recent past. With reference to Gujarat, many important road links including National Highways constitute the road network of the state, where the primary mode of transport is land based, especially the road transport. The road sections of national highway 8 and subsidiaries are among the prestigious and important road construction projects executed by NHAI which serves as high-speed, high density

corridors of the state.

Major part of NH-8D, one of the major highway of Gujarat, passes through many important cities/places/hubs of historical, academic, tourist, industrial and commercial interest enroute. The four laning from the earlier two-lane was envisaged by NHAI and the General Manager(T), Gujarat, National Highways Authority of India(NHAI) had requested CSIR-Central Road Research Institute (CRRI), to undertake the investigations of the post-quality construction of the road section between Jetpur-Somnath(km 000.000-123.454) of NH-8D and to give observations. The investigations included both field studies and laboratory evaluation, viz., assessment of current pavement surface condition, determination of structural thicknesses by way of limited destructive evaluation by test pit observations along with retrieval of materials used in construction of various layers of the pavement structure and more specifically the bituminous layers by coring, for determining their properties in the laboratory.

Fig.34 : Observations for Laboratory Evaluation



analysis, inferences drawn and recommendation were provided.

Based on the field and laboratory investigations, it is recommended that an overlay of 80 mm Dense Bituminous Macadam (DBM) plus 50 mm Dense Bituminous concrete shall be provided on both carriageways for strengthening of road in order to provide additional structural strength to the pavement to enable it to carry the present and anticipated future traffic volume and loads in the next 10 years. An alternative option of Stone Matrix Asphalt + Dense Bituminous Concrete for design

Interim Observations

The 124 km long stretch of Jetpur-Somnath, recently completed, is opened to traffic and performing as a four-lane highway to cater to the traffic. The field evaluations have been accomplished and with further laboratory evaluation based observations Fig. 34, the post-construction quality levels will be established.

Investigation for Strengthening and Improvement of DSC Road Stretches Between Underpass Sector-37 to Kesar Garden, NoidaThe study was sponsored by Noida Authority, Noida, U.P. The main objective of the study is to carry out the field investigation for determining the causes of distresses of flexible pavement on road stretch between underpass sector-37 to keshar garden. The layout of study stretch showing distress condition is depicted in Figs. 35 & 36. Field investigations were carried out during which surface condition and structural data, bituminous cores samples, material samples from test pit and traffic-load data using Weigh in Motion (WIM) were collected for investigation. A detailed report containing data of field investigation, laboratory investigation, data

Fig.35: Layout Map of the Study Stretch-Main Carriageway of DSC Road

Fig. 36 : Distressed Condition of the Road Stretch under Study



life of 10 years was also suggested. Further, it was also recommended the above overlay thickness may be considered with the option of recycling of existing bituminous surface.

Design of Rigid Pavement for Four Lane Road in Trans Delhi Signature City, GhaziabadThe study was sponsored by U.P State Industrial Development Corporation Limited (UPSIDC.) The main objective of the is provide design of Rigid pavement over distressed bituminous surface on the road stretch between C.C Crossing and Alipur –Pusta road, tronica Industrial City, Ghaizabad. Figs. 37 & 38 indicate the distress bituminous surface on the road Stretch.

Fig. 38 : Existing Road in Deteriorated Condition with Missing Wearing Course along Pusta Road and Depression

Fig. 37 : Existing Road in Deteriorated Condition with Missing Wearing Course along Pusta Road and Large Size Pothole

Based on the earlier investigation carried out on the bituminous pavement study which was used as the input parameter for designing the rigid pavement, the design of rigid pavement over existing distressed bituminous road was provided to UPSIDC. Pavement Quality Concrete (PQC) of M40 Grade and 250 mm thickness was recommended over 100 mm thick leveling layer of Dry lean concrete (DLC) and 200 mm thick Granular sub-base (GSB) drainage layer. 32 mm dia, 500 mm long, plain mild steel dowels at spacing of 300mm c/c were recommended at all transverse contraction and construction joints. 12 mm dia, 640 mm long, deformed tie bars at spacing of 720 mm c/c were designed for longitudinal joints.

Evaluation of Road From Jhatikra More to Jhatikra Village for RehabilitationThe project aimed at the evaluation of road from Jhatikra More to Jhatikra Village under PWD Delhi for rehabilitation/strengthening by determining thickness requirements with Falling Weight Deflectometer. The project road is 8.000 kms long in entirely flexible pavement with 7.0m single carriageway, 2 lane road. The road passes through built up areas of various villages surrounding this road. Road is badly damaged at various locations due to stagnation of water coupled by damaged from heavy traffic plying on this road.

Measured surface deflections, normalized to a standard load of 40 kN, alongwith other inputs such as radial distances at which deflection are measured, layer thicknesses, Poisson’s ratio values of different layers, applied peak load and loading plate radius, are used to backcalculate the elastic moduli of different layers of the existing pavement using an appropriate backcalculation technique. The backcalculated moduli are used for the analysis of the in-service pavement and for assessment of the structural condition of the pavement as per IRC-115- 2014, as recommended in these guidelines for backcalculation have been used for structural evaluation.

FWD data collected and analysed and the overlay thickness computed for 5 years and 10 years design life are 100 mm and 120 mm respectively Fig.39.



Fig. 39 : Data Collection through Falling Weight Deflectometer

Review of Flexible Pavement Design in Weak Subgrade and High Altitude for Theog-Kharapathar-Harkoti RoadThe main objective of the study, sponsored by M/s Himachal Pradesh Roads and other Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited, is to carry out the pavement design review in weak subgrade and high altitude for Theog-Kharapathar-Harkoti road. The scope of the work included field visit to assess the soil and ground conditions, required minimum sampling for cross-section verification, collection of design related data, verification of the earlier design and suggesting suitable recommendations.

Brief Description of the Work done :

The road portion considered under the present study is only of 16 km length, out of the total project length of 80 km (approx.), within chainage from 42.000 to 58.000 km, falling under the Kotkhai to Rohru section of the project DPR. The pavement design was reviewed according to IRC:37-2012 and suitable modifications were suggested. The grading of granular sub-base was proposed to be changed in accordance with MORTH, 2013, keeping in

view the location of the pavement in high altitude area, to enable quick drain off of the water from the pavement.

Development of Technology for Compensating Strength Loss in Paving Concrete due to Use of Aggregate from C&D DebrisAmong all the alternate sources for aggregate, the recycling of concrete elements of the construction and demolition (C&D) debris has an upper hand as it is available everywhere. C&D debris typically composed of wood, plaster, concrete, bitumen, roofing materials, glass, plastics, metal, insulating materials, and other similar materials depending on the locality of its origin. Recycled concrete aggregate derived from crushing of the concrete elements of this debris, is inhomogeneous unlike natural aggregate derived from a crushed rock. Numerous researchers have shown that the mortar content attached to the recycled aggregate has lower density, higher water absorption, higher porosity and lower specific gravity than virgin aggregate. The mentioned physical properties of RCA results in the decrease in both mechanical strength such as compression



strength, modulus of elasticity, density etc. as well as durability aspect of concrete including chloride resistance. Therefore, the study aims at evaluating physical properties of RCA, manufacturing of concrete with RCA, the comparison of properties with virgin aggregate and control concrete and finally development of technology for overcoming this reduction in strength and durability quality of concrete manufactured with for helping in adopting a sustainable construction practice in the construction of concrete roads. The progress made for this project so far is as follows:

Composition of C&D Debris and Constituent of RCA

The aggregate was collected from the stacks of nominal aggregate size in the range of 10-4.75 mm and 20-10 mm. Fig. 40 shows as received RCA of maximum nominal size 20 mm. The presence of different materials besides crushed stone is clearly visible. Therefore, first of all, the composition of RCA was evaluated. Fig. 41 shows the composition

of RCA for nominal maximum size of 20 mm. As RCA is an inhomogeneous material, hence, it is very important to determine different component of it. The presence of different components of RCA determines the variations in the physical properties of RCA. Table 4 presents physical properties of RCA and a natural aggregate.

Figure 42 depicts significant water absorption by some of the constituent of RCA explaining its drastically higher value. The overall water absorption of RCA was 4.6% for 20 mm and 6.6% for 10 mm down aggregate whereas the same for natural aggregate of the same size range was 0.48% and 0.74%, respectively.

Compressive Strength of Concrete Manufactured with RCA and NA

The mix proportions used for this preliminary study containing RCA as a replacement of 100% natural aggregate in the size range of 10-20mm developed about 15% less compressive strength at 28 days. The

Table 4. Physical properties of RCA and natural aggregate (10-20 mm)

Physical propertiesValue

% variation wrt NARCA NA

Specific gravity 2.24 2.71 - 17.3

Aggregate crushing value (%) 28.16 30.7 - 8.2

Bulk Density (kg/m3) 1.47 1.65 -11.0

Water absorption (%) 4.46 0.48 + 830

Aggregate impact value (%) 27.94 23.1 -20.9

Fig. 40 : RCA in Size Range 10-20 mm Fig. 41: Components of RCA



flexural strength developed in concrete containing RCA was also about 10-15% less than that of controlled concrete. The water absorption rate indicating durability quality of concrete was much higher than the controlled concrete. The abrasion resistance was inferior to the control concrete. The preliminary analysis of data has indicated that if the replacement level of natural aggregate is reduced to 50% then the concrete containing RCA develops strength similar to the control concrete. The study further suggested that if ASTM Class F fly ash is used as a mineral admixture (up 7-10% of cement) then concrete containing 100% replacement of coarse aggregate could develop strength at least similar to the control concrete.

Evaluation of GUJCON - CRF Nylon-6 Fibre Reinforced M40 Concrete for RoadsA cement concrete pavement undergoes dynamic loading due to movement of traffic and rigorous environmental conditions. Development of shrinkage cracks in plain cement concrete pavements is a major problem especially in tropical regions like ours. Cracking of concrete due to shrinkage is a common problem in concrete members having large surface area exposed to the environment such as concrete pavements. To minimize the development of such cracks in concrete pavements the addition of synthetic fiber to the concrete mix is often suggested. Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals Limited (GSFC), Vadodara, has developed Nylon based synthetic fibre GUJCON - CRF Nylon-6 fibre for possible use in the construction of concrete roads. GSFC requested CSIR-CRRI to evaluate the influences of the addition of this fibre on concrete properties relevant to its use in pavement construction that is, flexural strength, compressive strength, MOE, abrasion resistance, drying shrinkage, beside fresh properties i.e. slump and density. The study was conducted to evaluate the influence of the addition of this fibre on fresh concrete properties and hardened state concrete properties i.e. compressive strength, flexural strength, drying shrinkage, modulus of elasticity (MOE) and abrasion resistance, for the concrete mix with and without incorporating GUJCON – CRF Nylon-6 fiber. The physical and chemical properties of GUJCON-CRF Nylon-6 fibre are presented in Fig.42: Water Absorption by Different Components of RCA

Fig. 43 : Nylon-6 Fibre in Water before Mixing Fig. 44 : Nylon-6 Fibre after Mixing in Water



Table-5. Figs. 43 & 44 show the Fibre in water before mixing and after mixing, respectively.

The study suggested insignificant effect on fresh density of concrete but slight reduction in slump. It further reveals notably higher resistance to abrasion and a reduction in drying shrinkage but similar strengths (compressive and flexural strength) for concrete mix reinforced with GUJCON-CRF Nylon-6 fibre to that of controlled concrete mix without GUJCON-CRF Nylon-6 fibre. Further, delayed separation of cracked beam under flexural testing at ultimate load due to incorporation of GUJCON-CRF Nylon-6 fibre indicated an improvement in post

failure behavior of concrete. The study concluded that in order to improve specific concrete properties over and above the conventional concrete this GUJCON-CRF Nylon-6 fibre may be used in the concrete road construction and in other similar construction works.

Further, as GUJCON – CRF Nylon-6 fibre is smaller in diameter in comparison with other synthetic fibres this fibre may prove advantageous in mitigation of spalling of concrete in fire. However, further study on such aspect should be carried out in order to widen its applicability in cement-based materials.

Table 5. Physical and Chemical Properties of GUJCON-CRF Nylon-6 Fibre (As per GSFC)

Properties Values

Fibre cross-section Trilobal

Fibre length 18 mm

Nature of fibre with respect to water Hydrophilic

Water absorption 4-4.5%

Denier/Filament 3

Color Brilliant White

Melting Point 220 °C

Specific gravity 1.13-1.14

Chemical Resistance Very good against alkali, hydrocarbons

Surface treatment if any None

Modulus of elasticity —


Pavement EngineeringPavement Materials and Construction Technologies

Consultancy Projects

Design of White Topping for the Improvement of Gopalpura By-Pass from Tonk Road Junction to Ajmer Road, BHankrota Junction, Jaipur.

Jaipur Development Authority (JDA), in order to improve the condition of Goplapura By-pass from Tonk Road Junction to Ajmer Road – Bhankarota Junction at Jaipur has intended to construct Thin White Topping (TWT) over the existing bituminous road. JDA the Central Road Research Institute for providing the structural design of TWT and technical guidance during construction. The length of the six lane dual carriageway road is approximately 9.5 km. The width of each carriageway is 11.5 m with 1.8 m wide median. Part one of the road from Goplapura – Tonk Road Junction to Gujjar Ki Thari is approximately 3.5 km long. This portion carries mainly city traffic comprising of cars, buses and light commercial vehicles with restricted entry of trucks. Both the bituminous carriageways are in good condition without any major surface distresses. Part two of the road from Gujjar Ki Thari to Ajmer Road – Bhankrota Junction is approximately 6.0 km long. This part of the road carries considerable amount of truck traffic in addition to city traffic. Fig. 45 depicts the existing bituminous surface in good condition .Truck traffic on this part of the road is because of diverted traffic either going to or coming from Ajmer. The condition of existing bituminous road is also good in this part of the road. Whitetopping

of 180 mm thickness in M40concrete with panel size of 1.28 m x 1.28 m was suggested after 50 mm milling of top bituminous layer.

Inspection and Suggestion for Rectification of Cracks on Cement Concrete Road near Raipur and Bilaspur on NH-200Public Works Department (PWD) of Chhatisgarh State constructed cement concrete pavement near Raipur end and Bilaspur end of the Raipur – Bilaspur section of National Highway No. 200. The concrete pavement near Raipur end is a six lane divided carriageway of length 7.50 km and the pavement near Bilaspur end is a four lane divided carriageway of length 9.0 km. The concrete pavement section near Raipur was constructed in the year 2014 and the section near Bilaspur was constructed in the year 2012-13. Within a period of two to two and a half years, both the concrete pavement sections have developed longitudinal cracking (Fig. 46). Chief Engineer, National Highway Zone, PWD Raipur, requested the Central Road Research Institute to explore the reasons for the cracking and suggest suitable repair methodology. During the field visits distress survey of both the sections of concrete pavement was carried out. The information regarding the type and width of the old and newly constructed road, methodology of laying Pavement Quality Concrete (PQC), specifications relating to structural design and concrete material were also collected. Few cores were also taken over the saw cuts to see the formation of joint and cracks.

Fig. 45 : Existing Bituminous Surface in Good Condition (Part I & II)


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Full depth repair, cross stitching of narrow and stapling of wide longitudinal cracks was suggested as repair methodology. Field investigations indicated that non-uniform support conditions under existing and widened road area along with excessive curling of wide concrete slabs laid in one single operation resulted in the longitudinal cracking. Suggestions, on the basis of field investigations, were also given to avoid such cracking in future construction of concrete highways.

Research Project (SUSTRANS):

Laboratory Study for the Utilization of Jarosite as Replacement of Sand in Pavement Quality Concrete (PQC)Jarosite is a waste material generated by the Zinc metallurgical industries. It contains silica sand,

clay and combustible additives like sea coal, and some moisture. The leaching test results showed that Jarosite is not hazardous. This research was conducted to investigate the performance of fresh and hardened concrete containing discarded Jarosite as a replacement of fine aggregate. Concrete performance was evaluated with respect to compressive strength, flexural strength, drying shrinkage and abrasion resistance Fig. 47.

The study has revealed that Jarosite is a very fine material. Its higher fineness influences most of the properties of green and hardened concrete. It reduces the workability of concrete mix. In other words, water demand of the mix is increased when finer Jarosite is used in partial replacement of natural sand. Due to increase in water demand, higher water content is required for achieving the desired workability. But, it increases the water-cement ratio of the mix which

Fig. 47 : Variation of Compressive and Flexural Strength of PQC with Jarosite Content

Fig. 46 : Wide and Spalled Longitudinal Cracks on Raipur and Bilaspur Section



Fig. 48 : Test Section Laid with Steel Slag

Fig. 49 : BBD Evaluation of Test Section

reduces both compressive and flexural strength of concrete. Figure shows the variation of compressive and flexural strength with Jarosite content of 10% (J-1), 20% (J-2), and 30% (J-3). Jarosite can be used in cement concrete only in small amount upto 20 percent of fine aggregate after some modifications in the mix so that workability and strength of the mix is not compromised.

Field Trial of Basic Oxygen Furnace Steel Slag Aggregate on National/ State Highways and subsequent Performance EvaluationThe scope of the project is to lay test sections with Basic Oxygen Furnace Steel Slag Aggregate and subsequent Performance Evaluation. Bituminous Concrete overlay, 40 mm thick was laid on Dimna- Mango road with 100% Basic Oxygen Furnace Steel Slag Aggregate. GSB layer with 100% Basic Oxygen Furnace Steel Slag Aggregate was laid on NH 33 Fig. 48. Performance Evaluation of overlaid section using BBD and Dip Stick was done in Nov, 2015 Fig. 49.

Interim Findings:

Steel slag test section has no sign of early pavement distress

Riding quality of steel slag test section commensurate well with riding quality of control section of natural aggregate.

Characteristic surface deflection in steel slag test section found less than the control section of natural aggregate. High layer stiffness of steel slag test section reduces load induce deflection in the pavement.

Effect of Rheological Characteristics of Bitumen on Foam and Resulting MixesThe increase of road infrastructure around the world and its impact on the environment requires serious attention in building more sustainable pavement constructions. The quest for sustainability in pavement construction constitutes a strong incentive towards the use of cold mix asphalt technology worldwide. Foamed asphalt, as an increasingly attractive cold asphalt mixture, is therefore becoming an important subject area for the study. It is reported that this mixture has been successfully implemented in many roads across the world especially in cold recycling.

The objective of the research project is to study the effect of binder rheology along with viscosity on foaming properties, which can lead to project clear picture of Foam Asphalt Mixture performance behaviour. The production process of foamed Bitumen is given in Fig. 50.

Different grades of binders (VG10, 20, 30 and 50, along with low viscosity binder 500poise) were used for foaming. From results, it is concluded that a low viscosity bitumen consumes low energy during foam process compared to high viscosity bitumen. If a binder having 500 poise viscosity at 60°C temperature is used in place of VG 30 binder for foaming technology, foam can be produced at 40°C lower temperature showing huge saving of energy consumption and green house gases emissions.



Fig. 50 : Production Process for Foamed Bitumen Mixes

Development of Specifications of Noise Absorbing Friction Courses in Rainwater Harvesting for Indian ConditionsWater security is widely recognised as one of the major challenges to India’s economic and social development. The nation’s average annual rainfall is extremely abundant by global standards, yet much of this rain falls in relatively brief deluges during the monsoon and there is great disparity across different regions. The combination of these climatic conditions with a range of man-made pressures has driven India’s farmers, households, and industry to increasingly depend on groundwater rather than surface water in rivers and lakes. But this dependence is leading to a rapid and very worrying deterioration in the nation’s groundwater resources, a deterioration that is underlined by current events. The Ground Water Advisory Council on Artificial Recharge of the Ministry of Water Resources has suggested that there is a need to develop separate technologies for recharge specifically for urban areas. Broadly there are two ways of harvesting rainwater:

(i) Surface runoff harvesting

(ii) Roof top rainwater harvesting

The porous asphalt pavement is used as alternative for rain water harvesting recently. The first ever

porous asphalt pavement in India for rainwater harvesting was constructed at the Gandhi Nagar Railway Station in Jaipur. Objective of the project is to design of mix for noise absorbing friction courses to be useful for rainwater harvesting. (Fig. 51)

Construction of Rigid Pavement on Eastern Approach to the Signature Bridge at Wazirabad, DelhiDelhi Tourism & Transportation Development Corporation Ltd. (DTTDC), under ‘Signature Bridge Project’ across River Yamuna in Delhi, has constructed rigid pavement on the Eastern Approach to the bridge. The pavement has been constructed on newly constructed fly ash embankment of height varying from 9-16 m. The length of six lane divided carriageway is 1.5 km. The quality assurance work was carried out by the Institute.

The scope of work included the checking of drawings, vetting of construction methodology through trial length construction of DLC and PQC, random sampling of materials used at site, observation of deficiencies, if any, and suggestions for the improvement of overall construction quality. Concrete laying was accomplished with slip form paver having facility of dowel bar and tie bar insertion. Fig.52 (a & b)

Foamed Bitumen

Hot Bitumen

Water

Foam Bitumen

Air

RAP

Cement (1%)

Fresh Aggregates



Fig. 51 : Noise Absorbing Friction Course for Rain Harvesting

Fig. 52(a) : Concrete Laying with Slip Form Paver Fig. 52 (b) : Concrete Curing with Wet Hessian Cloth

out by the Institute. The scope of work included the random sampling of material used at site, joint inspection of site with CPWD and Air Force officers, identification of the problems and giving suggestions for the remedial measures and improvement of the work. PQC was laid with slip form paver having facility of dowel bar and tie bar insertion. Full depth cracking at corners of the laid PQC was observed at many locations due to mismatching of transverse joints in the adjacent slabs of strips laid separately Fig.53. This construction practice got changed due to the intervention of CRRI quality assurance team and no such cracking was observed in rest of the work.

Re-surfacing and Widening of Runway, Taxi Tracks, Dispersals and Conversion of ORA/SGA into Rigid Pavements

Central Public Works Department (CPWD), under the project of re-surfacing and widening of runway, taxi tracks, dispersals and conversion of ORA/SGA into rigid pavements and rigid turn pads at Air Force Station, Hindon, have executed the work of laying Pavement Quality Concrete (PQC). The designed flexural strength of concrete was 4.4 MPa at 28 days. Thickness of PQC was 335 mm on runway and 320 mm on other areas. Recron 3S fibres were also used in PQC. The quality assurance work was carried



Fig. 53 : Cracking in PQC due to Mismatching of Transverse Saw Cut Joints


Pavement EngineeringRoad Asset Management

Detailed Investigations of Premature Pavement Failure at Various Locations on Pali- Pindwara Section of NH- 14 in the State of RajasthanThe Pali- Pindwara section is a part of National Highway No. NH- 14 in the State of Rajasthan. The starting point of the project road is km 113/ 000 just after junction of NH- 65 at Pali and end point is at existing km 244/ 120. It is a high density traffic corridor and has deteriorated severely at few places just after the first rains in terms of surface distress. Further, National Highway Authority of India requested to CSIR- Central Road Research

Institute, New Delhi to carry out a detailed pavement evaluation / investigation of main carriageway from Pali to Pinwara to suggest remedial measures to overcome the problem.

The different teams of CSIR- CRRI were deployed in field in the month of January 2016 for collection of pavement deflection data, roughness data, axle load, classified traffic volume survey, distress and test pit investigation etc. on project road from Pali to Pindwara. Figs. 54 to 58 shows typical view of various types of distressed occurred and various field activities conducted on the project road during the course of investigation.

Fig. 54 : Typical View of Ravelled Surface on the Project Road at Km 134

Fig. 56 : View of Extracting of Cores from Project Road

Fig.55: Typical View of Cracked Surface on the Project Road at Km 135


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The field and laboratory testing data have been analysed. The draft report containing discussion and inferences of the data/ results obtained and conclusions drawn for arriving at the needed remedial measures have been prepared to cater the existing and projected traffic loads towards improving the current condition of the project road. The final project report will be submitted to NHAI by the end of May, 2016

Implementation of Microsurfacing Technology on NDMC Roads under Riding Quality Improvement Programme (Phase- IV)In this project implementation of Microsurfacing Technology has been done on thirty two roads falling under the jurisdiction of New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC), New Delhi. Microsurfacing as a renewal treatment was suggested by Institute after

Fig.57: Typical View for Measurement of Crust Thickness and Density of Subgrade Layer

Fig. 58 : Typical View of Installation of Portable Weigh-in Motion (WIM) System for Axle Load & Traffic Survey



detailed evaluation of project roads by taking into consideration the structural capacity and traffic volume plying on these roads and the same was implemented by the user agency. The finished surface after implementation of Microsurfacing on project roads are quite good as a renewal coat / layer for urban arterial roads. The project was completed in December 2015.

Investigation of Bihta – Sarmera Section of SH-78 in Bihar for Needed Remedial Measures for already Constructed Pavement Layers and Improvement Measures for the Ongoing Construction in the Project SectionThe Bihar State Road Development Corporation Limited (BSRDC Ltd.) took up a road construction project consisting of 2 lane highway with paved shoulders from Bihta to Sarmera of SH-78. The project is a green field road project under ADB loan assistance. The length of the section is approx. 100 Km extending partly in Patna and Nalanda districts of Bihar.

BSRDC Ltd. informed to CSIR- Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi that construction

work was taken up in different stretches of Bihta - Sarmera road from 2012 to 2014 till termination of the contract in March 2014. Till March, 2014, DBM layers of 90 mm and 155 mm thickness, either in one layer or in two layers was executed in different stretches of the road. Further, BSRDC Ltd. Officials informed to CSIR- Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi that longitudinal cracks roughly within 1 m. distance from the edge on both sides are observed in DBM layers laid by the contractor in 2012 (Fig. 59), though road sections have not been opened to the traffic. Looking into the serious nature of distresses on already laid DBM, the Officials of BSRDC Ltd. requested CSIR-CRRI to investigate the reasons for development of longitudinal cracks and find out some suitable remedial measures and also to suggest the improvement measures for ongoing works to avoid such recurrences. Keeping these objectives in mind, CSIR-CRRI team conducted detailed investigations during April 2016 on already constructed stretches of SH-78 in Patna and Nalanda districts. Fig. 60 shows view of excavation of test pit being made on project road. The laboratory characterization of materials retrieved from the site is in progress.

Fig. 59 : A view of Longitudinal Cracks appeared on DBM Layer



The final report containing causes of failures and remedial measures and also recommendations to suggest the improvement measures for ongoing works to avoid further failures will be submitted to BSRDC Ltd. shortly.

Evaluation of Roads in Air - Force Station, Hindon Campus at Mohan Nagar Ghaziabad for Needed Strengthening as Remedial MeasuresHindon Air- Force Station is one of the Indian Air Force base under the Western Air Command. It is the biggest, largest and most important air base in Asia and 8th in the world. The base is located near Loni, Ghaziabad in the state of Uttar Pradesh in the National Capital Region on the outskirts of Delhi, close to the Hindan river. Executive Engineer, Hindan Project Division, Central Public Works Department, Hindan Air Force Station, Ghaziabad requested CSIR- CRRI to evaluate / assess the existing condition of roads in the air force station, Hindan campus and to recommend the resurfacing /

strengthening treatments required to improve upon their present condition. There three main roads, which are (i) Peripheral Road (ii) Road from Main Gate to Kendriya Vidhyalya No.1 and (iii) Road from Peripheral Road to Air Traffic Control to Dog Kennel to main road, have been included in the scope of project. The total length of all the three project roads are about 20 kms and most of the roads are in general comprises of cars and less number of commercial trucks.

To meet the objectives of the assignment various activities were undertaken which includes (i) Assessment of pavement surface condition of all the project roads by visual inspections to find out the extent of severity of various distress type developed (ii) Benkelman Beam deflection tests (iii) Laboratory evaluation of subgarde soil retrieved through test pits.

Fig. 61 shows typical view of exposed WBM base at Peripheral Road. Fig.62 shows Benkelman Beam deflection measurements in progress on road section from ATC to Dog Kennel.

Fig. 60 : A view of Test Pit being made on Project Road



Different types of data / results collected / observed / measured both in the field and in the laboratory have been analyzed and recommendations were made on remedial/ resurfacing treatments for improving upon the present condition of various project roads undertaken for evaluation in this assignment.

Structural and Functional Evaluation of Roads in Gautam Budh Nagar District of Uttar PradeshThe project for structural and functional evaluation of two roads viz; (i) Main road starting from NH-24 (GNIDA Limits) to Gaur Chauraha (60m wide road, 3.1kms in length) and (ii) Gaur Chauraha to Sector Zeta - I (130m wide road, 17kms in length) with six lane flexible dual carriageway has been awarded by Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority to Institute in order to recommend remedial measures for strengthening and improvement of project road. The project road connect to NH-24 and Dadri Kasna road and presently having very high commercial traffic which is due to lot of construction activities along the project road, development of new sectors and other commercial activities around it.

A variety of activities / tasks were carried out which includes (i) Traffic volume studies (ii) Axle load surveys (iii) Assessment of pavement surface condition through visual observations

Fig. 63 : A view of Traffic Volume Survey

Fig. 61 : A view of Exposed WBM Base at Peripheral Road

Fig. 62 : Benkelman Beam Deflection Test in Progress



(iv) Benkelman Beam deflection measurements and (v) Extraction of cores. Figs. 63 & 64 show typical views of traffic volume and axle load survey on project roads.

Under the field investigations with a view to assess the structural and functional condition of existing

Fig. 64 : A view of Axle Load Survey with Static Weigh Bridge

Fig. 65 : Measurements using Automated Road Survey System (ARSS) in progress

pavement, so that suitable recommendations on corrective measures for its improvement can be suggested. The following tasks/activities were undertaken in the field:

The collected field and laboratory data have been analyzed and final report containing recommendations in the form of bituminous overlay has been recommended for strengthening and improvement of project roads after doing needed profile correction with Dense Bituminous Macadam.

A. Assessment of Odisha Road Network using Falling Weight Deflectometer and Automated Road Survey System

The Works Department of Government of Odisha, has developed Odisha Road Asset Management System (ORAMS) for the Management of Odisha Road Network and awarded the work for collection of Road Inventory, Pavement Condition and Deflection



(Road Geometrics, GPS coordinates), Pavement condition (International Roughness Index, Rut Depth, Texture Depth, Cracking, Raveling, Potholes etc.) and FWD Deflection data for the selected road network.

Fig. 65 and Fig. 66 shows the field measurements using ARSS and FWD systems respectively on the project roads.

Data to CRRI using modern tools and technologies on the selected road network of 8000 kms length, comprising of SH, MDR and ODR roads.

In order to accomplish the entire scope of the study Automated Road Survey System (ARSS) and Falling Weight Deflectometer have been used on the study network. The work has been successfully completed and the report include Road inventory

Fig. 66 : Measurements and Demonstration of Falling Weight Deflectometer (FWD) in progress

Bridges and Structures



Development of High Early Strength High Performance Concrete

Experimental Investigation on Structural Properties of Nanosilica added High Performance ConcreteThe objective of this study is to investigate the effect of addition of nanosilica on the strength, durability and time dependant properties like creep and shrinkage of cement concrete and, compare the same vis-à-vis the microsilica added high performance concrete.

In continuation of the work presented in the Annual Report 2014-2015, the concrete test specimen of different sizes tested for strength, durability, time dependent properties and the structural behavior.

The variation in temperature of concrete mixes made with nano-silica (nS-HPC), micro-silica (mS-HPC), and the reference concrete (C.C) during the first 24 hours was monitored with the help of embedded maturity sensors. It was observed that the nS-H.P.C exhibited a peak rise in temperature at 16 hours while the same was observed at 20 hours and 21 hours, respectively for C.C and mS-H.P.C. It was

inferred from the test results that the nS-H.P.C offers early hydration, with a C-S-H formation started 4-5 hours earlier than those of C.C and mS-H.P.C.

A study of rate of development of compressive strength of the three concrete mixes (Fig. 67) indicated that the rate of gain of compressive strength of nS-H.P.C was higher in the early ages as compared to that of C.C and mS-H.P.C

A similar trend was observed with the variation of split tensile strength and the flexural strength of the concrete mixes, where nS-HPC developed a high early strength. The development of compressive strength and the split tensile strength were compared with the strength development models recommended in IRC 112 from which it was noted that the strength development of C.C conforms with that of IRC model, however the model underestimates the strength development of nS-HPC and mS-HPC. Based on the experimental results, a modification to the IRC model was suggested to take into account the highly reactive cementitious admixtures such as nano-silica and micro-silica. The nS-H.P.C showed higher rebar bond strength than that of C.C and mS-H.P.C. The results of durability tests such as water absorption, sorptivity test and chloride penetration

Fig. 67 : Compressive Strength of nS-HPA, mS-HPC and CC at Different Ages



test indicated the nS-HPC exhibited lower water absorption (Fig. 68), lower sorptivity and lower chloride penetration.

Fig. 68 : Water Absorption of Concrete Mixes

Fig. 69 : Testing of RCC Beam made of nS-HPC under Flexural Loading

However, the RCPT test indicated that the electric charges (Coulombs) passed through nS-HPC was marginally higher than that of mS-HPC. Also the concrete resistivity of nS-HPC was lower than that of mS-HPC.

Testing of RCC beam (Fig 69) of the respective concrete mixes under flexural loading revealed that higher number of cracks has been developed at lower load (till 90 kN) in case of nS-H.P.C, followed by C.C and mS-H.P.C. But after 90 kN, the trend has been changed with higher number of cracks in mS-H.P.C, followed by C.C and nS-H.P.C. Though the number of cracks was more in nS-H.P.C, the observed crack width was lesser than that of the other two concretes. Both the H.P.C’s showed lesser crack width than C.C.

The study of time-dependent properties such as shrinkage and creep of the test specimen made with the three concretes indicated that the drying shrinkage and creep (Fig. 70) of nS-H.P.C was higher than that of mS-H.P.C and C.C. This was attributed to the presence of higher amounts of gel water in the hydrated nS-HPC than that in mS-HPC and CC.

SEM analysis of the broken concrete specimen



Fig. 70: Variation of Creep Strain with Time

indicated the compact microstructure of nS-HPC in comparison to the other two concrete mixes.

It was concluded that the use of nS-HPC, which can be synthesized, can be a useful and beneficial cementitious admixture as compared to micro-silica was is generally imported.

Development of high early strength high volume fly ash concrete using ultrafine slag. The use of fly ash as cementitious admixture in concrete has been very low. The commercially available fly ash blended cements contain about 25-28% fly ash, while the recommended maximum amount is 35%. The production of high volume fly ash concrete (containing fly more than 50 % as cementitious material) has not taken of yet in construction of structures. This has been attributed primarily to low strength at early ages particularly at 3 days and 7 days. A reasonably adequate strength at this early age is essential from economics point view as the low early strength would delay the formwork opening time and the initiation of further operation on the constructed facility. More time is required to release the pre-tensioning of a precast concrete member, if made with high volume flyash concrete;

cutting of joints on pavements would be delayed, etc. However, improvement in the properties of fresh concrete such as workability, and long term strength and durability properties of fly ash concrete, and high volume flyash concrete have been reported. These benefits can become advantageous, if the early strength development of high volume fly ash concrete is adequately high. Keeping in view the above, an attempt has been made to develop a high volume fly ash concrete with high early strength.

Therefore, this study has been initiated in November 2015 with an objective to develop a high early strength high volume fly ash concrete using ultrafine slag.

OPC 43 grade cement, flyash from Badarpur thermal power plant, a commercially available ultrafine steel slag, locally available coarse and fine aggregates were used in the study. The materials were first characterized and then used. Mortar specimen of OPC with high volume fly ash and, OPC, high volume fly ash and the ultrafine slag mixes were made and tested for their compressive strength (Fig. 71). A minimum fly ash content of 50 % was chosen for the study.



It was observed that the ultrafine slag was able to improve the early strength of high volume fly ash + OPC mixes. Concrete mixes with above the proportions were cast and the testing was in progress at the time of reporting.

Evaluation of efficiency of silane based water repellent coatings for concrete

This study was initiated in February 2016 with an objective to evaluate the efficiency of silane based water repellent coatings for improvement of durability of concrete

Two variants of isobutyltriethoxysilane based water repellent coatings were chosen for the study. One was a 100 % silane solution and the other was a same silane compound diluted to 40%. Concrete cube specimen of 40 MPa strength were prepared and cured or 28 days. The cubes were then oven dried and coated with the chosen variant of silane coating (Fig. 72).

The coated concrete specimen were subjected to different tests such as water absorption, capillary water absorption, liquid water penetration, chloride penetration, alkali resistance and heating and drying. The testing was in progress at the time of reporting.

Fig.71 : Compressive Strength of Fly Ash Mortar Cubes

Fig. 72 : Application of Silane Coating on the Dried Concrete Cubes



Study of Fatigue of the Rail Fasteners used in Urban Track Induced by VibrationsThe rail fasteners are used to hold the rails in position. The rail fasteners are in a complex geometrical loop however are susceptible to fatigue loading due to cyclic stress caused by movement of trains. One such study has been planned to observe the behaviour of fasteners in DMRC run track in New Delhi Fig.73.

It would be important to study the vibration pattern of fasteners using experimental tools. The sites specific force and response pattern makes it difficult to replicate process of generalizing behaviour of fasteners from other places or country. The experimental study at the site has been carried out by obtaining strain and acceleration observed over the surface of the fasteners under movement of trains Fig.74.

Fig. 73 : The Rail Coach Plying on the Track of DMRC

Fig. 74 : Sensors attached to the Fastener



The planned study acquires dynamic data (acceleration and strain) continuous in time domain and suitable for spectral monitoring. The acceleration can provide vibration velocity and displacement values via single and double integration of a signal from an accelerometer. Momentary and peak values are continuously calculated, as are the maximal, peak and effective values since the beginning of the measurement. In addition, high- and low-pass filters are used with selectable cut-off frequencies. This option satisfies the requirements for a vibration severity meter according to the ISO 2954, ISO 7919 and ISO 10816 standards. The test system includes accelerometers having low mass and capable to measure acceleration

of high vale e.g. 100 g are employed. Other sensors were foil type strain gauges. The equipments used were SAMURAI make dynamic data system with software suitable for processing noise & vibration data. Other instruments were OROS make dynamic data acquisition system having 32 channel capacity and wide frequency acquisition capability. Various software e.g. NVGATE were also used. The Dewetron make 32 channels dynamic data acquisition system was used for recording and analyzing strain gauge data. The time series of acceleration as obtained on channel 11 is shown in Fig 75 and its frequency contents using FFT analysis in Figs. 76 and 77. The recorded strain plot is shown in Fig. 78.

Fig. 75 : Accelerometer Time Series on Inner Clip - Lateral Vibration (Acceleration vs Time in Sec)

Fig. 76 : Accelerometer Frequency Content on Inner Clip - Lateral Vibration (Spectral Value vs. Frequency in Hz)



Fig. 77 : Processed data of Acceleration (Waterfall Representation)

Fig. 78 : Recorded Strain (Micro-Strain vs Time) on the Inner Clip (Gauge -1)



This offers opportunity to get insight of the response of the fasteners under moving trains and explanation of their observed behaviour. The Bridge Engineering and Structures division and Transportation Planning divisions have worked together on the experimentation.

“Innovative Technologies for Health Assessment and Damage Mitigation of Structures (I-HEAL)” 12th FYP Network Project – ESC 0110Under the 12 Five Year Plan Project Task 5.6, undertaken by CRRI, study of seismic vulnerability assessment of typical urban bridges the following have been accomplished.

The assessment of vulnerabilities using a deterministic approach based on nonlinear static analysis has been successfully achieved for the bridge structure. Considering the uncertainty in the seismic activity as well as the uncertainty in the capacity of the bridges, seismic fragility curves have been developed. The fragility curves can be used as an input in risk and loss assessment. It also helps an engineer to plan and prioritize maintenance towards bridge management system.

Damage States of bridges can be summarized (FEMA 356, ATC-40) as follows.

(a) Slight damage: No permanent drift, structure

substantially retains original strength and stiffness. Minor cracking and spalling of covers.

(b) Moderate damage: Some residual strength and stiffness left and no out of plane failure, some permanent drift

(c) Severe damage: Little residual strength but load bearing columns functions. Large permanent drifts. Bridge is near collapse.

(d) Complete damage: Structure loses its stiffness and columns collapse.

The bridge studied is shown in Fig. 79. The bridge deck rests over a grid consisting of four columns and beams. The vulnerability under possible seismic event is shown in Fig. 80. Soil structure interaction is included in the study which helps to assess its effect on the response of the structure. Vulnerability curves for the bridge under study have been developed which gives discrete probability of failure under a design basis earthquake of magnitude 7 with PGA as 0.24g. From the fragility curves it is observed that the bridge shows a higher damage probability in longitudinal direction than in the transverse direction. From the vulnerability curves of the bridge (Fig. 80) it is observed that it has a 20% probability of slight damage as well as moderate damage under seismic activity of PGA =0.24. Only 5% probability for severe or complete damage to the bridge may be expected.

Fig. 79 : A Schematic view of the Bridge as Modelled



In another study, response of an urban bridge under liquefaction condition has been studied. It includes modeling of soil structure interaction under liquefaction and its effect on the vulnerability of bridges. For the study a typical mono-pier supported on piles has been studied. The pier foundation considered is of Yamuna alluvium on the bank of Agra canal in New Delhi. A comparative model study has been carried out to assess the effects of the liquefaction on response under seismic event. Fragility curves have been developed to assess the seismic performance of the pier. The consideration of the buckling approach of the design will help in better assessment and design of the piles in liquefaction susceptible soils.

Researchers have shown that the lateral spreading of the ground and bending of piles have been the main reason of foundation failures under liquefaction conditions of soils. Buckling of the piles due to liquefaction induced ground/soil flow has been attributed to the sudden failure of piles. A typical mono-pier located on the bank of Yamuna River in New Delhi stretch has been studied. The cross section of the pier, pile cap and pile has been shown in the Fig. 81. The soil stratification shows a great variation from hard rocks at a depth of 5m to fine sand deposits up to 28 m within a radius of 2km.

The vulnerability of the pier that is the probability of occurrence of a damage state is shown in Fig.82 for a normal sol condition and in Fig. 83 for liquefaction condition.

In the present study, the assessment of effect of liquefaction on a mono-pier has been successfully achieved using pushover analysis. From the fragility curves it is observed that during earthquake liquefaction may cause the mono-pier to undergo excessive lateral deflection causing it to have spalling of covers and cracks in the pile and pier. The increased slenderness of the pile may cause buckling of the piles. Therefore, it is suggested to use proper soil improvement techniques and provide adequate cross section to the pile. It is also

Fig. 80 : Vulnerability of the Bridge as Modelled (in Fig.79)

Fig. 81 : Cross Sections of Pier & Pile, Pile Cap (Pier and Pile are Circular, Pile Cap is Square)



necessary to provide proper lateral reinforcement to counter act any kinematic moment generated due to liquefaction.

Experimental Study on Repair of Reinforcement Corrosion in Concrete Member through Sacrificial Anode Method-12th Plan Network Research Project Under the task 4.4 of 12th Five Year Plan Project IHEAL, this study to investigate effectiveness

of zinc based sacrificial anode based cathodic protection method for repair of corroding RCC beam was initiated in August 2015.

Reinforced concrete beams of size 150 x 200 x 2000 mm were cast (Fig. 84) using ordinary Portland cement of 43 grade and Tata TMT bars of 500 grade were used.

Fig.82 : Damage States for Non-Liquefied Condition

Fig. 84 : Cast RCC Beams

Fig 85 : Exposing the RCC Beams to Accelerate Corrosion Conditions

Fig.83 : Damage States for Liquefied Condition

The cast RCC beams were cured under moist conditions for 28 days. The beams were thereafter were subjected to accelerated corrosion conditions by ponding method using 3 % NaCl solution (Fig. 85). The monitoring of corrosion of steel in RCC beams was done using Galvapulse.



Fig 86 : Corroding RCC Beam after removing the Cover Concrete

Fig. 87 : Zinc Metal Piece

Fig. 90 : Measurement of Corrosion Potentials

Fig. 89 : RCC Beam after Repair with Concrete (bottom)

Fig 88 : RCC Beam after Fixing the Zinc Anodes (top)

The cover concrete of RCC beam, cracked due to corrosion of rebar, was removed, and the reinforcement was brush cleaned (Fig. 86).

Zinc metal plate of 8 mm thickness was procured from a local market, and the same was cut in to pieces of dimension 250 mm x 150 mm and a piece is shown in Fig. 87.

5 pieces of zinc anode metal were attached to the corroding steel rebar and firmly tied (Fig. 88). The beam was then repaired with a 35 MPa concrete and the cured for 28 days (Fig. 89).

The corrosion potentials were then measured (Fig. 90) from which it was observed that the electrode potential of steel started moving towards the positive direction after repair (Fig. 91), indicating that the steel bar is being protected by the zinc anode.



The beam is under further monitoring to study the behaviour of steel reinforcement under the sacrificial cathodic protection.

Durability of waterproofing membrane

During the year, the following tests have been performed to evaluate the durability of bonded waterproofing membrane with the concrete block

Aggregate Indentation Test: This test is performed to simulate the compaction of loose aggregate into the system during normal site activities. The tests are conducted at three different temperatures i.e. 40±2°C, 80± 3°C and 125±3°C. The waterproofing

membrane is fully bonded with the concrete block of 170x170 mm according to BD 47/99 as shown in Figs. 92 & 93. After bonding the waterproof membrane on the concrete block is first measured within the central 75 mm diameter test area at four separate locations using a template and re-measured the concrete block with membrane at the same four locations.

Aggregate indentation is simulated by a steel indentor in the shape of a truncated cone. The cone angle is 90°, the diameter at the truncation is 8 mm and the diameter at the base not less than 25 mm as shown in the Figs. 94 (a) & 95 (a).

Fig. 91 : Corrosion Potential before and after Repair

Fig. 92 (a) & (b) : Showing the Procedure for Preparaing the Specimen for Aggregate Indendation Test, Chisel Impact Test and Chloride Ion Penetration Test

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Aggregate Indentation Test at 40°C: The indentor is electrically heated at a temperature of 40±2°C and the samples shall have been preconditioned for at least 4 hours at the same temperature as shown in Fig 95 (a). The temperature of the chamber and the indentor is control by the PLC system as shown in Fig 94 (b). Indentation are made in the same four locations as the thickness measurements. Each indentation is made by driving the indentor into the membrane at a rate of 5 mm/min. Indentation is stopped when the applied force reaches to 1000 N and load is removed at the same rate. The sample is then conditioned for a minimum of 24 hours at 23±2°C to allow the system to recover. The

overall thickness is then measured at the same four locations. The samples after indentation are shown in Fig 93 (b). After this the chloride ion test shall be performed on these samples to see the affect of indentation on the waterproofing membrane.

Aggregate Indentation Test at 80°C: This test has been performed at the same procedure as mentioned above for 40±2°C except that the temperature of the indentor is kept at 80°C and the indentor is stopped when the forces reaches to 500 N. After this the chloride ion test shall be performed on these samples

Aggregate Indentation Test at 125°C: In this test the indentor, number of indentations, application

Fig. 93 : (a) & (b) Prepared Specimen for Tests

Fig. 94 : (a) Specially Designed Temperature Control Chamber along with Indentor (b) PLC of the Chamber and the Indentor showing the

Set Temperature

Fig 95: (a) Aggregate Indention Test is under Progress (b) After Aggregate Indention Test the Specimen is held under Saturated Sodium Chloride for 28 days to see the Effect of Indention on the

Specimen

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loads and procedure are the same as for the test at 40±2°C except that the preconditioning shall be 50±3°C. The temperature controlled cabinet is maintained at 50±3°C and indentor is heated to a constant temperature of 125±3°C. The chloride ion test remains as for the test at 40±2°C. If the system fails to meet these criteria at 125±3°C but is satisfactory at 80±3°C and 40±2°C then Additional Protective Layer (APL) shall always be applied.

Tensile Adhesion Test:

This test is performed to evaluate the bond strength of the membrane to the concrete slab/block. For this the waterproof membrane is fully bonded with the concrete as shown in Fig 96 a. The test shall be carried out in temperature controlled conditioned at -10±2°C, 23±2°C & 40±2°C respectively. Three blocks have been used for each test. On each block an area of 100x100 mm of membrane is isolated by cutting down to the concrete without disturbance to the membrane. A steel plate of 100 x 100 mm in bonded to this area with a suitable adhesive as shown in Fig 96 a & b. A suitable fixture has been designed by the bridges division to hold the concrete block as well as tensile pull off membrane at constant rate of 0.4±0.2 kN/sec. The test samples shall have been preconditioned at the above temperature for at least 2 hours. The stress at failure for each individual sample shall be not less than 0.3 N/mm² at -10±2°C & 23±2°C and not less than 0.2 N/mm² at 40±2°C.

This test is carried out to evaluate the effect of sharp edge concrete during the rolling process of

hot asphalting mixture on the membrane. This test shall be performed at three different temperatures -10±2°C, 23±2°C & 40±2°C respectively. The chisel impact apparatus and the test specimen shall be preconditioned at the respective temperatures for at least 2 hours. A chisel impact apparatus consist of a chisel head 20 mm wide with a 90°tip angle and weigthing 1.0 kg as shown in Fig. 97. This chisel is dropped from a height of 200 mm directly onto the central test area of the membrane as shown in Fig. 98 a. The chisel is guided through a linear bearing inside a tube of low thermal conductivity. Five impacts are made within an area delineated by a circle of 75 mm diameter. After made the impact on the membrane area, the chloride ion test is performed as shown in the Fig. 98b. For the chloride ion test saturated sodium chloride is filled in the glass tube and for 28 days as shown in Fig. 98 b. After 28 days remove the membrane from the concrete block and take some powder with the help of profile grinder and performed a test for chloride ion test as shown in Figs. 99 a & b.

Fig. 96 : (a) Adhesion Strength Test is under Progress at a Temperature of 23°C (b) at a Temperature of -10°C. Resistance to

Chisel ImpactFig. 97 : Chisel Impact Test is under Progress on the Bonded

Waterproof Membrane with the Concrete Blocks

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Design and Development of Under Water Bridge Inspection RobotThere are many existing bridges over rivers, canals, creek and lake, catering road/ rail or road cum rail traffic. Most of the long span bridges are multi span bridges with number of concrete/masonry piers of different shapes. Many of the bridge piers are in water, for example Godavari Bowstring- Arch Bridge with total length of 2745m has 28 piers in water. In general, the accessibility of bridge piers is very difficult, either one has to use mobile bridge inspection unit to reach pier cap and visually see some portion of pier below pier cap or using a boat to access certain part of pier about 1.5m above

waterline. Therefore, inspection of piers above waterline and the portion immersed in water becomes very difficult due to non-accessibility and in most of the cases no regular inspection is carried out. Though the underwater inspection using divers is widely accepted practice, this has limitations when the depth of water is 20m, 30m and 40m , the Scuba diver can work for a duration of 20, 15 and 10minutes respectively. Surface supplied air diving is another option where divers can work only if the velocity of water current is below 1.5 knots. Another difficulty with divers is that diving cannot be accomplished during flooding. When the water is muddy/ polluted, the health and safety of divers is affected.

Fig. 98 : (a) Showing the Specimen after Chisel Impact (b) After Chisel Impact the Specimen held under the Saturated Sodium Chloride for 28 days to Evaluate the Chloride %age

Fig. 99 : Powder taken from the Concrete Block after Completing 28 days to Measure the %age of Chloride (b) Chloride ion Penetration Test is under Progress

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The selection of underwater inspection method essentially depends on water depth, current velocity, underwater visibility, substructure configuration, streambed condition and debris. Therefore, considering the above aspects, it was decided to develop a robot for underwater inspection up to 80m depth, which can perform inspection for condition assessment of bridge pier.

Fig. 100 (a) shows the designed and fabricated lower assembly of the underwater bridge pier inspection robotic system which consist of aluminium frame and four wheel assembly. Fig. 100 (b) shows the electrical control panel to operate the robotic system in forward and reverse direction.

Design of BridgesStructural Analysis, Design and Drawings of Bridges

Structural analysis, design and drawings of several bridges/subway/foot over bridge were undertaken by CRRI. Details of some of the bridges are as given below (Fig. 101) :

Two parallel single span 32m long three-lane carriageways PSC girder bridges at RD 29800, 37000, 42000 and 54520m of Gurgaon Canal, Faridabad

Two parallel single span 30m long two-lane carriageways PSC girder bridges at RD 9800 and 20780m of Gurgaon Canal, Faridabad

45m long pedestrian subway at Airforce Palam area, New Delhi

26m long single span foot over bridge over Palam road, Dwarka, New Delhi

Design, drawings and estimate of these structures were prepared and submitted to the client. The construction of some of these bridges has already been completed.

Creation of Test Facility for Bridge Expansion Joints at CRRI

With the financial support of Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, facility for testing and evaluation of bridge expansion joints along with other related Testing Equipment/System is being created at CRRI.

Fig. 100 : (a) Fabricated Lower Assembly of the Underground Water Bridge Pier Inspection Robotic System

Fig. 100 : (b) Electrical Panel for Operating the Robotic System Fig.101: Three-Dimensional Solid view of Foot Over Bridge



Fig. 102 : A General view of Krishak Setu

Test Set up/ Equipment for conducting the following tests on bridge expansion joints is being created:

Cyclic Motion Test, Debris Expelling Test and Pull-out Test

Opening Movement Vibration (OMV) Test on Modular Bridge Expansion Joint

Seal Push-out (SPO) Test

Fatigue Test

Detailed design and drawings of the above test setup/ equipment has been finalised and shortly tenders are going to be invited.

Structural Condition Assessment of Bridges

Detailed Investigations of Krishak Setu over River Damodar at 3rd km of Burdwan-Arambag Road, Burdwan (West Bengal)

The Project was sponsored by PWD Burdwan Division, Govt. of West Bengal

The detailed scope and objectives of the study are :

Field investigations

Visual inspection

Random NDT testing

Load testing of one span depending the availability of dry bed

Inspection of bearings

Corrosion evaluation in reinforcement and in-situ concrete

Processing/Analysis of field investigation data

Based on the Laboratory & field Investigations scheme for repair/ rehabilitation was provided to the client

A Two-lane eleven spans Krishak Setu of length 507 m long located on Burdwan- Arambag State Highway over river Damodar at about 5 km from Burdwan as shown in Fig.102. The superstructure consists of three prestressed concrete (PSC) longitudinal girders with RCC deck slab and eleven diaphragms supported over the elastomeric bearings. The substructure consists of RC solid pier type resting on circular well foundation. Detailed field investigations i.e., visual inspection of bridge, random non-destructive testings (NDT) and corrosion studies to determine the quality of in-situ concrete and static load testing of span P2-P3 to determine the behavior of bridge under the IRC class 70R wheeled loading were carried out to suggest possible repair/ rehabilitation, if required. Fig.103 shows the usage of MBIU for ND testings. Fig.104 shows the typical view of ND testing and load testing on bridge.

FindingsThe quality of concrete in the longitudinal girders, cross-girders and deck slab falls in the range of M40, M35 and M40, respectively, and the Ultrasonic pulse velocity (UPV) test values revealing “Good” quality of concrete in all the longitudinal girders and cross girders of all the 11 spans. Under static IRC class



70R wheeled loading, the span P2-P3 had behaved elastically meeting the requirement of deflection under the applied load, percentage recovery on removal of load and no sign of development of cracking in concrete. Based on this test and presuming the same degree of workmanship and quality of concrete, it can be deemed that the bridge is behaving elastically and satisfactorily under the loading. Provision of seismic restrainers, repair to well staining and other minor repair scheme(s) have been suggested.

Non-Destructive Evaluation (NDE) of Quality of Concrete of Raft Foundation and to Suggest Rehabilitation Measures for the Canal Bridge on Khurja – Jewar Major District Road, Gautam Buddha Nagar (U.P.)This two lane under construction Bridge is located on the Mant Brach Canal at km 21 on Khurja – Jewar

Major District Road (MDR). The Raft Foundation of the subject bridge was laid.

As per the Client’s requirement, the objectives of the project were defined as to determine the quality of Concrete used in the already constructed Raft Foundation in terms of Compressive Strength, Homogeneity, and Concrete Cover and to suggest suitable Rehabilitation Measures.

Field measurements were taken using NDE techniques. Concrete strength was estimated using Rebound Hammer and Core techniques. Homogeneity of Concrete was determined using Ultrasonic Pulse Velocity technique. Cover meter measurements were also taken to determine the Concrete Cover provided to the steel reinforcement.

The Rebound Number (RN), Ultrasonic Pulse Velocity (UPV) values and the results of the Core Tests indicated that the overall quality of concrete

Fig.103 : Mobile Bridge Inspection Unit (MBIU) in Position for Inspection & NDT of Bridge

Fig. 104 : Concrete Resistivity Testing and Static Load Testing of Span



Fig. 105 : A View of the Raft Foundation

Fig. 107 : NDT Measurements on the Raft Foundation

Fig. 106 : Cover Meter Measurements Under Progress

of the Raft Foundation was not satisfactory as per the relevant IS specifications and required rehabilitation. The design grade of concrete of the Raft Foundation was M25.

The Raft Foundation required proper rehabilitation measures in terms of laying of Auxiliary RCC Raft Foundation of 415 mm thickness having the same reinforcement as that of the main Raft Foundation. The bond between old concrete and new concrete has to be ensured by first chipping out the concrete of existing Raft foundation upto a thickness of 35 mm followed by cleaning and applying proper bonding chemical followed by laying of new concrete of M25 grade (Figs. 105 to 111).



Fig. 108 : Core Cutting under Progress

Fig.109 : Concrete Core Samples

Fig.110 : Core Testing in progress



Fig.111 (a) : Testing of samples

Fig.111 (b) : Tesing of samples in progress

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Fig.111 (a), (b) & (c) : UPV Testing on Core



Collection and Analysis of Bridge Condition & Inventory Data by MBIU for the Purpose of the Major/Minor Bridges on all NHs Including those with NHAI for a Period of Three Years for Jharkhand StateCollection and analysis of bridge condition & inventory data for Jharkhand State has been awarded By the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways to the Joint venture of ICT Pvt. Ltd and CSIR- CRRI New Delhi. The work requires continuous use of Mobile Bridge Inspection Unit (MBIU) developed by CSIR-CRRI New Delhi to inspect bridges, flyover

Fig. 112 : A view of MBIU during Unfolding of Arms at Ranchi Flyover

Fig. 113 : A view of MBIU during Inspection of Ranchi Flyover

at the various sites on the National Highways in the Jharkhand State. The scope of work comprises of following:

Collection & inventory of data and condition rating of bridges

Up-keeping of MBIU

Analysis of bridges for ODC/OWC

Six sets of data collection, inventory and condition rating of all bridges at an interval of six months

Inspection of one of the flyover through MBIU at Ranchi is shown in Figs. 112 & 113.



Quality Assurance of Construction of structures of Inner Ring Road from Kuberpur to Fatehabad Road, AgraOn the request of Agra Development Authority, Agra, the work of quality assurance of structures of six-lane Inner Ring Road from Kuberpur to Fatehabad road in Agra, linking Yamuna expressway with Taj Mahal monument, has been taken up. Total length of the elevated road is about 11 kM which is being constructed on soil embankment. In this ring road work, total 36 numbers of structures are being constructed which include one flyover, eight vehicular underpass, two pedestrian underpass, fifteen box culverts, five pipe culverts and one drain. Out of the 36 numbers of structures, construction of more than 90% of the structures has been

completed. Construction of the remaining structures could not be taken up due to issues related to land acquisition.

CRRI team has guided Engineers of Agra Development Authority in quality assurance work and performed random sampling of ingredients of concrete such as cement, coarse aggregates, fine aggregates and steel reinforcement and then their testing, workmanship and method, verification of concrete mixes, non-destructive testing on completed portions of the structures and prepared reports. Suggestions were also given to the client/contractor to improve the quality of the construction. Besides this, CRRI also helped in solving the site specific issues during construction of foundation, abutments and super structures (Figs. 114 to 116).

Fig.114 (a) & (b) : VUP during Construction

Fig.115 (a) & (b) : VUP after Construction

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Assurance of Quality Construction of Comprehensive Development of Corridor of Elevated Road on Outer Ring Road Mangolpuri to Mukarba Chowk Public Works Department (PWD), Delhi entrusted the task of quality assurance for two packages namely (i) Mangolpuri to Madhuban Chowk and (ii) Madhuban Chowk to Mukarba Chowk. The elevated structure has successfully been completed and is in use. Salient features of the projects for the stretch between Mangolpuri to Madhuban Chowk is as under (Figs. 117 to 119).

Fig.116 (a) & (b) : Box Culvert

Fig.117 : Constructed Deck with Crash Barrier Fig.118 : A view from Beneath of the Completed Elevated Road

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Salient Feature of the Project are given below:

Project Length : 4400 m

Total Length and Width of Elevated Corridor : 2555 m and 24.2 m

Superstructure type at Elevated- Spine Beam : Typical Span 3 x 36.0m

Substructure type at : Elevated- Single Pier foundation with a group of piles.



Fig. 119 : A view from Top of the Completed Elevated Road

Project Monitoring and Quality Assurance of Construction of Three Lane Grade Separator (with Approach Road) on NH-58 Located at Meerut Tiraha, GhaziabadThis Grade Separator has a total length of 400.000 m, out of which the viaduct portion is of 259.000 m length and the Approach Roads having the Reinforced Earth (R.E.) and Retaining Wall portion towards Delhi End has a length of 130 m whereas on Ghaziabad End, the length of Reinforced Earth (R.E.) and Retaining Wall portion 106 m. The Span (c/c of Expansion Joint) arrangement is as follows.

The Grade Separator starts near the Mahamaya Stadium located towards the Ghaziabad End and ends near the Hindon River Bridge located towards the Delhi End. Accordingly, the Nomenclature for Abutment / Pier Arrangement is as follows (Figs. 120 to 122).

A1 (Mahamaya Stadium End located towards the

Ghaziabad) – P1 – P2 – P3 – P4 – P5 – P6 – P7 – A2 (Hindon River Bridge located towards the Delhi End)

Span A1 – P1: 31.250 m, P1 – P2: 31.300 m, P2 – P3: 31.300 m; P3 – P4: 31.300 m, P4 – P5: 40.000 m, P5 – P6: 31.300 m, P6 – P7: 31.300 m, P7 – A2: 31.250 m

Superstructure of the Span P4 – P5 is of Cast in- Situ Single Cell Box Girder Configuration whereas Superstructures of the other Spans is of Pre-Cast PSC Girders and Cast in-Situ Deck Slab Type Configuration. All the spans are simply supported spans having POT cum PTFE Type Bearings.

Scope of Work:

• Project Monitoring of 3 Lane Grade Separator during its construction

• Checking of Quality of various ingredients of construction materials such as concrete, approaches to the bridge etc. and conducting



necessary tests on these materials at CRRI Laboratory / site.

• Checking of Steel Reinforcement Detailing before Concreting both in Substructure as well as Superstructure.

• Verification of Concrete Mix Design provided by GDA

• Assessment of Workability of Fresh Concrete

• Assessment of Concrete in hardened state.

• Assessment of in-situ concrete strength

• Assessment of quality and uniformity of concrete

• Assessment of quality of construction for durability of the structure.

• Guiding the contractor in setting of a site laboratory

• Submission of Reports

Fig. 120 : Concreting at Deck Slab

Fig.121 : Pile Testing

Fig.122 : Concreting at Deck Slab

Instrumentation


Instrumentation

Calibration of Automatic Road Unevenness Recorder (ARUR)Automatic Road Unevenness Recorder (ARUR) units, comprising both Car Axle Mounted Bump Integrator and Fifth Wheel Bump Integrator (Fig. 123), received from different manufacturers and user agencies, were calibrated using Dipstick Class-I equipment. Roughness measurements, using Dipstick and the response type roughness measuring device, were undertaken on a number of selected test sections having varying roughness levels (Excellent to very poor). Roughness is corelated to determine the Corrected/ calibrated roughness. Calibration certificate is issued to those agencies.

Calibration of R&D Equipments :

CSIR-CRRI is ISO-9001:2008 certified R & D institution. Calibration of measuring equipments is an essential requirement for taking measurement/ test values/ test results. The calibration of various R&D equipments such as Proving Rings, Load Cells, Dial Gauges, Weighing Balance, Thermometers, Universal Testing Machines have been carried out as per the requirement of Geotechnical, Bridges, Flexible and Rigid Pavement Divisions of CSIR-CRRI.

Repair & Maintenance Work

1. Management of Communication facilities

• 256 line EPABX Telephone Exchange

• DRRI Office Siemens Exchange

• Operation & Maintenance of Internal Telephone Lines

• Public Address Systems

2. Repair & Maintenance

• 150 Nos. of 500 VA Offline UPS for Computer Systems NGPBS/ Uniline/ Samtek, 1/2/3/5 KVA UPS and other R & D Equipments

• Dipstick

• Network Survey Vehicle

• Disposal of Nucleonic Devices is in progress.

Patents Filed :

Patent on “ A device for Road Condition Evaluation” by Y. C. Tewari, Renu Chadha, R. P. Saini and V. P. Sharma has been filed in Feb 2016 Fig. 124.

Fig.123 : Automatic Road Unevenness Recorder (ARUR) Fig.124 : A Device for Road Condition Evaluation

Traffic & Transportation Planning

Traffic Engineering and Road Safety

Environmental Science

Transportation Planning


Traffic & Transportation Planning Traffic Engineering and Road Safety

Managing Traffic Congestion with GISGeographic Information System (GIS) over the years has emerged as one of the efficient technological tools in the field of transportation engineering. In this study, the capabilities of GIS have been extensively used to identify various roadside friction points that impact the speed of the vehicle on some of the urban arterials in Delhi. In this regard, the speed of every vehicle is almost impossible to track on a roadway using the conventional methods; and hence, there is a need to deploy modern technology like Global Positioning System (GPS) for tracing the speed of vehicles. Consequently, the average speed is deduced based on the sample of vehicles traversing over the defined trap length spread over a period of time or area.

There are various influencing factors that affect the speed of vehicles on the road, such as width of road, structure of the road, construction work on roads (e.g. work undertaken for Metro Rail construction), various land uses that attract motorized / pedestrian traffic bound to hospitals, institutional, commercial area, etc. Mapping out these factors using GIS capabilities can help in the assessment and management of traffic congestion.

In the study, an attempt has been made to assess the influence of roadside friction location on varying widths of carriageways in Delhi region. In this regard, quantification was done for each friction point and its influence on the traffic speed.

At 1749 km of road length per 100 km², Delhi has one of the highest road densities in India. Major roadways include the Ring Road and the Outer Ring Road, which had a traffic density of 110,000 vehicles per day in 2001. Total road length of Delhi is about 32,500 km including 388 km of National Highways. Owing to improper development of rail based modes in Delhi, the city is heavily dependent on road based modes of transportation (93 per cent of the total trips performed in the city are made using road based transport systems). As result of this, the road length within the city has undergone a growth of 4.53 per cent per annum, from a mere 8380 km in 1981 to as high as 20,487 km by 1990, which at present (2013) stands at a total of 32,487 km, the highest in the country. The city also has the

highest road density of 1284 km/ 100 sq.km.of area. In the present study five locations were selected in south Delhi area, the locations are shown in the Fig. 125.

Fig. 125 : Map Indicating the Road Segments on Delhi Map

The five locations are listed below:

Ashoka Road

Lodhi Road

Delhi Cantonment

Munirka To Vasant Kunj

IIT Delhi To Mehrauli

Friction factors are defined as all those actions related to the activities taking place by the side of the road and sometimes within the travelled way (like bus stops, unauthorized parking), which interfere with the traffic flow on the travelled way. They include but not limited to pedestrians, bicycles, non-motorized vehicles, parked and stopping vehicles, bus stops, petrol pumps on the side roads, etc. These factors are normally very frequent in densely populated areas in the developing economies. In this study, initially friction point locations were identified on the selected road corridors and subsequently the influence of these factors on traffic performance measures were assessed. Google Earth was used to demarcate the identified road side friction points on the study corridors.


Traffic & Transportation PlanningTraffic Engineering and Road Safety

The following observations are made based on the results obtained :

The average speed after considering all the runs, using the performance box data were as follows: Lodhi Road 18.09 km/hr, Ashoka Road 19.36 km/hr, IIT to Mehrauli 15.75 km/hr, Delhi Cantonment area is 17.96 km/hr and the maximum speed was recorded for the Munirka segment (friction point free segment ) is 22.38 km/hr. All the road mentioned are arterials roads, the speeds on these roads are expected more or less same, but due to the friction points prevailing on the corridors, it is influencing the speed reduction. The speed reduction observed on Lodhi Road was 52.13%, Ashoka Road 59.71%, IIT to Mehrauli 77.19% Delhi Cantonment area.36% when compared with the Munirka to Vasant Kunj section which is devoid of roadside friction (Fig.126).

All the friction points do not remain active for entire day. The activation times are different for each point. The jay walking resorted by the pedestrians to cross the road is observed to be more pronounced during the morning and

evening peak hour traffic period whereas the bus stop friction is almost active for entire day.

The influence of the friction points on the traffic speed shows that the influence of the bus stops is up to 93.96% (on the IIT Delhi segment of the Mehrauli Road).

The impacts of the pedestrian crossing roads and parking of vehicles on the roads would have a negative influence on speed varying from 19% to 64% whereas the.bus stops located without the proper provision of bus bays would reduce the speed of the vehicle to the tune of 24% to 43%.

Study of Driver Speed and Performance under High Work Load SituationsThe main objectives of the study were: to study the driver’s average speed and crashing frequency under simulated driving scenarios and the driver’s Coping Behaviour and reaction time under high stress conditions.

In this study, 119 drivers were selected for the test. These drivers were administered different simulated driving conditions with the help of Car

Fig.126 : Temporal variation of segment speed observed on Delhi Cant corridor



Driving Simulator installed at CSIR – CRRI Fig. 127. The performance characteristics of these drivers were recorded during the above experimentation process and analyzed accordingly. Out of the above lot of drivers, 35 drivers were subjected to the determination tests using Vienna Test System (VTS). The crash frequency (i.e. the total number of crashes on the simulator) committed by these drivers in the earlier mentioned driving simulator test were correlated with the Vienna Test System (VTS). The VTS test results also highlighted on the following aspects namely, i.e. correct, incorrect, omitted and delayed responses of drivers for the oncoming stimuli. This study concluded that the number of crashes is directly correlated with the performance of drivers in the Vienna Test System. It was found that the drivers with no crash history showed a considerably reduced amount violations and driving errors when compared to drivers with one or more crash frequencies. From this study, it can be inferred that driver performance can be validated by considering crash history of the concerned subjects during the driving simulator. Based on the outcome derived in the present study, it is strongly recommended that subjects applying for licenses shall be trained in Driving Simulator before subjecting them field trials for the issuance of license. This study also concludes that the drivers who were under stress performed poor and did more crashes. This means that the driver who can adapt better under Driving Simulator or challenges can drive better as compared to those drivers who becomes anxious or stressed during challenging driving environment.

Effect of bypass road on Traffic and Habitants along HighwaysThe main objectives of the study were as follows:

• To identify the performance parameters of growth of urban sprawl along the National Highway passing through Khatauli Fig.128.

• To understand the Traffic Characteristics and accessibility Parameters of the study area

• To understand the changes along Highway due to bypass road with temporal data

Major Findings:

Economic and Travel Impacts of Bypass Roads

The bypass road has significantly affected the town in all areas examined: the number and severity of crashes, vehicle distribution within the town boundaries, land prices in different neighbourhoods within the town, spatial distribution of business activities and land uses (including agriculture). Different sub-areas within the town were affected by the bypass road differently and in some cases in contradictory directions (e.g. road crashes and land prices). This implies that the effects of the bypass road need to be taken into consideration, in addition to efficiency considerations.

A notable finding is the adverse effect upon the town from the bypass construction on the development of local businesses and on the commercial activities alongside the previous traffic artery. However, traffic crashes within the town reduced following

Fig.127 : Car Driving Simulator



the construction of the roads, possibly due to the reduction in traffic since 71% of the total traffic has diverted towards bypass road.

Various habitants and shopkeepers perception have been included through personal interviews to examine the economic and travel impacts after bypass construction and also utilized observable non crash traffic events to suggest preventive measures to reduce crashes on bypass road. The following conclusions may be drawn from the study:

Towns often opt for bypasses when heavy traffic makes them places to avoid or places that are unsafe. Bypasses do seem to reduce through traffic and help make places more attractive to investors and customers. In Khatauli case, however, traffic safety worsened on bypass road due to high speed traffic for first 6 months and later reduced.

When bypass connections offer direct access to downtown, downtown is strengthened by

the combination of improved accessibility and improved local traffic conditions. Travel time has reduced from 12-13 minutes to 6-7 minutes after the construction of bypass road.

Greater accessibility to the region from nearby job centers also supports growth. Since traffic has distributed in 71% and 29% on bypass and through road after the construction of bypass road, delay and congestion has drastically reduced. Now, after construction of bypass road, the travel time on through road and bypass road is almost same. Average travel time on bypass road was 6.9 min by covering 9.2 km with average speed of 80km/hr, similarly, average travel time on highway passing through Khatauli was 6.84 min by covering 6.5km with average speed of 57km/hr.

However, when bypass connections are to the town’s periphery, the new accessibility thus provided can help spawn new commercial centers there that may compete with downtown

Fig.128 : Map Showing National Highway passing through Khatauli



merchants and reduce their market share – a fact that was not fully appreciated in advance by local officials and merchants. Business at Highway passing through Khatauli town has reduced and many Hotels (Cheetal), restaurants, petrol pumps, educational institutions, factories and other businesses have shifted to bypass road which were depending on commuters have shifted on bypass road.

Safety Measures

Khatauli bypass serves as a lifeline to the hilly area of Uttaranchal. An crash trends on the stretch shows a significant impact of traffic on bypass road. The total number of fatal crashes as well as related fatality on bypass is quite high. The following conclusions have been drawn from crash analysis: Crash trends on the stretch shows a significant impact of traffic on bypass road. As per FIRs, crash severity is 43 persons killed per 100 crashes whereas as per toll plaza data 8 persons killed per 100 crashes. It may be for the reason that most of the fatal crashes victim contacts to police station compared to other crashes as this also a requirement of insurance related process. Crash rate is as high as 95 crashes per month on bypass road and rate of animal killed is 23 animals killed per month though fatalities have reduced after 6 months of construction of bypass road. Crash severity index shows decreasing trend depicts that despite considerable amount of increase in vehicles in one year, fatality rate has decreased with time. This may be due to the help provided by ambulance/crane/police van to the victims. It is observed that among all categories of vehicles, car/jeep (36.9%) and trucks (12.6%) comprised the highest number of involvement in crashes. They share the maximum percentage of traffic though it was observed that pedestrians/cyclists are most vulnerable. It was observed through interviews with different stakeholders — residents, business owners, and government officials that they cross the bypass road for agriculture purpose, for market or the bus stop. There is no provision for them to cross the bypass road. There was a substantial increase in rate of crashes from 6385 to 18133 per 10000 km of road length in one year whereas crash fatality rate showing no clear trend. It may be noted here that although the number of crash deaths on this

stretch reduced significantly with the ambulance facility, number of overall crashes increases with vehicle population in the same period. Major share of causes of crashes are faults of driver/ other driver/ cyclist/ pedestrians/ passengers which constituted 40.7% followed by over-speeding constituted by 22.3% and vehicle out of control constituted 6.2% of all causes of crashes. It was observed through interviews with different stakeholders - residents, business owners and government officials that they cross the bypass road for agriculture purpose, for market or the bus stop. There is no provision for them to cross the bypass road.

Traffic composition shows that car has the major share in total traffic counts (60%) and it also has the major involvement in crashes i.e. 52%. However, in case of bicyclist and pedestrians; it can be observed that its share in total traffic volume count is not even 1 percent but they are involved in 4% crashes. This is a major concern pedestrian and bicyclists are not actual users of the highway but must be crossing the highway and therefore demand a safe infrastructure provision for road crossings. In type of crashes, rear end collision was found to be the highest constituting 34.8% of all the total reported crashes followed by side wipe constituting 10.0%, overturning constituting 9.6%, skidding 6.1% and head on collision 5.6%. This could be due to higher speed of vehicles and higher volume of traffic on bypass and when the vehicles try to overtake the other vehicles; they cause side wipe or rear end collision. Head on collision may be when slow moving vehicles or pedestrians cross the bypass road. This suggests that an exhaustive Road Safety Audit should be undertaken in the future to investigate the possible causes to reduce road crashes in order to find appropriate remedial measures:

• If it is found that bypass road with a horizontal curve is experiencing high frequency of crashes then some kind of warning message sign or smoothening of the curve may be adopted. Though warning messages delivered to the drivers through Variable Message Signs might not have a desired impact.

• Vehicular underpasses should be provided across the bypass roads since bypass road was carrying an average daily traffic of more than



5000 Passenger Car Units (PCUs) on the date of inviting bids.

• Pedestrian underpass/ overpass should also be provided since it is within a distance of 200 m from a school or hospital or factory/ industrial area.

• Traffic calming and speed humps may be adopted wherever under/ overpasses cannot be provided since pedestrians and non motorized users are the most vulnerable road users.

• Shared schemes may be implemented which gives ownership of the road space and equal priority to all road users, regardless of mode of use

• Pedestrian barriers may be provided to prevent pedestrians crossing dangerous locations

Outcomes:

• Identification of the performance parameters of growth and extent of ribbon sprawl along the National Highway

• Understanding of Traffic Characteristics and accessibility Parameters of the study area.

• Identification of change in Highway traffic and habitants along Highway due to bypass road in terms of speed, time, delay and safety.

Development of Indian Highway Capacity Manual (INDO - HCM)(Sponsored by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi)

Introduction

The main hypothesis behind conceiving the project is that Indian traffic characteristics are fundamentally different from those in the developed countries and even the driver behaviour is vastly different from even the developing economies like China and Indonesia. Consequently, the development of Indian Highway Capacity Manual (Indo-HCM) has been undertaken on priority in the form of a mission mode project by considering the various categories of Indian roads like Expressways, National Highways (NHs), State Highways (SHs), Major District Roads (MDRs), Other District Roads (ODRs) and Urban Roads (UR) separately. The principal goal

of this research envisages to study the nationwide characteristics of road traffic and to develop a manual for determining the capacity and Level of Service (LoS) for varying types of interurban roads and urban roads separately by including controlled intersections i.e. signals and roundabouts and uncontrolled intersections coupled with addressing the capacity of various forms of pedestrian facilities existing on the relevant type of roads. To accomplish the stated goal, the study aims at analyzing the characteristics of the heterogeneous traffic flow as shown in Figure 129 to identify appropriate distributions of the various variables influencing the traffic stream characteristics by examining the traffic flow characteristics through extensive field data collection and analysis.

Fig.129 : Typical Heterogeneous Traffic Flow Conditions on Indian Roads

This article describes the study undertaken by the CSIR - CRRI at the national level to develop the Indian Highway Capacity Manual (henceforth referred to as ‘Indo-HCM’). Indo-HCM is being executed by CSIR - CRRI in coordination with some of the reputed academic institutes in the country which includes, Indian Institute of Technology (Roorkee), Indian Institute of Technology (Bombay ), Indian Institute of Technology (Guwahati), School of Planning and Architecture (Delhi), Sardar Vallabhai Patel National Institute of Technology, (Surat), Indian Institute of Engineering & Science University (IIEST), Shibpur, (Howrah) and Anna University (Chennai). This article briefly describes the above research endeavour by elaborating on study methodology for capacity estimation, Level of Service (LoS) and the associated study deliverables of varying types of Indian road facility.



PROJECT DELIVERABLES

The tangible year-wise outputs derived from this mission mode project during the five year period (2012 - 17) are listed below:

• A State-of-the Art Report (SoAR) prepared at the end of 2013 highlighting the salient aspects of nationwide characteristics of highway traffic, operation and control.

• Generation and Updation of the Traffic Database and Traffic Flow Characteristics for Indian roads during the period 2013 - 14.

• Development of Speed - Density - Volume relationships for a wide range of roadway and traffic conditions in India during the period 2014-15.

• Procedure for determining the Operational Efficiencies of different categories of Indian roads including intersections with all possible combinations of geometry and operating conditions evaluated during the period 2015-16.

• Guidelines for the estimation of roadway capacity and LoS estimation of different categories of roads and intersections including various forms of pedestrian facilities during the year 2016-17. Further, efforts would be undertaken for the revision of existing Indian Roads Congress (IRC) Codes like IRC-64 (1990), IRC-106 (1990), IRC-103, IRC:65 (1975), IRC: IRC:SP-30 (2009) and also evolving new guidelines for expressways targeted in 2017.

To monitor the progress of the study, National Review Workshops was held every year to discuss and firm up the emerging study results. This encompassed 4 review workshops titled, Review workshop of Indian Highway CApacity Manual- (RIHCAM2014) organised by CSIR-CRRI in coordination with various RCs at their respective institutions. Moreover, 8 Task Force Committees (TFC) have been held to review the incremental progress on half yearly basis. The progress made by each RC as well as WP leaders of CSIR - CRRI was critically reviewed and strategies were discussed for timely accomplishments of the tasks during the ‘Way Forward’ Session of each of the RIHCAMs.

The developed manual is a practical tool for the practicing engineers and planners to mitigate the traffic and infrastructural problems as the models developed in this study would have been calibrated and validated for Indian traffic conditions.

As an outcome of the above research, a draft Manual has been prepared based on the extensive field studies carried out covering the length and breadth of the country. The manual outlines the evolved capacity and Level of Service (LoS) of varying types of roadway facilities and the procedure towards their estimation dealt under the following chapters:

Chapter 1: Basic Concepts

Chapter 2: Two Lane, Intermediate and Single Lane Carriageways

Chapter 3: Multilane Interurban Highways

Chapter 4: Interurban and Urban Expressways

Chapter 5: Urban Roads

Chapter 6: Signal Controlled Intersections

Chapter 7: Roundabouts

Chapter 8: Uncontrolled Intersections

Chapter 9: Pedestrian Facility

Chapter10: Reliability as a Performance Measure for Interurban and Urban Arterials

The study findings would be discussed in the forthcoming national dissemination workshop scheduled as part of the above project by CSIR- CRRI.

CONCLUSIONS

Indian Highway Capacity Manual has been developed by CSIR-CRRI, in coordination with the seven leading institutes in India in this area. The manual is organized as basic concepts as first chapter, uninterrupted flows chapters are , Single, intermediate and two lane, interrupted flows chapters are urban roads, signalized intersections, roundabouts, unsignalized intersections, as specific areas pedestrian facility, and reliability of road network. This is a maiden attempt made in India which is very much useful to the practicing engineers and decision makers and serve as a basic guide towards capacity augmentation of various facilities in India.


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Study of Benzene and VOCs in Different Corridors of DelhiUnder this study, spatial and seasonal variations of Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene and Xylene (BTEX) were measured at different locations in Delhi. Passive based (activated charcoal) sampling methodology was adopted for the collection of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) and the analysis was carried out using GC-FID instrument. Four different categories for the purpose of sampling sites were chosen (residential, traffic junctions, road side corridors and petrol pumps). The sampling was done for one week time in the month of Oct 2013, Nov 2013, Jan 2014, Feb 2014, March 2014 and May 2014. At residential sites i.e. in NPL Colony, Kalkaji and CSIR Scientist Apartment, Benzene was found to be in the range of 0.334-0.500 μg/m3; Toluene in the range of 0.149-0.407 μg/m3; Xylene in the range of 0 to 1.232 μg/m3; and Ethyl benzene in the range of 0 to 0.101 μg/m3. At traffic intersections near Ashram, Patel Chowk and Ring Road Patel Chowk (this location was about 200 to 300 meter away from the main intersection), Benzene was in the range of 0.395 to 0.572 μg/m3; Toluene was in the range of 0.244 to 0.348 μg/m3; Xylene was in the range of 1.950 and 2.059 μg/m3; and Ethyl benzene from 0 to 0.089 μg/m3. The mean concentration of BTXE at all the locations was 0.622 μg/m3, 0.361 μg/m3, and 1.037 μg/m3 and 0.122 μg/m3 respectively. The average concentration of benzene

was highest at petrol pump 3.5 μg/m3 however at all other sampling sites it was in the range of 0.294 to 0.712 μg/m3. The mean concentration value shows that the Xylene concentration dominates more in Delhi as compared to Benzene.

The highest concentration of most VOC species in terms of maximum and mean concentration was found at the fuelling stations. The total average BTXE concentration at road side corridors was 0.594 μg/m3; at residential corridors was 0.262 μg/m3; at traffic intersections it was 0.649 μg/m3; and at petrol filling stations it was 1.457 μg/m3 (Table 6). The concentration was in the order of petrol filling stations> intersections>road side corridors> residential area.

Figure 130 show the predominance of Xylene at almost all the locations. The influential VOC species in case of diesel engine exhaust are benzene, ethylbenzene, xylene, propane, n-decane and undecane. In case of gasoline vehicle exhaust, the influential species are benzene, ethylbenzene, 1,2,4-methylbenzene, 1,3,5-methylbenzene, n-hexane and 2-methylhexane. So, Xylene is mainly coming from diesel exhaust since gasoline vehicle exhaust doesn’t show this specie. Source apportionment study using chemical mass balance (CMB) model indicate that emissions from diesel internal combustion engines dominate in Delhi. This data shows the predominance of diesel driven vehicles in Delhi.

Fig. 130 : Variation of BTEX for Different Categories of sampling


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Table 6: Average BTEX Concentration at Various Corridors of Delhi

Benzene(μg/m3)

Toluene(μg/m3)

Xylene(μg/m3)

Ethylbenzene(μg/m3)

BTXE(μg/m3)

Road side corridors 0.398 0.136 1.713 0.128 0.594

Residence 0.438 0.270 0.308 0.031 0.262

Intersections 0.478 0.293 1.797 0.030 0.649

Petrol filling station 1.922 1.173 1.866 0.868 1.457

Fig. 131 (a) : Location of Traffic and Noise Measuring Stations and Traffic Flow Diagram of Thiruvanathapuram City

Noise Mapping Study for Thiruvananthapuram, KeralaThis study is sponsored by Kerela State Pollution Control Board. The study includes monitoring of various noise parameter, traffic parameter and prediction for twenty years and noise prediction. The traffic and noise monitoring has been

carried out at 19 section of different corridor in Thiruvananthapuram city as shown in Fig.131.

Based on the estimated traffic loads, the horizontal and vertical noise mapping has been done during day and night for base year and subsequently projected for the year 2025 as shown in Fig.132.



Fig. 132 (a) : Horizontal Noise Mapping of Thiruvanthapuram City

Measurement of Idling Fuel Consumption of Different Types of Vehicles as part of ELSIM

Idling fuel consumption measurements were completed for about 350 vehicles covering motorcycles, three wheeler, four wheeler (Petrol

Fig. 131 (b) : Location of Traffic and Noise Measuring Stations and Traffic Flow Diagram of Thiruvanathapuram City

and Diesel) as well as Light commercial vehicle and Diesel powered buses. The tests were conducted in laboratory conditions using direct fuel measurement method. The analyzed result for the above categories of vehicles is given in table-7 below



(b) Vertical Noise Mapping for a Typical Location

Fig.132: Horizontal and Vertical Noise Mapping of Thiruvanthapuram City

Table-7: Analyzed Result for the Above Categories of Vehicles

Vehicle typeFuel Consumption

(mL/10 minute)

Mean Std. dev

Motorcycle 24 8

Three wheeler 40 12

Car (Petrol)- MPFI 90 13

Car (Diesel) 100 19

Car (Petrol)- Carburettor 124 37

LCV(Diesel) 113 31

BUS (Diesel) 150 29

Fig. 133 : Idling Fuel Consumption for a Diesel Powered Four Wheeler

Further studies were carried at 11 signalized inter-sections in Delhi to understand the controlled delay per arm for a typical diesel powered four wheeler. It was found that the rate of idling fuel consumption

at controlled condition and that of field condition are same and does not vary with the time of idling. Idling fuel consumption both at controlled condition and field condition Fig.133 shown.



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Emission Estimation of Fuel Loss Due to Idling of Motor Vehicles at Signalised Intersections (ELSIM)

Signalized traffic intersections are considered as urban hotspots due to high air pollution levels caused by vehicular emissions. The pollutant concentrations at traffic intersections are more alarming due to vehicles idling. Increasing number of vehicles/traffic leads to traffic congestion, which results in increased idling of vehicles at signalized intersections and thus fuel losses and related emissions.

In the present work, fuel losses at various signalized intersection during idling has been estimated in various cities. Further, “related” greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) viz., CO2, CH4, N2O and “indirect” GHGs viz. CO, NOx and NMVOC were estimated for idling fuel combusted at selected signalised intersections in various cities viz. Delhi, Chandigarh, Bhopal, Chennai and Kolkata.

Methodology

Various input data viz. number of vehicles idling at intersection, type of vehicles, vintage of vehicles (emission control technology used), fuel type, fuel consumption during idling, gas specific emission

factors have been used for the estimation of emissions during idling. Estimation of fuel loss during idling based on the category of vehicles, fuel type, fuel consumption during idling and delay time at intersections. Emissions have been estimated using appropriate (e.g. IPCC) Emission Factors for different pollutants and by using following equations:

Emission(s) =∑ [Fuela*EFa]

Where,

Emission(s) = Emission of Gases [e.g., CO2, CH4, N2O, CO, NOx and NMVOC] (kg)

EF= Emission Factor for pollutant a (CO2, CH4, N2O, CO, NOx and NMVOC) (kg/TJ) (IPCC, 2006)

Fuel Consumption= Activity as Energy Input of fuel type a (TJ) (Determined from Net Calorific Value of Corresponding Fuels)

a = fuel type

Emission Factor by IPCC (IPCC, 2006)

Results

Emissions (CO, NOX, NMVOC, CH4 and N2O) for five cities (Delhi, Chandigarh, Chennai, Bhopal, and Kolkata) have been estimated based on fuel consumed by various categories of vehicles idling at various selected signalized intersections in each

Fig. 134 : Number of Vehicles Idling at Selected Signalized Intersections in Various Cities



of the above mentioned cities. The number of signalised intersections selected in each of the cities were 11 (Delhi), 11 (Chandigarh), 10 (Chennai), 7 Bhopal and 10 (Kolkata). The total number (and % share) of vehicles idling from total traffic at selected signalised intersections in each selected city has shown in Fig.134.

Further, due to large number of idling vehicles, fuel loss (petrol, CNG) was highest among all other selected cities (Fig.135). Chennai had highest loss of diesel fuel, due to high diesel powered vehicles, similarly, high numbers of diesel vehicles were

observed to be higher in Delhi also. Highest number of idling vehicles at signalised intersection makes Delhi highest contributor of various GHGs followed by Chennai, Chandigarh, Bhopal and Kolkata (Table 8).

The estimation of emissions caused due to fuel consumption during idling by various categories of vehicles at various major signalized traffic intersections in major cities of India (Delhi, Chandigarh, Chennai, Bhopal, and Kolkata) have been accomplished and the other cities i.e. Vadodara and Pune is in progress.

Fig. 135 : Fuel Loss per Day During Idling of Vehicles at Selected Signalized Intersections in Various Cities

*CNG in kilograms

Table 8 : Estimation of Emissions During Idling of Vehicles at Various Intersections in Delhi

City No. of Vehicles Idling at

Intersection (24 Hrs)

Emissions per Day (kg/day)

CO2 NOx CO N2O CH4 NMVOC

Delhi 347377 38597 387 2188 1.8 34.3 295.8

Chandigarh 220300 6879 66 412 0 2 77

Bhopal 115630 3987 39 255 0 1 48

Chennai 292098 14035 141 619 1 4 116

Kolkata 62647 4104 42 143 0 1 27



Atmosphere and its Probing the Changing Impacts in Indo-Gangetic Plains (IGP) and Himalayan Regions (AIM – IGPHim)

Perspective on Emission Inventory of Climate Forcing Gases from Transportation Sector in IndiaThe SignificanceThe climate change has become a tangible reality which has brought the need to significantly curb greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and adapting to the changing climate. GHG emissions from transport related activity has become one of the key contributors to their high concentrations. Transport activity delivers clear societal and economic benefits. However, these benefits are not solely and primarily a function of the volume of transport activity. However, in order to reduce the GHG emissions systematically from transport sector while reaping the direct as well as co-benefits, it is imperative that current emission scenarios should be available with the policy makers/ government to make informed decisions.

Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP), the bread basket of the country and Himalayan region (Him), the ecosystem service provider to the country, have immense societal and economic importance. The key questions envisaged to be addressed by AIM-IGPHim include

Quantification of anthropogenic emission sources (AMEI)

Study of the changing atmospheric processes over IGP and Himalayan regions

Understanding the role of drivers (i.e. trace gases & aerosols) in influencing the changes in the atmospheric processes (i.e. physics and chemistry of the atmosphere) in the region

Assessment of impacts of changing atmosphere on crops, floral biodiversity and human health

Emissions are major drivers for changing atmosphere and transportation sector is one of the major emitters

CRRI Intent (AMEI)

Uncertainty reduction in fuel consumption: Refine and improve the activity data through acquisition and apportioning of segregated fuel consumption data for each mode of transportation viz. road, civil aviation at state level in the IGP-Him region and at zone-level for railways.

Generation of emission inventory of climate forcing gases (GHG) viz. CO2, CH4, N2O, PM1.0, BC (Black Carbon) for transport sector in India comprising of major modes of transportation viz. road, rail and civil aviation in the IGP-Him regions of India.

Fig. 136 : CO2e Emissions from Petrol Combustion in Road Transportation Sector in Himalayan Region States



Interim Outcome: Emission inventory generated for road transport sector and civil aviation for states falling under Himalayan region and Indo-Gangetic plains (IGP) respectively.

The following outputs have been achieved this year under this study

Activity data for 11 states falling under Himalayan region and 9 states in IGP region were collected and collated for civil aviation and road transport sector respectively for the

years 2008-2009 to 2013-2014.

Emission inventories for road transport and civil aviation were generated for states falling under Himalayan Region and Indo-Gangetic Plains respectively for climate forcing gases (CO2, CH4 and N2O). The emissions are reported as CO2 equivalent emissions (CO2e) for the period 2008-2009 to 2013-2014. The part of the information is shared and presented for road transport (Fig.136 and Fig.137) and civil aviation (Fig.138).

Fig. 137 : CO2e Emissions from Diesel Combustion in Road Transportation Sector in Himalayan Region States

Fig.138 : CO2e Emissions from ATF Combustion in Civil Aviation in the States of Himalayan Region States



Data Report has been submitted for emission inventory of climate forcing gases in the IGP-Him regions comprising of State-level inventory (gridded data) for road transport and civil aviation and zone-level data for railways for the period 2004-2005 to 2013-2014.

Research Projects

Pilot Study on In-Vehicle Exposure of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs), Carbon Monoxide (CO) and Black Carbon (BC) and its Health Impact on CommutersAccording to WHO, people spend 1-1.5 h/day in daily commuting in many countries (World Health Organization, 2005). The exposures to air pollution while commuting are higher than ambient concentrations and are health hazards. This study focuses on the exposure of commuters to particulates, VOCs, CO and BC while commuting through different modes of transport in Delhi. Although average time spent during commuting is small but the short-term high-level exposure to different pollutants is related with negative health impacts. This study also assesses the health

impacts of air pollution on commuters through a questionnaire-based survey. Measurements were made in four major modes of transport in Delhi namely bus, car, two wheelers and three wheelers on working days during the morning to evening commute time. Measurements were done for each vehicle per day in a week. Commuter’s exposure to particulates, BC and CO was measured along the study route in different modes of transport using GRIMM Aerosol Spectrometer, Microaethelometer, and personal CO monitor respectively. Active sampling methodology was adopted for the collection of VOCs and the analysis was carried out using GC-FID instrument. All the instruments were placed along the driver seat and in two wheeler, the instrument was placed in front of the driver. The instruments were kept at breathing level in all the vehicles. Higher concentrations were observed inside cars followed by 2 and 3 wheelers as shown in Fig.139 and Fig.140.

The results indicate that the private vehicle commuters are exposed to higher air pollutant concentrations as compared to public transport commuters depending on the ventilation.

Fig. 139 : Variation of BC, VOCs, PM10 and PM2.5 in Different Modes of Transportation



Fig.140 : Carbon Monoxide (CO) Concentration in Different Modes of Transportation


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Research Projects

12th Five Year Plan Network Project (NWP): “Development and Application of Technologies for Sustainable Transportation (SUSTRANS)”Sustainable development is a holistic practice that includes efforts to mitigate negative effects on every part of the road infrastructure and transportation system which are generally ignored in traditional transportation system planning. Sustainable transportation system must consider the interconnected issues under social, economy and environment areas at the same time. The need to plan for sustainable transport system is evident since global warming possesses significant challenges for cities. The transport sector alone accounts for 24% of CO2 emissions worldwide. The energy consumption is about 75 to 80% by road transport and India’s share is about 10% from all transport modes. The safety of road user is also a major concern towards achievement of sustainability. On Indian roads, about 1.4 Lakhs deaths occur in fatal accidents in a year. About 3% of GDP is wasted due to the fatal road crashes on Indian roads in a year. Moreover, the sources of natural mineral aggregates are depleting fast due to massive infrastructure development and road construction activities going on in India which consumes huge quantity of material (about 15,000 tonnes of aggregates/km of highway). Also, enormous amount of energy is consumed in the production and transportation of huge quantities of Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) required for road construction (about 90,000 litres of diesel/km). Hence, there is an urgent need to develop technologies to utilize waste and marginal materials, innovative designs to achieve reduction in pavement thickness using high performance materials.

Objectives of the Proposed Research

In view of the above, there is a high need of conducting a research study on sustainable transportation covering transportation, road safety and road materials in order to develop appropriate guidelines to design a sustainable transportation system. Accordingly, the objectives of the present research are conceived under following two modules:

Transportation Module: The work packages (WP) in this module are:

WP-1. Quality enhancement of public transport system

WP-2. Feeder transport system and parking facilities at public transport terminals

WP-3. Advanced public transport information systems using ITS technologies

WP-4. Design and Development of Car Driving Simulator

WP-5. Sustainable Non-Motorised Transport (NMT) system

WP-6. Policy level sustainable strategies to restrict/ control usage of private vehicles

WP-7. Sustainable integrated mass transportation system

WP-8. Evaluation of sustainable transportation system (environment, social and economy)

Road Module: The work packages (WP) in this module are:

WP-9. Development of innovative techniques for utilization of waste and marginal materials in road construction

WP-10. Conversion of Chromium containing solid waste generated in leather industry into pavement materials (CLRI)

WP-11. Improved Design Methods and Materials/ Mixes towards achieving Reduced Pavement Thickness

WP-12. Development of Technology SUperior PERforming Bituminous PAVEments (SUPERBiPAVE)

WP-13. Development of warm mix technologies for road construction

WP-14. Development of designs for using reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) in construction and maintenance of roads

WP-15. Estimation of carbon footprints in the road construction process

The city of Delhi and NCR regions would be considered as the study area for the conceptual


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development of a sustainable transport system. The industrial waste and marginal materials will be collected from selected areas of the country for laboratory study. The proposed designs will be evaluated with APTF (Accelerated Pavement Testing Facility) available at CSIR-CRRI by constructing test tracks.

Interim Results

This section provides few interim but key results obtained from the work done till now under various work packages.

WP-1: Quality enhancement of public transport system

Quality parameters of public transport are finalised through Commuter Satisfaction Index (CSI) & Important Performance Analysis (IPA) – Bus (23 Nos.) and Sub Urban Rail (18 Nos.)

Structure Equation Modelling (SEM) for estimation of Commuter Satisfaction

WP-2: Feeder transport system and parking facilities at public transport terminals

The results related to commuters who are using metro as main haul mode with some feeder modes are presented in Table 9.

As can be seen from the above table, for about 30% of Trip Distance (which is accessible distance of Metro Station), commuter is spending almost 50% of Journey Time and 67% of Travel Cost.

WP-3: Advanced public transport information systems using ITS technologies

User Satisfaction Model has been developed considering Structural Equation Modelling concepts.

WP-4: Design and Development of Car Driving Simulator

The car driving simulator has been developed under this package and shown in Fig.141. The patent for technology developed for Car Driving Simulator is in the process of submission and the following are its features:

Indigenous in nature

Realistic to Indian traffic conditions

Assess all types of psychomotor capacities

Training to enhance driving skills

The inauguration of the driving simulator has been done by Director CRRI on 14th Aug 2015 as shown in Fig.142. In order to dissimulate the research output, a National Workshop ob Driving Simulator was also organised (Fig.143).

WP-5: Sustainable Non-Motorised Transport (NMT) system

Delay Calculations considering priority for NMT & PT

Table 9: Characteristics of Commuters who are Using Metro with some Feeder Modes

Journey Sections Average Distance (in km)

Average Journey time (in min)

Average Out-of-Pocket Cost (in Rs.)

Origin to metro 2.76 (15%) 8.67 (17%) 15.33 (35%)

In metro 12.48 (68%) 27.38 (53%) 16.42 (37%)

Metro to destination 2.90 (17%) 15.67(30%) 12.47(28%)

Total Journey 18.14 (100%) 51.72 (100%) 44.22 (100%)

Fig. 141: Development of Indigenous Car Driving Simulator under WP-4



Fig. 142 : Inauguration of Car Driving Simulator

Fig. 143: National Workshop on Driving Simulator Organised on 10.2.2016

National Workshop on Driving Simulator12th Five Year Plan Project

Development and Application of Technologies for Sustainable Transportation (SUSTRANS)



Area scores based on walking, crossing and accessing public transport stop/stations

WP-6: Policy level sustainable strategies to restrict/ control usage of private vehicles

Congestion Charging and Parking Charging found most suitable

WP-7: Sustainable integrated mass transportation system

Developed Four Stage Travel Demand Model

Traffic assignment of metro has been done as shown in Fig.144 and similarly, for private with bus modes are shown in Fig.145 for the base year 2013.

WP-8: Evaluation of sustainable transportation system (environment, social and economy)

Sustainable Indicators (17 Nos.) have been finalized as shown in Table 10.

Methodology to calculate Sustainable Index using the method of Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP)

Comprehensive Sustainability Index, CSI = ∑n

i=1 wi ui

Fig. 145 : User Equilibrium Traffic Assignment for Private and Public Transport (Bus) for Base Year (2013)

Fig.144 : Traffic Assignment of Metro Passengers for Base Year (2013)



Where, wi is weight of ith indicator

ui is utility of ith indicator

n is the total number of indicators

Table- 10 : Sustainable Indicators (17 Nos.)

Sustainability Dimension

Name of the Parameter

Economic Indicators (7)

Productivity

Travel Time Ratio

Transport Costs and Prices

Household Expenditure allocated to Transport

Transport Emission Cost

Additional Employment

Economic Efficiency

Social Indicators (6)

User rating

Public Health

Affordability

Additional Facilities Provided

Accessibility

Safety and Security

Environmental Indicators (4)

Air Pollution

Noise Pollution

Energy Consumption

Land Consumption

12th Five Year Plan Project: Evaluation of Economic Loss Due to Idling of Vehicles at Signalized Intersection and Mitigation Measures (ELSIM)Variety of road based transport modes catering to the transport demand ply in large numbers on the road system of urban India. As a result, the traffic and transportation problems are aggravating day by day. These problems manifest in the form of increased traffic congestion, air and noise pollution, accidents, delays etc. The consumption of fuel is also on the increase due to enhanced trip lengths, shift of modal share towards personalized modes of

travel and at signalized intersections due to idling of vehicles during stoppage phases. Hence, there is need to investigate Evaluation of Economic Loss Due to Idling of Vehicles at Signalized Intersection and Mitigation Measures.

Objectives and Scope of the Proposed Research

Quantification of fuel loss due to idling of motorized vehicles at signalized intersections covering metropolitan cities.

To propose the mitigation measures and estimate the benefits over a period of time.

Estimation of emission and energy due to fuel loss during idling for various categories of vehicles.

Development of models between fuel loss and emission for Indian urban traffic conditions

The scope of the study is limited to signalised intersections only.

Interim Results

This section provides few interim findings obtained from the work done till know under various work packages.

WP1: Estimation of Delays at Signalized Intersections

Data collected to analyse the traffic flows characteristics in terms of traffic volume, composition, speed and delay covering the seven identified cities in India. Fig.146 and Fig.147 represents traffic characteristics in different cities.

WP 2: Measurement of Idling Fuel Consumption of different types of vehicles

Measurement of idling fuel consumption of different category of vehicles have been carried out. Fig.148 shows the idling fuel consumption test setup at laboratory level and Fig.149 presents fuel consumption of different category of vehicles. The Idling fuel consumption for a Diesel Car at Controlled Condition and real world conditions were compared at Fig.150.



Fig. 146 : Total Daily Traffic Volume (PCUs) at Various Identified Cities

Fig. 147 : Traffic Composition Characteristics in Delhi, Chandigarh, Vadodara, Bhopal and Chennai



Fig. 148 : Idling Fuel Consumption Test Setup at Laboratory

Fig. 149 : Fuel Consumption of Different Categories of Vehicles

(a) CLRI, Chennai

(c) CRRI, Delhi

(b) AMPRI, Bhopal

(d) NCL, Pune



WP3: Estimation of Time Loss due to Idling

The quantification of time loss (delay) due to idling of motorized vehicles at all signalized intersections in cities of various sizes has been done based on US-HCM methodology. The typical total number of vehicles in queue and average delay at Lodhi Road Intersections are presented at Fig.151.

Fig. 150 : Idling Fuel Consumption for a Diesel Car: Signalised Intersection v/s Controlled Condition

Fig. 151 : Total Number of Vehicles in Queue and Average Delay at Lodi Road Intersection, Delhi

WP4: Emission Estimation from Fuel Loss due to Idling

Fig.152 presents Fuel loss per day during Idling at various intersection in Delhi and Chennai and Fig.153 presents Emissions due to fuel loss during idling at various intersection in Delhi and Chennai.



WP5: Exploring Suitable Mitigation Measures The flow diagram for execution

of mitigation measures to reduce the delay and their efficacy to be quantified using analytical tools are shown at Fig.154.

WP: 6 Development of Models between Fuel Loss and Emission

Development Fuel Consumption (FC) model: Fuel Consumption is function of Traffic Volume, Idling Delay and Age Profile. Development of Linear and Non-Linear models are in progress. The basic concept of HDM 4 was considered for development of models

Development of Emission Models: Emission is function of Traffic Volume Idling Delay, Age profile and FC. Development of Linear and Non Linear models are in progress. The basic concept of HDM 4 was considered for development of models

Consultancy Services for Developing Thematic GIS Data Base for Integrating Road Management SystemThe State Government of Bihar is taking many initiatives for the road development by up-grading State Highways and Major District Roads with the growth of National Highways and rural roads. Bihar Road Construction Department (RCD), with the aid of World Bank under DFID TF TA (TA- 011445)

Fig. 152 : Fuel Loss per Day During Idling at Various Intersections in Delhi and Chennai

Fig. 153 : Emissions due to Fuel Loss During Idling at Various Intersections in Delhi (per day)



Technical Assistance Program, for Institutional strengthening and Capacity Building activities and carried Road Condition Survey and Inventory of roads and bridges, assessment of Road Construction Industry in Bihar. Thus, a massive road data base is being prepared (at the verge of completion) for the development of road network in Bihar. There is always a requirement of intelligent thematic map to convey information about a single topic or theme, such as road length, road condition, road inventory, traffic data etc for planning and appraisal purpose at regional and local level for engineer to build maintain and operate these roads in effective manner.

To meet these challenges, urgent need was felt to store and save the entire data base with the support of Thematic GIS Data base with the aim to integrate the data with Road Management System (RMS). This system will provide a important tool facilitating the engineers of the department to frame plan / program for the improvement and management of Road Assets of the State. This GIS database will be integrated with the Road Assets Management System (RAMS).

Objectives and Scope of Work

The objective and scope of the work to develop Thematic GIS database for Integrating Road

Fig. 154 : Flow Diagram for Execution of Mitigation Measures Plan (MMP) Under

Estimation of fuel loss in idling - WP4

WP-5 Exploring Suitable Mitigation Measures

Field visit to see feasibility of alternative mitigation measures plan (MMP)

Sorting mitigation plan as per field condition and field visit reconnaissance survey

Review of Literature Identification of different type ofmitigation measures

MMP1 : Coordination and optimization of signal time

Creae the scenario for each plan for 20 years period use of micro simulation and creation of SCENARIO COMPUTING SOFTWARE IN EXCELL

Find the effectiveness in each scenario using sensitive analysis for different scenario

Estimate before and after for finally adopted scenario and estimate the saving for particular type of scenario or mixing of different scenario

Generalised the mathematical model and programme

MMP2 : Strategies to conserve fuel through increased patronage of public transportation system, Metro, BRT, LRT

MMP3 : Land use & Transport Policy

MMP4 : Restraints on Motorised Traffic

MMP5 : Encouraging Non-Motorised Modes

MMP6 : Switch-off Vehicles during Red Light Phase and use of advance driver alert system

MMP7 : Training of driver and user using advisory

MMP7 : Construction of round about, flyover instead of signalised intersection

MMP8 : Maintaining inter-vehicle spacing in congested idling conditions



Management System (GIRMS) of RCD are as follows:

(a) To prepare seamless mosaic of Cartosat-1 image for entire Bihar, ensuring seamless matching of the cartosat images.

(b) To prepare mosaic of all the eleven (11) thematic GIS layers for the whole Bihar and carry out necessary edits/ updates for complete seamlessness.

Outcome

The following were outcome of database:

Mosaicing of 201 number of CartoSat1 satellite imageries-2.5 meter resolution imageries covering 95000 sqkm area and typical display is shown in Fig. 155;

Mosacing of 161 toposheet- survey of India;

Creation of database design structure supporting open source software QGIS;

Digitisation and attribute attachment of State highway(92 no), NH(59 no ) and MDR -17622 Km (scale 1:4000) 1169 roads, 534 Block, 38 Districts, 50000 number of Village, 2595 settlement area, 588 railway stations(length 3848 km), road inventory and road conditions data, 79 polygon forest area, 1810 water features, 18292 number of culvert and 2316 number of bridges, 37 no road traffic using ISRO standards for creating unique ID and data integration;

Accuracy in database using length criteria: ±1.5% and for 42 no of NH: ±2%( due to non availability and new alignment/upgradation proposed by MORTH);

Quality Audit result: 100% pass from database point of view;

Number of count features in road inventory:59850 due to database at every 200 meter interval;

Training workshop for 120 engineer of RCD, two paper in conference.

Fig. 155 : Typical Architecture of Developed GIRMS



Study on Alignment Road from Sasoma to Saser Brangsa Sponsored by BROObjectives and Scope of work

To propose most appropriate and stable road alignment plan from Km 40 to Saser Brangsa;

To provide suitable short term side slope protection methods and propose long term sustainable road alignment plan.

The Google image of the present alignment and terrain conditions are shown is shown in Fig.156.

Significant Work Done

Submitted Site Visit Report;

Organized Roundtable Meeting at CSIR-CRRI;

Testing of Rock Samples: at Center Soil & Material Research Station and CSIR-CRRI;

Testing of Soil Samples: CRRI (In Progress);

Fresh Stereo Satellite Data (Digital Globe Satellite Data Procuring through National Remote sensing Center (4.8 Lac)- In progress;

Fig. 156 : Present Alignment and Terrain Conditions from Sasoma to Saser Brangsa



3D Terrain Modeling and High Precession Mapping using drones with the help of North East Center for Technology and Application Reach (NECTAR);

Preliminary Data Analysis: Developed 5 m contours for the study area from Google Earth and other secondary data. Developed Digital Elevation Model for secondary Data.

Traffic Study for Feasibility of Mineral Transportation in Joda-Barbil, OdishaThe main objective of this study is to develop a truck travel demand model for study road network, where trucks are carrying iron ore from mines (Origin) to railway sidings, processing plants or ports (Destinations). This will be useful for strengthening exiting road infrastructure facilities as well as proposing new road infrastructure facilities such as enhancement of capacity of existing roads and provision of bypass to the study area. The major work carried out is given as below:

Developed Freight Demand Model and subsequently estimated for base year and projected for 2025 as shown in Fig. 157.

Suggested various recommendations as shown in Fig. 157.

Gender Appraisal of Mobility Patterns of Working Population in Delhi Gender based analysis in transportation planning has been studied by many researchers all over the world. In India, however, very limited research has been carried out in this regard of women and their decision towards mode choice. Present study focuses on identifying factors affecting mode choice made by women in Delhi (India).

Objective of the Study

The aim of the study is to understand how female formal workers in Delhi travel differently than their male counterparts and how this affects their life. To accomplish these; three key objectives were identified.

to understand if there is a significant difference in how working males and females travel from home to work.

to understand if this difference in mobility patterns varies by economic status.

to diagnose instances of exclusion as a result of transport deprivation, if any, in the lives of working women.

Scope

The study aims to delve into differences in mobility patterns of the formal workers in Delhi. The definition of the formal or informal sector is based on the legal status of the enterprise, with some form of registration being a defining characteristic. However, degrees of security and vulnerability are centrally related to employment status, often irrespective of the enterprise status.

Research Methodology

The project was carried out over a span of one year. It started with literature research to understand the international body of work in the area of gender and mobility. Key questions being raised in this field were studied and study gaps were identified. In the context of the ongoing debate about safety of women in Delhi, the key research questions were derived. This was followed by choosing a method for data collection and designating a survey sample. The methodology includes following steps:

1) Collecting information regarding Public Transport (metro & bus) and NMT trips (walk, cycle, cycle rickshaw) made by women through personal interviews in offices, via emails, on-site interviews and household surveys.

2) Primary analysis regarding the factors affecting the women commuters

a) Personal characteristics

b) Social factors

c) Transportation characteristics

3) Understanding the preferences of women commuters, choice made by them and the reasons, if choice and preference does not match

A detailed questionnaire survey of formal workers was carried out in National Capital Territory of Delhi during a two month period from June-July 2013. The objective of the survey was to collect data



Fig. 157 : Estimated for Base Year and Projected for 2025 and Suggested Various Recommendations

Base Year Freight Demand Horizon Year Freight Demand

Recommendations Road Network Improvements



about the mobility patterns of males and females in the formal working sector. 3000 samples were taken with a equal number of males and females.

Salient Findings

The mobility patterns of men and women are a reflection of their social position. In the strictly patriarchal society like Delhi, the study found a marked difference between men and women. It was found that women have lower access to private modes and are more likely to use a combination of modes to reach their place of work. In households with single cars, it was seen that men lay the first claim to the family car. In households with two or more cars, women were seen to be using cars to reach their workplace. It was found that among females from single car owning households, only 15 percent were the primary users of the vehicle. Whereas, over 65 percent males from single car owning households were their primary users. It was also seen that out of driving license holders, 2 in 7 women use cars for their work trips on an average. On the other hand, among males 2 in 3 male driving license holders use cars for their work

trips. This shows that even though women are capable of driving and even have cars at home, they remain exclude from their primary use and are relegated as secondary users, ‘getting drop offs and lifts’ or use of public transportation modes.

it was found that while men had an average journey length of 13.3 kilometres, for women this was 10.9 kilometers. It was found that while there was no significant difference in the number of men and women indulging in trip chaining behaviour, women made chained trips more frequently, especially during the return journey to home.

About 98% of women respondents reported that they had faced some form of harassment while travelling by public transport and walking. This type of atmosphere limits them from pursuing several activities and jobs which may need night travel hence creating ‘fear based exclusion’. The study found that over 65 percent of women dress differently on days when they have to take public transport, putting yet another limitation on women.

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Technology Management and Business Development

Information, Liaison & Training


HRD & Project Management Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation

R&D management is the main activity of this Division which inter-alia covers Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation of R&D projects, issues concerning Intellectual Property and Business Development, attending to technical queries and technical/ performance audits and assistance to Director, Management Council (MC) and Research Council (RC) on the project related matters.

Major activities that PME Division carried out during 2015–16 are as follows:

Planning Activities

Project Planning [Low Hanging Fruits/Fast Track Translational Projects etc.]

Organized brainstorming sessions to identify the trust areas for delivering in faster track mode and the projects of translational in nature. Eleven such projects have been finalized and sent to CSIR. In addition to this three more areas have been identified to take them as mission mode programmes. In addition to this, PME interacts with scientists for submission of R&D proposal to various funding agencies including International collobarations.

CRRI Budget

The financial requirements are defined on Plan and Non-Plan basis. Plan items include all research components whereas Non-Plan items cover infrastructural support. PME Division prepared Plan requirements of the Institute for the year 20015-16(Revised Estimates) and 2016-17 (Budget Estimates).

Scrutiny & Registration of Project Proposals

Registration of all externally funded projects and allotment of specific identity in terms of a Project No. is effected at PME, soon after the money for the project is received along with In-Principle approval. Registration and Technical scrutiny of in-house R&D projects is also carried out by the Division.

Development and Regular Maintenance of Project Database

PME has developed Project Database which is regularly updated incorporating addition of new projects, and modifications during their implementation stage and finally during their

completion. The database includes project title, classification and technical and financial details which help in tracking the technical and financial progress of the projects. PME also maintains the cash inflow of all the projects.

Scientists Meet: Organized a scientists meet during 16-17 July 2015 ( as a part of CRRI Foundation day celebrations) where in every Division/Group has come up with various plans and programmes to achieve the Government of India polices, CSIR-CRRI vision and to reach out common men.

Monitoring ActivitiesReporting on performance and the status of various projects was carriedout through preparation of Quarterly Performance Reports contains information about the performance of the Institute on various parameters such as projects handled; technologies developed etc. on quarterly basis in line with Dehradun declaration and GoI policies. These reports are sent to CSIR for their perusal on quarterly basis. These reports also help the Institute in reviewing its own performance as a monitoring tool.

PME Division also calls for progress report of all the on-going projects in the Institute for processing. This exercise is meant to monitor and ascertain the status of each of the projects with respect to adherence to time schedule and other milestones. Any deviation is intimated to the respective project leader and remedial measures are taken to put the project on course. Completed projects, as reported by the respective Project Leaders are processed for closure.

Projects MonitoringExternally Funded ProjectsExternally funded projects were regularly monitored particularly for their adherence to time schedule, amount dues, if any, documentation, closure etc. through divisional review.

In-house ProjectsProject Identification and Monitoring Committee monitors the progress of the In-house projects. The committee also reviews the progress of the In-house projects periodically. The new projects are taken up if approved by the Committee after the presentation


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made by the Project Leader. Similarly at the time of completion of a project, a presentation is made by the Project Leader to incorporate suggestions if any made by the committee members.

External Cash Flow (ECF)The Institute undertakes projects sponsored by various external agencies such as Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MORT&H), National Highway Authority of India (NHAI), Department of Science and Technology (DST), etc. The details of External Cash Flow i.e., money received from these agencies to carry out specified task was regularly recorded and monitored vis-à-vis target established by the Institute.

Expenditure Monitoring

Efforts were made to keep track on the expenditure vis-à-vis budgeting allocations/ requirements on the monthly basis so that performance/ working of the Institute could be made more effective.

Evaluation ActivitiesProjects Information to Research Council (RC)/ Management Council (MC)

Research Council (RC) is the apex advisory/monitoring body in CSIR-CRRI through which the major R&D activities are monitored and evaluated. Also it gives direction/ guidance for future R&D programmes of the institute. During the Year, PME Division has provided various information/data for Agenda, progress reports of R&D projects, Information for Action taken Report, Information for Director’s Presentation and other related logistics for conducting of meeting.

PME is responsible for preparing the upto date projects summary and providing the information on projects that are to be ratified by the Management Councils.

Miscellaneous ActivitiesManagement of Various Project Preformed

PME designs, maintains, manages and modifies the preformed pertaining to various project-related activities as per the need arises from time to time in line with ISO requirements.

Technical Queries from Within/or Outside CRRI and CSIR

PME handles technical queries pertaining to various projects being handled by the various R&D Divisions of the Institute from CSIR, DST, MoRTH & CAG Audit etc. These queries are related to CSIR guidelines, technical progress of projects etc. PME is also required to interact with various divisions of CSIR particularly PPD regarding the preparation of Plans/ Budget, Management of Plan Projects, Audit, ECF queries etc. Also interacts with the project clients related to amount dues, schedule, taking satisfaction feedback etc.

Parliament QuestionsPME also handles parliament questions which are technical in nature. During the year, replies to Parliament questions were prepared after collecting, compiling and collating information from various divisions of the institute.

Central Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS)

PME is the nodal division in CRRI to handle Public Grievances received through pgpprtal.gov.in. It examines the cases appropriately and disposes-off them in time through online as well as intimating to the concerned person.

Service Tax ActivitiesOn receipts of amounts under externally funded projects, Service Tax is paid to the Government. PME Division regularly prepares the statement on the receipts and ensures for the payment by accounts section of Service Tax on monthly basis. PME also prepares and files the half yearly returns of Service Tax.

Development & Maintenance of PME System

Designed & Developed web based “Project Management System” by PME division to manage the projects in the Institute effectively with less manpower. Time to time enhancement in the system is also taking place by adding new features. This is also increased the transparency in the system.


HRD & Project Management Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation

e-PPS (e-Project Proposal System)

This is initiated by PME division. In this, the scanned copies of all the Project Proposals after approval are uploaded on to PME Intranet and also a copy is sent to Concerned PL & F&A Section through email. This has reduced a lot of manpower time, saving of paper and printing / xeroxing in turn saving of environment.

ERP (Projects, R & D Module)

The Division has uploaded the details of all ongoing projects in the CSIR ERP site, also entry of Projects amount receipts in the Central Value Register of ERP site. Addition / Deletion of projects members and map their credentials according to the requirement of ERP System.

Projects Undertaken

External Cash Flow (Rs.Lakhs)


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Technology Transfer• Technology Transfer for Mobile Bridge

Inspection Unit (MBIU), SETUCARE to Gemini Power Hydraulics Pvt. Ltd. Maharashtra on non-exclusive License, Agreement signed on 10th April, 2015.

• Technology Transfer for the Pothole Repairing Machine, PATCHFILL to Supreme Bituchem Pvt. Ltd., Maharashtra on non-exclusive License, Agreement signed on 10th April, 2015.

Agreement signed• SUPREME Bituchem India Pvt. Ltd.,

Maharashtra, 10th April, 2015, for PATCHFILL-The Pothole Repairing Machine

• Gemini Power Hydraulics Pvt. Ltd., Maharashtra, 10th April, 2015, for SETUCARE-The Mobile Bridge Inspection Unit

• Bihar Rural Road Development Agency (BRRDA), PATNA, 21st April, 2015 for Cold Mix Technology Implementation

• Triparty Technology Management Agreement signed on 8th August, 2015 between CSIR-CRRI, QSRRA/R.D. Department, Govt. of Odisha, Bhubneshwar and Bitchem Asphalt Technology Limited, Guwahati for Cold Mix Technology for Construction and Maintenance

• Agreement between CSIR-CRRI and Tata Steel Limited, Jamshedpur on Feasibility study on utilization of ferro chrome slag in road making (phase I&II) on 14th January 2016 and 08th April 2016.

• Technology Management Agreement between CSIR-CRRI and Jharkhand State Rural Road Development Authority on 29th January, 2016 for Cold Mix Technology Implementation.

• GDA project on Project Monitoring & Quality Assurance of construction of three lane grade seprator (with approach road) on NH 58 located at Meerut Tiraha Ghaziabad date of signing 9th April 2015, Agreement.

MoUs signed• SVNIT, Surat extended for two years on

October 29th, 2015

Intellectual Property Management• A Process of using Thermocol (Expanded

Polystrene) Waste in Hot Bituminous Mixes for Road Constuction, 11th May, 2015 (Complete Filed)

• Utilisation of PVC Pipe Waste in Modifying Bitumen for Paving Application,13th May, 2015 (Complete Filed)

• Development of Electro Mechanical Field Density Gauge, 27th May, 2015 (Provisional Filed)

• New process for the formation of RA (Rejuneverating Agent) for use in recycling in Asphalt Pavement (RAP) ,17th Nov., 2015, 3746/DEL/2015 (Provisional Filed)

IP Filed• Process knowhow of Technology for Harder

Grade Bitumen VG-40, on September 10th, 2015 (Provisional Specification Filed)

• New process for the formation of RA (Rejuneverating Agent) for use in recycling in Asphalt Pavement (RAP), November 17th, 2015 (Provisional Specification Filed)

• An Application for Trademark for SETUCARE and Bridge Care sent to Intellectual Property Mangement of CSIR on 22nd March, 2016 for further processes.

Patents Filed• Patnt on "Design and Development of Pothole

Repair Machine" by Kar Siksha Swaroopa, Jain Pramod Kumar, Sharma Dinesh Chanda, Neha Singh has been filed on 21st March, 2015.

• Patent on “An upgraded device for Road Condition Evaluation” by Y. C. Tewari, Renu Chadha, R. P. Saini and V. P. Sharma has been filed in Feb 2016.

• Joint patent with CCIL and CRRI on Carbon Based Mixture for Improved Performance of Flexible Pavements as one of Bitumen Additives or Fillers and Methods of preparation thereof, inventors - Jain Pramon Kumar, Siksha Kar Swaroopa, Farhat Azad, Dr. madhu Bala Soni, Dr. Ashok Sharma, Vimal Kumar Dubey, filed on 9 March 2016.


HRD & Project Management Technology Management and Business Development

MOU for Technology Transfer for Mobile Bridge Inspection Unit (MBIU), SETUCARE to Gemini Power Hydraulics Pvt. Ltd. Maharashtra

MOU for Technology Transfer for the Pothole Repairing Machine, PATCHFILL to Supreme Bituchem Pvt. Ltd., Maharashtra


HRD & Project ManagementInformation, Liaison and Training

Regular Training ProgrammeImparting training to the engineers of the user agencies is an integral part of the research programme of the Institute. During the year, following refresher courses/training programmes for in-service engineers of the user organizations related to roads and road transportation in the Govt. Public & Private Sectors were organized. Through these programmes, the Institute imparted training to the junior, middle and senior level engineers of the user organizations and acquainted them with the latest research based information on various aspects of road and road transportation.

Special Training ProgrammeBesides the regular training programmes, the Institute conducted customer oriented programmes to meet the specific training requirements of the user agencies. During the year, the Institute conducted the following customer oriented training programmes :

International Course on Dissemination of HDM-4

A special Training Programme on International Course on Dissemination of Highway Development and Management (HDM-4) was organised from September 07-18, 2015. During the programme hands on Experience on HDM Software was given to the participants for arriving decision making strategies for implementation of Highway Project.

Road Design for Flexible Pavement and Rigid Pavements

On the request of National Rural Access Programme (NRAP), Afghanistan, a customized training programme on 'Road Design for Flexible Pavement and Rigid Pavement' for the engineers of National Rural Access Programme was organised from May 11-16, 2015 at CSIR-CRRI, New Delhi.

Title of the Course Duration

A. Pavement Engineering & Materials

• Design, Construction and Maintenance of Flexible Pavements 20-24 July, 2015

• Rigid Pavements: Design, Construction & Quality Control Aspects 05-09 Oct., 2015

• Pavement Evaluation Techniques and their applications for Maintenance and Rehabilitation

14-18 Dec., 2015

B. Road Development Planning & Management

• Geo-Spatial Technology (GIS, GPS, RS etc) for Road and Transportation 18-21 Jan., 2016

C. Geotechnical Engineering

• Geotechnical and Landslide Investigations for Highway Projects 17-21 Aug., 2015

D. Bridges & Structures

• Bridge Diagnostics, Performance Evaluation and Rehabilitation 15-19 June, 2015

• Bridge Design and Construction 16-20 Nov., 2015

E. Traffic & Transportation Planning

• Traffic Engineering & Road Safety Audit 03-07 Aug., 2015

• Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Environmental Clearance Process for Road & Highway Projects

30 Nov. - 04 Dec., 2015


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Rural Road and Bridges

On the request of National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), a customized training programme on 'Rural Roads and Bridges' for officers of NABARD was organized from Sept. 03-04, 2015.

Road Sefety Auditors

On the request of International Road Federation (IRF) - (India Chapter), a customized training programme on “Road Sefety Auditors” Jointly by IRF (India Chapter) with ARRB Group and CSIR-CRRI for the Officers of Rajasthan PWD in two batches was organized from February 08-12, 2016 & February 15-19, 2016 at CSIR-CRRI, New Delhi.

Road Asset Management

On the request of Uttar Pradesh Public Works Department (UPPWD), a Workshop on “Road Asset Management” for the Engineers of UPPWD was organized Jointly by UPPWD & CSIR-CRRI on February 17, 2016 at CSIR-CRRI, New Delhi.

Contract Management and Quality Control Aspects

On the request of Rural Engineering Department (RED), Uttar Pradesh, a customized training programme on “Contract Management and Quality Control Aspects” for the Engineers of RED, UP was organized from February 24-26, 2016 at CSIR-CRRI, New Delhi.

Human Resource Development Programme

Human resource development is a philosophy of management and is purported to upgrade the capabilities and professional skills of the personnel working in an organization to match the changing work demands. To enhance the professional capabilities of scientists and scientific staff for undertaking the R&D work in frontline areas of highway engineering and with the urge to develop technologies which have competitive edge and marketable strength, CRRI has been devoted in human resources development. Realizing the need for skill development and capacity building of the human resources, training programmes were selected. Staff members received specialized training in the areas of their expertise to cope up

with the challenging assignments. The details of those who attended various training programme and the specialized areas of training are given on page 161.

PublicationsCRRI Annual Report for the Year 2014-2015

The report is the profile of achievements of the Institute during the year 2015-2016. It also serves as a medium to acquaint the user agencies, clients and the other related organizations in the roads and road transportation research with R&D and other concomitant activities of the Institute. Progress reports of the R&D work and other related activities during the year from the various divisions/sections of the Institute was collected, compiled, edited and brought out as Institute’s Annual Report for the year 2014-15.

CRRI Newsletter

During the year, three issues of CRRI Newsletter were brought out. The Newsletter contains information related to R&D activities and other general information related to the Institute.

Other ActivitiesMailing of Publications

The Institute’s R&D publications such as CRRI Annual Report and CRRI Newsletter were sent to highway professionals, engineering & academic organizations in the country and abroad. The publications are meant to disseminate R&D based information to the highway engineering profession.

Technical Queries

Technical queries concerning the R&D activities and technical know-how of the Institute were attended. Information on various technologies developed by the Institute were sent to a number of organizations dealing with databases, technology transfer and consultancy assignments pertaining to roads and road transportation.

Press Publicity

Various local presses approached CRRI for information on research & developments and studies carried out by the Institute on roads, flyovers,



bridges etc. The needed information was provided to the press for the purpose of publicity.

Press clipping pertaining to road and road transport in particular and Science and Technology in general were culled out from various National dailies and were brought to the notice of the Director and circulated to staff members for information, if needed. These were also compiled in the form of document.

Publicity through CRRI Advertisement

To popularise the Institute past R&D achievements and present R&D programmes, capabilities, facilities and expertise, the Institute issued various advertisements at various forums. One such forum was the scientific documents brought out by various organizations on different occasions. The Institute got published its various advertisements in the documents brought out by the various organizations on the different occasions.

Publication of Research Outputs

Research outputs i.e. Research Papers emanating from the R&D work were processed for publication in various National & International Journals/Conferences through internal review system. Cases pertaining to deputation of CRRI Scientists to attend various Conference/Symposia were processed and attended.

ISTAG Activities

The scientists of the Institute were deputed abroad under various collaborative, exchange and bilateral programme of CSIR to participate in various conferences/symposia/seminar/study programme and to attend advanced equipment training.

Exhibitions

The Institute participated in the following exhibitions and depicted its expertise, capabilities and R&D achievements.

• Technical Exhibition and International Seminar on “New Construction Materials, Techniques and Design, in Bridge, Tunnel & Road Construction suitable for Infrastructure Development in Inaccessible Border Area” on 11-12th Sept. 2015 at Manekshaw Centre, New Delhi.

• Technical Exhibition and Seminar on “Make In India – Role of Civil Engineers” being organized as part of Engineers Day Celebrations on 15th Sept. 2015 at AP Shinde Symposium Hall, NASC Complex, DPS Marg, Opp. Todapur Pusa, New Delhi, organized by The Institution of Civil Engineers (India), New Delhi.

• IRF & Road Australia joint regional conference and Trade fair from 4-6th May,2015 at Sydney.

• Tech. Exhibition during 4th Enterprise India Show at Yangon, Myanmar from October 29th to November 1st, 2015, organized by CII.

• Tech. Exhibition during 76th Annual Session of IRC at Indore from December 18th to 22nd, 2015.

• 3rd Conference on Transportation Group of India (CTRG) Kolkata from December 17-20th, 2015.

• A technical exhibition was also organized during the Conference on Sustainable Asphalt Pavement for Developing Countries (CONSAP-2016) on 11th & 12th March 2016, at CRRI, which was participated by 30 organisations comprising R&D organizations, Consulting firms, Manufacturers, Equipment suppliers etc.

Visitors

Visits of distinguished professionals and delegates from various organizations related to road transportation from India and abroad to CRRI were organized during the year.

Linkages with Professional Bodies

The Institute is represented as the Institutional Member on the various technical, executive and administrative committees and groups of various National and Foreign Organizations. These organizations maintain their databases including R&D activities, Organizational Heads, etc. of the Member Institutions and regularly seek the updated information. The updated information on CRRI were provided to various organizations and the annual subscriptions were paid to continue the membership. The Institutional membership of the Institute is given on page 190.



Skill Development Programme

Visit of Foreign Delegation at CRRI

Visit of Dr. Ranjna Nagpal, DDG, NIC

Visit of Qatar Teachers & Students

HRDC Training Workshop on “Reservation, Policy & Roster”



Visit of Delegation from Ministry of Environment, Bangladesh

Visit of Dr. Stevan Bartlett, Prof. & Dean, University of Utah, USA and Dr. David Arellano, Prof. of Civil Engineer, University of Memphis, USA

Visit of Dr. M.I. Pinard and Dr. P. Paige Green, South Africa alongwith World Bank Officials



Glimpses of Training Programmes at CSIR-CRRI

Organisation of Training Programme at CRRI














Documentation and Library Services

Prof. S.R. Mehra Library

Prof. S.R. Mehra library provides information services to the staff of the Institute in the field of traffic, transportation and highway engineering. The library has a collection of over 90,000 publications including books, reference books, periodicals, conference proceedings, technical reports standards specifications, microfilms, maps, CD-ROM databases, video cassettes etc.

Bibliographic Services

Literature searches were carried out and bibliographic service was provided on request to researchers of CRRI on topics related to highway engineering and transportation.

Reference Service

Specific information provided on more than one hundred reference queries.

Collection Development

Publications like books, periodicals, conference proceedings, technical reports, CD-ROM databases, standards, related to roads, transport and related areas etc, were acquired for updating the library collection.

Technical Processing

Publications added to the collection were classified, catalogued, indexed and well maintained for efficient retrieval.

Professional Development

Information on refresher and training courses and workshops etc. available in the field of highway

engineering and related areas were recorded and displayed regularly for the benefit of the users.

Access to E-Journals

Access to full text E-Journals is being provided through Internet from various publishers like WOS, ASCE, ASTM Digital Library, Taylor & Francis, Wiley, ICE, Springer, etc.

Computerisation of Documentation and Library Services

Database is being developed for the publications received in the library.

E-CART Bulletin - Current Awareness in Roads & Transport

A monthly current awareness service containing scanned content page of the current journals received in the library is e-mailed to individual scientists to make them abreast of latest developments in the field of transportation and highway engineering.

Library Statistics

Books added during the period 141(01.04.2015 - 31.03.2016)

Total No. of books as on 31.03.2016 55807

Maps 688

Microforms 655

Videocassettes 122

Periodicals titles received regularly 50(Foreign+Indian)


R & D Support ServicesComputer & Networking

LAN Hardware• The Lab level ERP Implementation is

completed and Storage was configured in CRRI end. 5 Nos. of IBM x 3650 servers and FUJITSU - ETERNUS DX440 SAN system with scalable 20TB storage capacity were installed for the same.

• The schematic diagram of CRRI – computer Centre SAN is shown in the fig.158

• Integration of the above storage with RDM SAN is under anvil.

• HP Proliant ML 570 and ML 350 ( Xeon Quad Processor ) hardware platforms are used for server activities ( DNS, ADS, WSUS Update Server , Proxy Server and NMS Server ) . More than 400 LAN I/O points are operational.

• Implementation of FG-800C UTM Multi-Threat Security Appliance is under process

• PGRPE Building is connected through Wi-fi to CRRI LAN and the expansion plan of CRRI LAN to Guest House Wing-1 and Wing-2, Canteen, Main Store and Stores is under process.

Softwares and IT ServicesIntranet service ( http://CRRINET ) provides Online Library Search (Web OPAC) , BIS Searching facility, Transport Database, Links for E-Journal Driver

Testing Software and CRRI Online Salary System. The information related with all the division including the equipment list are also available. Essential forms , compliant request formats and various application formats are available at CRRI Intranet.

Updates of information related to CRRI such as scientific, administration, training programmes, events, tenders, history, recruitment and other activities, etc. are being done regularly in the official website of CRRI. i.e www.crridom.gov.in.

Installation and configuration of various Scientific Softwares like ARC-GIS , Mx-Road, HDM, NISA, Heads & SPSS also provided.

The E-Mail facility for all the staff of this institute is also available.

The Computer Training programme for Group II staff was also conducted to sensitize the computer literacy for ERP readiness. Computer facility to all Training programmes & Seminars/ Conferences etc organized at CRRI is also provided.

The Corporate Antivirus Solutions is provided against the Campus wide Antivirus protect , Web reputation, URL Filtering etc to all the servers and nodes.

Video Conferencing facility is operated and maintained by computer centre and It is available in all CSIR lab level meeting.


R & D Support Services Computer & Networking

Fig.

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R & D Support ServicesMechanical Engineering Support

Mechanical Engineering Support Division is responsible for:

1. Design and Development of Mechanical Equipment required by R&D divisions for carrying out Sponsored, In-house R&D and Consultancy services.

2. Repair and maintenance of R&D equipment (Mechanical & Electrical).

3. Air conditioner repairs and maintenance.

4. Operation and maintenance of Air conditioning plants.

5. Repair and maintenance of Infrastructural Facilities including furniture

6. Book Binding

7. Training

8. Contribution in different R&D and research projects

9. Participation in extracurricular activities

Design and Development

During the period under report the division was involved in the design and development of the following:

i. Various Prototype Gym Equipment were Fabricated in MES for the Health Benefits of CRRI staff.

ii. Fabrication of Shade for the Protection of Electrical Installations of APTF from Rain


R & D Support Services Mechanical Engineering Support

iii. Fabrication of Shed for Horticulture Division

Repair of R&D and other Equipment1. Benkelman beam

2. Automatic Soil Compaction Machine

3. Compression Machine

4. Automatic Bitumen Compactors

5. Core Cutting Machine

6. CBR Moulds

7. UTM

Around 182 job card related to repairs and fabrication were completed during the reported period.

Contribution in Different R&D Projects

MES staff contributed substantially in the following projects

• “ Idling Fuel Consumption Studies” under 12th five year plan’s ELSIM project. Various cities have been identified for carrying out the study. Our staff participated in studies at Delhi and CSIR-AMPRI, Bhopal, CSIR-NCL Pune, CSIR-IMT, Chandigarh, CSIR-CSIO, Chandigarh, CSIR-CLRI, Chennai, CSIR-SERC, Chennai,


R & D Support ServicesMechanical Engineering Support

Parul Institute of Engineering, Vadodara. The team also participated in review meetings for INDO-HCM project.

• Our staff is also involved in “GAP acceptance Studies” and “Pedestrian Movement Study” under INDO-HCM project. Video- recording for this project is being done with the help of camera hoisting equipment repaired and modified by MES, thereby resulting in huge amount of savings on each site.

Air conditioner Repairs and Maintenance

• MES undertakes in-house repair and maintenance of approximately 350 air conditioners of the Institute

• The division is also supervising Operation and Maintenance of Air Conditioning Plant.

Transport Section

• MBIU registration: All sorts of support for liaison work and technical inputs provided for registration of MBIU and the process of registration got completed. MBIU is now is in use in the field.

• Repair, maintenance and insurance etc. of staff car DL3CV4838 and other instrumented vehicles such as DL10C0661, DL3CAJ8840, DL3CBV0720 is being taken care off.

• 10 nos. CRRI vehicles have attained their age of usage as per NGT orders. They are being processed for condemnation. Papers related the same are being prepared.

• Staff car DL3CAJ2314 has been got condemned and related papers have been sent to CSIR for approval and procurement of new staff car as replacement.

• Hiring of vehicles from CRRI approved external agencies for movement of CRRI staff for official purposes and processing their bills for payment.

Water Purifiers

• AMC of 17 nos. of water purifiers are supervised by the division.

Job Cards Completed by Various Sections of MES Division in The Year 2014-2015.

Sl. No.

Sections of MES No. of Job Cards completed

1 Mechanical Section 182

2 Electrical Section 83

3 A/C Section 220

4 Carpentry Section 13

Total Job Cards Attended

498

ISO Internal Audit

• MES Division also participated in conducting Internal Audits for ISO.


Estate Services Civil Engineering Support

Civil Infrastructure works Executed During FY 2015-16

Name of Work : Renovation of Reception Hall of CRRI Campus. (Amount In Lakhs: 20.99).

Name of Work : Development of Parking and Traffic Management System at CRRI. (Amount In Lakhs: 11.15).

Name of Work : Renovation of Canteen (G.F.) and conversion of Toilet from Indian W.C. to European W.C. at G.H. Wing - II in CRRI New Delhi. (Amount In Lakhs : 09.87)

Name of Work : Renovation of CRRI CO- Operative Thrift & Credit Society Ltd.

(2 no rooms) GTE division First Floor at CRRI. (Amount In Lakhs: 03.16)


Estate ServicesCivil Engineering Support

Name of Work : Development of infrastructure for UTM Testing machine in old RP division at CRRI.” (Amount In Lakhs: 01.94)

Name of Work : Development of infrastructure for cold mix knowledge centre (CMKC) in old FP division at CRRI. (Amount In Lakhs: 01.32)

Civil Infrastructure Works Started in FY 2015-16

Sl.No.

Name of Work Status of workAmount In

Lakhs

1“Renovation of Account, E-II Section and Miscellaneous work of Cafeteria at CRRI.”

Work in Progress 21.78

2

“Construction of toilet at PED division & Ramp for disable persons, Replacement of wooden flooring of VIP Suit - 2 at Guest House-1 and Renovation of toilet behind Stationary Building at CRRI.”


3“Renovation of Adm. Block at second floor (Raj Bhasha Hindi, E- I, Purchase & Photo Section) at CRRI”.


4“Renovation/Alteration in the existing photometric lab for developing Noise/Vibration lab of TP division at CRRI.”



Quality Management

Quality Management Division is responsible to ensure that IS/ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management System operates effectively and efficiently in the Institute. Besides, adopting higher level of quality standards in the working of the Institute is also the mandate of the division during the year ,the division was engaged in conducting internal quality audits: discussing the findings of the audit in the management review committee meetings; ensuring the Institute’s readiness for the external audits to be conducted by certification agency i.e Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) for the surveillance audit for higher level of quality standards in the working of the Institute.

Internal Quality Audits (IQA)The Internal Quality Audits are systematic and independent examination of the system to determine whether the planned arrangements are implemented effectively and are suitable to achieve the objectives. The audit was carried out by trained quality auditors of the Institute with the following objective:

To determine the conformity or non-conformity of the quality system elements with specified requirements.

To determine the effectiveness of the implemented quality system in meeting the specified quality objectives.

To provide the auditee with an opportunity to improve the quality system.

To meet regulatory requirements.

During the internal audit, two aspects namely the requirements of the quality management system

as defined in the Quality Manual and the Quality System Procedures were focused. The non-conformity reports (NCR) and corrective action report (CAR) were communicated to the auditees for ensuring the corrective and preventive actions. The action taken by the auditees were verified during the subsequent aud NC’s were closed.

Two Internal Quality Audit of the Institute were carried out during 18/05/2015 to 22/05/2015 and 02/11/2015 to 06/11/2015 to check whether the IS/ISO 9001:2008 QMS is effectively and efficiently in place in the Institute. The audit findings were discussed in the Management Review Meeting.

Management Review Meeting (MRM)After the internal quality audits, the findings of the audit and its reports were discussed in the detail in the Management Review Committee. Besides the finding of the audits, the gray areas related to the functioning of the Institute were also discussed and resolved to ensure that Institute’s work is carried out as per the planned arrangements. The Quality Policies and Quality Objectives were reviewed to make them in line with each other keeping in view the mandate of Institute. The Quality Objectives were reviewed to ensure that they are quantifiable and measureable to meet the QMS requirement.

Modification and Updation of Quality System Procedure (QSPs)The Quality System Procedures - the procedures (QSPs) of the division/section activities were in place since February 2003.Since then many changes i.e., addition/deletion in the procedures have been done. The QSPs were modified and updated.


Rajbhasha

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Hindi Saptah Samaroh, September 8-15, 2014


Rajbhasha

Hindi Pakhwada (Fortnight)Hindi Pakhwara was organized during Sept. 14–29, 2015. Several Competitions such as Essay writing, Technical Paper Presentation, Patriotic poem recitation, Anecdote Narration, Debate and Hindi speech were organised. The pakhwara was marked by the presence of eminent dignitaries like Dr. Sarojini Pritam, famous Hindi poet, Smt. Mohini Hingorani, Director, Ministry of Civil Aviation and Shri M.S. Kathait, Ex Deputy Director, Deptt of

Official Language, Ministry of Home Affairs.

The closing ceremony & Prize Distribution ceremony of Hindi Pakhwara was organized on 29th Sept. 2015. Dr. S. Gangopadhyay, Director, CSIR-CRRI presided over the closing ceremony. Sh. Harinder Kumar, Director Deptt of Official Language, Ministry of Home Affairs delivered the keynote lecture on this occasion. He dwelt upon the role of Hindi in official work and the need to ensure its progressive use in our day to day work.


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fganh esa rduhdh çLrqrhdj.k Hindi Lecture/ Technical Presentations in Hindi

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Kali Kapaas Mitti ke Sthirikaran ke Liye Lakari ke Churna ka Upyog

– Sri Alok Ranjan, GTE, 22/04/2015

• flfoy bathfu;jh vuqç;ksxksa ds fy, uSuks rduhd Civil Engineery Anuprayogon ke Liye Nano

Technic

– Dr Rina Singh, ES, 22/04/2015

• daØhV esa LVhy dk la{kkj.k Concrete Mein Steel ka Sanksharan

– Dr V V L Kanta Rao, BAS, 20/08/2015

• dks;yk ds lkFk vk, vif'k"V iRFkj ,oa iRFkj feJ.k ds lnqi;ksx ls fVdkÅ lM+dksa dk fuekZ.k

Koyla ke Saath Aaye Apshisht Pathar Evam Pathar Mishran ke Sadupyog Se Tikaoo Sarakon ka Nirman

– Dr Sangita, FP, 17/09/2015

• 'kgjh Mkej lM+dksa dk lhesaV daØhV ijr ls lq–<+hdj.k Shehari Damar Sarakon ka Cement Concrete

Parat Se Sudridhikaran

– Sri Binod Kumar, PMCTG, 16/02/2016

• iSny ;kf=;ksa dh lsok ds Lrj dks ekius ds fy, ,d i)fr

Paidal Yatri Ki Sewa ke Satar ko Maapne ke Liye Ek Padhati

– Dr Mukti Advani, TP, 16/02/2016

Other Activities of the INSTITUTE


Other Activities of the InstituteEvents

Anti-Terrorism DayAnti-Terrorism Day is observed in the country every year on 21st May to wean away the people specially youth from terrorism and cult of violence by enlightening the suffering of the common people due to commission of such acts and showing how it is prejudicial to the national interest.

A pledge taking ceremony on of the observance of the anti-terrorism day was held on May 21, 2015 which was attended by staff members of the Institute.

World Environment DayThe Institute celebrated the World Environment Day on June 5, 2015. On this occasion, Dr. S. Gangopadhyay, Director, CSIR-CRRI planted a tree in the CRRI Lawn.

Celebration of CRRI Foundation DayCRRI Foundation Day was celebrated on July 16, 2015. On this occasion, Dr. M.O. Garg, Director General - CSIR, was the Chief Guest and inaugurated the recently renovated Reception Hall of CRRI main building. Dr. Garg addressed all the scientist during in Foundation Day lecture and stress for innovative research to fulfill the needs of the society . A Scientists Meet was also held during 16-17 July 2015 as a part of CRRI Foundation day celebrations. All HoDs /Group Coordinators made presentations with various plans and programmes to achieve inline to the Government of India polices, CSIR-CRRI vision and to reach out to common men.

Independence Day FunctionOn the occasion of 68th Independence day, Dr. S.Gangopadhyay , Director, CSIR-CRRI hoisted the National Flag on August 15, 2015. The Function was attended by the CRRI staff members and their family members. Devotion and patriotic songs were recited by the wards of CRRI family members on this occasion.

Meeting of Asia Community Access Project (ASCAP)The first Regional Coordination Committee Meeting of Asia Community Access Project (ASCAP) held at CRRI, New Delhi on 30-31 August. The meeting was

attended by participants from Nepal , Bangladesh ,Myanmar and representatives from U.K. and Members of National Coordination Committee of India.

Institutional Sports meet at CSIR-CRRICRRI Recreation Club organized an In-house Sports tournament from 10th September, 2015 to 21st

September, 2015. The main events were Volley Ball, Table tennis (Ladies & Gents). A cultural programme was also organized on 29th Sept. ,2015 which comprised Antakshari for Ladies Vs Gents, Songs, Play, skits, etc. The prizes were given to the winners and runner-ups of the sports events.

Hindi PakhwaraHindi Pakhwara was organized from September 14-29, 2015 at CSIR-CRRI, New Delhi. Several competitions like Essay writing, Technical paper presentation, Patriotic Poem Recitation, Anecdote Narration, Debate and Hindi speech were organized during the week. The Hindi Pakhwara was inaugurated by Dr. Sudhir Mathur, Chief Scientist CRRI. The Pakhwara was marked by the presence of eminent dignitaries like Dr. Sarojini Pritam, famous Hindi poet and Smt. Mohini Hingorani, Director, Ministry of Civil Aviation, Dr. S.Gangopadhyay, Director CSIR-CRRI presided over the closing ceremony held on 29th September 2015. Shri Harinder Kumar, Director, Deptt. Of Official Language, Ministry of Home Affairs delivered the keynote lecture on this occasion. He dwelt upon the role of Hindi in official work and the need to ensure its progressive use in day to day work.

CRRI Research Council MeetingThe 118th CSIR-CRRI Research Council meetings under the Chairmanship of Dr. M.R. Madhav, Professor, Emeritus JNTU, Hyderabad were held on 22nd -23rd September 2015. Besides the RC members, Area Advisors, HODs and Sr. Scientists attended the meeting. Presentations on 12th Five Year Plan Projects, Sponsored R&D Projects and In-house R&D Projects etc. were made by the Scientists.

CSIR Foundation DayCSIR Foundation Day was celebrated on September 26, 2015. Dr. S. Gangopadhyay, Director CRRI


Other Activities of the Institute Events

addressed all the staff members and highlighted the journey of progress of CRRI over the year. Prizes were given by the Ms. D. Vijayalakshmi, COA to the winners of various competitions organized by CRRI for the children of CRRI employees. The employees of CRRI, who had completed 25 years of service in CSIR and all those who had retired during September 2014 to August 2015, were honoured and mementoes were presented to them by the Director. The function was graced by invited Guest, scientists and employees and ex-colleagues of CRRI.

One Day Workshop on 7th October 2015The Institute has completed a prestigious project on “Development of Management System for Maintenance Planning and Budgeting of High Speed Road Corridors”. The study comprises of both pavements and bridges. Hence, two separate management systems namely Pavement Maintenance Management System (PMMS) including Road User Cost equations for high speed corridors under Road Module and Bridge Maintenance Management System (BMMS) under Bridge Module have been developed.

To disseminate the outcome of this project and to demonstrate the developed systems among key stakeholders such as the NHAI, MoRTH, Concessioners, Consultants etc., a one day workshop has been organised on 07th October, 2015 (Wednesday) in CSIR-CRRI, New Delhi. The workshop was inaugurated by Sh. S. N. Das, Director General (Road Development), and Special Secretary, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways and about 60 engineers from various organisations have participated in this workshop.

Second Round Table Meeting on Anticipation of Landslide Hazard Zonation Mapping and Engineering Interventions in Landslide Risk ReductionThe second Round Table meeting was held on November 4, 2015 at CRRI, jointly with the Forum on Engineering interventions for Disaster Mitigating of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE). The main objective was to build taller on the recommendations of first roundtable meeting by extending the technical discourse to the two

additional major issues namely anticipation of landslide hazards through large scale landslide hazard mapping and science, engineering and innovation in landslide investigation, studies and management.

A back grounder version (five numbers) along with the draft recommendations were circulated and posted on INAE website for e-participation, two months in advance, for the feedback which was continuously analyzed for updating the backgrounder, the draft recommendations and their basis.

The recommendations of the second round table meeting will be submitted to the Government of India and the concerned higher authorities for further necessary action. From INAE side, Dr. R.K. Bhandari, Chairman of INAE Forum for Engineering Interventions in Disaster Mitigation was the main architect of the RTM.

CSIR-CRRI Welcomes New Year 2016A get-together was organised at CSIR-CRRI on January 1, 2016 on the occasion of arrival of New Year Day. The Acting Director addressed the staff members and highlighted the achievements of the institute during the preceding Year 2015. Dr. Sudhir Mathur, in his address exhorted Scientists of CRRI, especially the Young Scientists to focus more on R&D work in the coming year and expressed his best wishes to the staff members and their families. Prof.Satish Chandra, new Director (CRRI) met all regular staff of CRRI on 21/1/16 in the front lawn of CRRI.

Special Research Council MeetingA special Research Council meeting of CRRI was held on 4th February 2016. The purpose of this special RC was to prepare a document containing the roadmap of the Institute; both short term (next 2-3 years) as well as long term (8-10 years) plans for research.

During the meeting about 30 R&D topics were identified for research in near future.

Prof Satish Chandra, Director CSIR-CRRI informed that this special meeting has been convened to identify the research activities and their translational outcomes in the short, medium as well as long term. He presented his Vision and Roadmap



for the CRRI, which was appreciated by all. He emphasized on research in frontal areas providing indigenous solutions to native problems and having International projects to help developing nation to build cheaper long lasting and durable roads. He added that the recruitment of scientists is very important as there is an accumulation of scientists at senior levels.

Hon’ Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Science & Technology, Govt. of India, visited CRRIHon’ Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Science & Technology, Govt. of India, visited CRRI on 27/02/2016. The Minister addressed all Senior Scientist. A meeting held between Minister & all Area Advisors/Group Coordinators/HODs, Heads of Administration, Finance & Purchase which was followed by the visit to various R&D Labs of the Institute. The Minister visited to the APTF site and other major facilities available at the Institute. Dr. Harsh Vardhan also met the young Scientists & Students and encourage them to do R&D for Common man of the Society and for the national benefit as a whole.

Celebration of National Science DayTo commemorate the discovery of Raman Effect made by Sir C.V. Raman, the Institute celebrated National Science Day on February 29, 2016. Prof. Rao Tataverti, Sr. Prof. & Director (Research & Consultancy), GVP-SIRC, GVP College of Engineering”, Madhurawada, Visakhapatnam (AP) was the Chief Guest and delivered National Science

Day Lecture on “Scattering of Light: Rayleigh, Raman and Recent Research”. On this occasion, Prof Satish Chandra, Director CSIR-CRRI also highlighted the background of celebrating National Science Day. Shri T.K. Amla, proposed the vote of Thanks and conveyed gratefulness to Chief Guest for sparing his valuable time.

Conference on Sustainable Asphalt Pavement for Developing Countries (CONSAP-2016)CSIR-CRRI organized a Conference on Sustainable Asphalt Pavement for Developing Countries (CONSAP-2016) on 11th & 12th March 2016. Shri R.K. Pandey, Member (Technical) NHAI, was the Chief Guest and Dr. P.K. Garg, Vice Chancellor; Uttarakhand University was the Guest of Honor. About 200 delegates attended the conference.

The CONSAP 2016 aims to discuss the state-of-the art technologies pertaining to pavement design, maintenance, use of marginal materials in road construction, rehabilitation and management systems for pavements in developing countries. CONSAP 2016 is focused on sustainable pavement materials and sustainable pavement design, testing and evaluation, and management of pavement infrastructures.

CSIR-CRRI also put its stall, showcasing its latest technologies and R&D outputs, in the technical exhibition organized during the conference which was participated by 30 organizations comprising R&D organizations, Consulting firms, Manufacturers, Equipment suppliers, etc. showcasing their products.



Tree Plantation by Dr. S.Gangopadhyay Director CSIR-CRRI on World Environment Day 5th June,2015

Glimpses of CSIR-CRRI Foundation Day Celebration on July 16, 2015



Celebration of Independence Day, August 15, 2015

Meeting of Road Research Managers of ASCAP, August 30-31, 2015 at CSIR-CRRI

Glimpses of CSIR-CRRI Foundation Day Celebration on July 16, 2015 (contd....)



Meeting of Road Research Managers of ASCAP, August 30-31, 2015 at CSIR-CRRI



Glimpses of Institutional Sports meet at CSIR-CRRI on 10-21 September, 2015



Glimpses of Hindi Pakhwara at CSIR-CRRI from 14-29 September, 2015

Glimpses of Research Council Meetings at CSIR-CRRI



Glimpses of Special Research Council Meetings at CSIR-CRRI



Celebration of CSIR Foundation Day



Glimpses of Workshop on Development of Management System for Maintenance Planning and Budgeting of High Speed Road Corridors at CSIR-CRRI on 7th October, 2015



Glimpses of Second Round Table meeting on Anticipation of Landslide Hazard Zonation Mapping and Engineering Interventions in Landslide Risk Reduction at CSIR-CRRI on

4th November, 2015



Celebration of New Year Function



Glimpses of visit of Hon’ Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Science & Technology, Govt. of India, to CSIR-CRRI on 27th February, 2016



Celebration of National Science Day, 29th February, 2016



Glimpses of Conference on Sustainable Asphalt Pavement for Developing Countries(CONSAP-2016) on 11-12th March, 2016


Other Activities of the Institute

• Dr. Ch. Ravi Sekhar, Senior Scientist, Transportation Planning Division has received Indian Roads Congress (IRC)'s Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru Birth Centenary Award for the Year 2014. He has received this award for his last five year research contributions (2009-2014) in the area of Highway and Transportation Engineering. The award was presented during 76th Indian Roads Congress (IRC) annual session was held at Indore, during 18-22 Dec., 2015.

this award during the SKOTCH summit held on 10th December 2015 at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi

• Dr. Errampalli Madhu, Principal Scientist received Construction Industry Development Council (CIDC) Vishwakarma Award 2016 on 7th March 2016. The award was presented to him by the Chairman, CIDC on 7th March 2016 for outstanding work in the area of Highway and Transportation.

Honour/Awards

• Skoch Order of Merit Award 2015: 12th Five Year Plan Project, Development and Application of Technologies for Sustainable Transportation System (SUSTRANS), has received Skotch Order of Merit Award 2015 under the category of Smart Technology. Dr. E. Madhu, Champion of this project had received

• The Best Research Paper award was presented to Gender - Dr. Mukti Advani and Dr. Purnima Parida, Scientists on the occasion of Urban Mobility of India 2015.

• Dr. Purnima Parida, Scientist received Highly Commended Paper Award for paper entitled "Effect of type of lead Vehicle on following head way behaviour in mixed traffic" by Dr. Ravindra Kumar, Dr. Purnima Parida presented the paper in 8th UMI Conference & Expo, December, 2015.

• Dr. Rakesh Kumar, Scientist has been recognized as an external reviewer for the review of American Concrete Institute (ACI) report Revision on the Use of Flyash in Concrete, i.e., ACI 232.2R submitted by ACI Committee 232, USA.



S.No. Topic Place and Date Presented by

1 Bridge Inspection, Maintenance & Repairs, BMS and Instrumentation & Performance Monitoring of Bridges

IAHE, Noida

8 April, 2015

Dr. P. Lakshmy

2 Environmental Clearance Process” during Short-term Course on “Environmental Studies and Awareness

PUSA Polytechnic, New Delhi,

29 April,2015

Dr Neeraj Sharma

3 CII’s Delhi Environment Summit: Towards a Clean and Green Society. Air Pollution and Ways of Improving Air Quality

New Delhi 5 June 2015

Dr Neeraj Sharma

4 Workshop on “Project Preparation and Repair/ Rehabilitation of Bridges & Flyovers”

Lucknow 5-6 June 2015

Sh. G.K. Sahu

5 Condition Survey and Detailed Investigations During the above mentioned Workshop on “Project Preparation and Repair/ Rehabilitation of Bridges & Flyovers”

Lucknow 10-11 June 2015

Dr. P. Lakshmy

6 Concrete Pavements and White Topping Dehradun 11 July, 2015,

Binod Kumar

7 Innovation in Concrete Technology Dehradun 11 July 2015

Binod Kumar

8 “Condition Survey and Detailed Investigations of Bridges during the Workshop on “Project Preparation and Repair/ Rehabilitation of Bridges & Structures

Raipur (Chattishgarh), 7-8 August 2015

Dr. P. Lakshmy

9 Bearings, & Expansion Joints – Function, Type, Suitability, Design Requirements

IAHE, Noida 31 August- 4 Sept. 2015

Dr. S.S. Gaharwar

10 Balance of Concrete and Bitumen Roads in India –Implications and Cost

Singapore 2-4 September, 2015,

Binod Kumar

11 Design, Specifications and Quality Control of Concrete Roads

Chandigarh, Mohali 18 September, 2015,

Binod Kumar

12 Climate Change and Co-Benefits of Road Transport Policies at the Training Workshop Understanding Climate and Health Associations in India

New Delhi 22 to 24 September, 2015.

Dr. Anuradha Shukla

13 Design and Construction of Cross-Drainage Structures and Bridges – An Overview

Moradabad 17 October 2015

Dr. P. Lakshmy

14 Role of Structural Fasteners in Ensuring Quality Assurance and Safety of Bridges During Construction

New Delhi 28 November, 2015

S.S. Gaharwar Kamalika Pal Dr. R.K. Garg

Lecture Delivered



S.No. Topic Place and Date Presented by

15 Bridge Maintenance Management System, Bridge Inventory, Bridge Inspection and Condition Survey and Maintenance, Repair& Replacement of Bearings & Expansion Joint, Mobile Bridge Inspection Unit

IAHE, Noida 4 Jan. to 12 Mar.,2016

Dr. P. Lakshmy

16 Use of Fly Ash in Road Construction- Technical and Specification Issues” at Workshop on “ Fly Ash Utilization in Road Construction”

Bhubaneswar. 8 January 2016

U K Guru Vittal

17 Road Asset Management Data From Functional and Structural Evaluation at Workshop on Road Asset Management for the Engineers of UPPWD, Lucknow

UPPWD, Lucknow 17 February, 2016

Dr. Devesh Tiwari

18 Modern Data Collection Techniques for Pavement Evaluation at Workshop on Road Asset Management for the Engineers of UPPWD, Lucknow

UPPWD, Lucknow 17 February, 2016

Pradeep Kumar

19 “Need of Environmentally Sustainable Urban Transport System in India”

PHD House, New Delhi 2 March 2016

Dr. Anuradha Shukla

20 Recycled Concrete Aggregates and Developments in India, ACESE-16

Chennai 30 March to 1 April, 2016.

V.V.L. Kanta Rao

21 Air Pollution and Ways of Improving Air Quality” Environment Summit towards a Clean and Green Society.

CII, Delhi Dr Neeraj Sharma

Lecture Delivered


Technical Training, Deputation etc. CRRI Scientists/Staff Deputation for Training

CRRI Scientists / Staff Deputed for Training 2015-2016

S.No.

Area of Training Staff Nominated Date Venue

1 Workshop on Recent Advances in Structural Engineering (RASE 2015)

Ajay Kumar Dhall 7-8 May, 2015 CSIR-SERC, Chennai

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Sanjay Choudhary 19-21 May, 2015

CSIR-HRDC at Ghaziabad

3 One Day Training Programme on Fortigate 800 UTM Modules

Dr. R.N. Dutta, Vivek Dubey, S. Mariappan, Manpreet Singh, Raj Sekhar, Ms. Reeta Rani, Vijay Kaushal

22 May 2015 Fortinet Office, New Delhi, Organized by Fortinet, New Delhi.

4 Multivariate Data Analysis Sh Dinesh Ganvir 1-6 June, 2016 Management Development Programme Kharagpur

5 International Summer & Winter Term 2015 Course on “Deep Foundations including Seismic and Offshore Applications”

Kashif Quamar Inqualabi

29 June–10 July 2015

IIT Kharagpur,

6 Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace: Preventions, Redressals & Procedures

Kamini Gupta 16-17 July 2015 HRDC, Ghaziabad

7 Science Administration and Research Management

Dr. A. Mohan Rao 17 August 2015 ASCI, Hyderabad

8 Science and Technology for Rural Societies for Women Scientists & Technologists

Dr Neelima Chakraborty

24-28 August, 2015

Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA), New Delhi

9 Capacity Building Programme for Technical Officers

Rajesh Rana, Satish Kumar, Mrs. Shanta Kumar

24-28 August 2015

HRDC, Ghaziabad

10 Knowledge Management & Knowledge Sharing in Organization

Ms. Farhat Azad 07-11 September 2015


11 7th Capacity Building Programme for Technical Personnel

K.J.S. Kapoor Surendra Verma

23 September, 2015 to 9 October. 2015

IIPA, New Delhi


Technical Training, Deputation etc.CRRI Scientists/Staff Deputation for Training

S.No.

Area of Training Staff Nominated Date Venue

12 Laboratory Management System & Internal Auditing as per Is/ISO/IEC 17025:2005

R S Bhardwaj Y C Tiwari

28 September. to 1 October, 2015,

Chandigarh

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14 Science and Technology for Rural Societies

Dr Rajeev Kumar Garg Dr Purnima Parida D Ravinder

2-6 November, 2015


15 Geotechnical Issues Related to Earthen Embankments

Alok Ranjan 2-4 December, 2015

CSMRS, New Delhi


Technical Training, Deputation etc. Deputation Abroad

S.No.

Name of Scientist Country Visited Purpose

1 Dr. S. Padma University of Leeds, UK2011-2015

To persue PhD at University of Leeds, UK

2 Dr. S. Gangopadhyay Shri T.K. Amla

Kathmandu, Nepal 5-7 April,2015

To attend Regional Coordination Meeting for Asian Community Accessibility Project (ASCAP).

3 Shri T.K. Amla Shri B.K. Durai

Sydney, Australia 4-6 May, 2015

To attend and put a CRRI Exhibition Stall in the India Pavilion in the IRF and Road Australia Regional Conference on Innovation for the Future. Shri T.K. Amla, Chief Scientist, Chaired a Session on Road Safety on Work Site during the Conference.

4 Dr. Kishore Kumar Shri Kanwar Singh Shri Manoj Shukla

Myanmar 13-17 July, 2015

Deputed under Bilateral Partnership Programme of India and Myanmar to Study and Ascertain the Best Possible Alignment of the Kalewa-Yagni Road Section of the Trilateral Highway in Myanmar,

5 Dr. Devesh Tiwari China 9-13 August, 2015

To attend and Present Paper Entitled Effect of Higher Axle Load on the Flexible Pavement in India using Heavy Vehicle Simulator in 9th International Conference on Road and Air- Field Pavement Technology.

6 Shri Binod Kumar Singapore 2-4 September, 2015

Presented a Paper on “Balance of Bituminous and concrete Pavement in India” in Argus Asia Pacific International Conference on Bitumen Organised by Argus ASIA Pacific International, Singapore

7 Dr. C. Ravi Sekhar Cebu, Philippines 11-14 September, 2015

To attend and make Presentation in 11th Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies (EASTS) 2015 International Conference.

8. Shri Ashutosh Arun Belgium 17 Sept. to 11 Dec., 2015

Award of VLIR-UIO Scholarship for the International Training Programme (ITP) Road Safety in Low and Middle Income Countries: Challenges and Strategies for Improvement being Organised by Transportation Research Institute of Hasselt University, Belgium.

9 Shri R.C. Agarwal Shri M.K. Meena

Myanmar 29 Oct. to 1 Nov., 2015

Participation in Technical Exhibition during 4th Enterprises India Show, Organised by CII.

10 Dr. S. Gangopadhyay London, UK11-12 Nov., 2015

To attend the Joint Meeting of Steering Committee, Executive Committee and Technical Panel for DFID Funded Programme ReCAP.

11 Shri Gajender Kumar Liverpool, UK24-25 Feb. 2016

To attend and present a paper on Studies on Modified Asphalt based Crack and Joint Repair System for Rigid and Asphalt Pavement in 15th Annual International Conference at Liverpool, UK


Technical Training, Deputation etc.Student Trainees

Name of StudentCourse Being

PursuedTitle of Training / Research Report

ABES Institute of Technology, Ghaziabad

Akarsh Singh B.Tech Ulilisation of Waste Material (Jarosite) in PQC and DLC Mixes

Ashish Pandey B.Tech -Do-

Amity School of Engineering and Technology, Noida

Rohit Dahiya M.Tech (Structural Engineering)

Analysis and Design of Prestressed Concrete Bridges

Shikha Sachan M.Tech (Structural Engineering)

-Do-

Sumit Rathi M.Tech (Structural Engineering)

-Do-

Anna University, Chennai

Vishnu Vardhan B V T M.E Transportation Engineering

Estimation of Delay at Signalised Intersections

BHU, Varanasi

Mukesh Kumar MSc (Tech) Pilot Study on Measurement of Particulate Matter in Different Commuting Micro-Enviornment and their Health Impacts on Commuters

Birla Institute of Technology (BITS), Pilani

Abhinav Kumar Pokharna

B.E Smart Journey Planning using Satellite Imagery and GIS Database

Aman Kumar B.E Application of GIS for the Representation and the Integration of Data Pertaining to the Road Network of Muzaffarpur

Anurag Goyal B.E Improvement of Sustainability Index based on Dempster Shafer Engine - A Case Study of Delhi

Anvit Kumar Mittal B.E Suggest Suitable Mitigation Measures with Engineering Solution and Transportation Planning Solution to Reduce Fuel Losses and Emissions at Signalised Intersections.

Ashutosh S Jadhav B.E Design of Integrated Road Asset Management for Road Network Planning, Design and Management

Dharmdeep Singh B.E Development of Sustainable Transportation Mode Choice Scenario

Mayank Mishra B.E Mitigation Measures to Combat Traffic Delay at Intersection


Technical Training, Deputation etc. Student Trainees



College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University

Kavitha R M.E. Transportation Engineering

Highway based Bus Route Assignment for Cluster Buses in Delhi

Shankara S M.E Transportation Engineering

Developoment of Speed Flow Models for Four Lane Divided Urban Roads in India

Deen Dayal Chottu Ram University of Science and Technology

Vishal B.Tech Utilisation of Waste Material (Jarosite) in PQC and DLC Mixes

Delhi Technological University, Delhi

Asif Hussain M.Tech (Environmental Engineering)

Optimisation of Sustainability Index of Sustainable Transport System by Adding and Analysing New Parameters Using Multi-criteria Approach

MS Anjana Reghu M.Tech (Environmental Engineering)

Prediction of Roadside Air Quality Using Artificial Neural Network Model

DPG, Polytechnic Gurgoan

Arun Bansal Diploma in Mechanical Engineering

Machine Shop

Dr. B.R.Ambedkar NIT, Jallandhar

Asha Meena B.Tech Design of Rigid Pavement (IRC:58), 2011 Technical Specification and Highway Material Testing

Echelon Institute of Technology, Faridabad

Ajay B.Tech Geotechnical Investigation/ Soil Nailing

Pankaj B.Tech Geotechnical Investigation/ Shearing Strength of Soil

Rohit Singh B.Tech Geotechnical Investigation

Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida

Arun Kumar Kashyap Integrated M.Tech 5 year

Development of High Early Strength High Voulme Flyash Concrete Using Micro-Fine Slag

Nihariak Shukla Integrated M.Tech 5 year

Performance Monitoring of Bridges through Instrumentation

Nishant Tyagi Integrated M.Tech 5 year

Push Over Analysis- Checking the Vuluerability of a Building Under Earthquake Risk to Avert the Failure of the Building.

Prashant Singh Integrated M.Tech 5 year

Use of Construction and Demolition Waste for Structural Applications.





Raghu Raghuvanshi Integrated M.Tech 5 year

Effect of FRP Wrap on Tensional Resitenance of Riceans

Priya Yadav Integrated M.Tech 5 year

Performance Monitoring of Bridges using Instrumentation

GITAM University, Vishakapatnam

Ashok Kinjarapu B.Tech Public Transport Assignment in NCR - Delhi

Gujarat Technological University, Ahmedabad

Siksha D Asukar M.E Utilisation of Lignin as an Anti-Oxidant in Asphalt Binder

HRM Institute of Technology and Management, Hamidpur, Delhi

Akash Kumar B,Tech Web-Portal of CRRI-RTI for CRRI Intranet

IIMT College of Engineering, Greater Noida

Shubham Saurabh B.Tech Performance Monitoring of Bridges through Instrumentation

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) , Delhi

Sanjana B.Tech Capacity Estimation of Six-lane Highways under Adverse Weather Conditions

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur

Vaibhav Bhatnagar Masters in City Planning

Satisfaction Analysis for the Performance of Delhi Metro Rail Service

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee

Naveen Kulkarni M.Tech Quality Certification of Road Infrastructure

Shashi Prabha Singh M.Tech Capacity Analysis of Pedestrian Facilities – WP 7 ( Under the Development of Indo- HCM

Anshuman Sharma M.Tech Effect of Pavement Characterisation on Free Flow Speed & Roadway Capacity

Ashish Walia M.Tech Estimation of Free Flow Speed and its Influence on Capacity of Two-Lane Roads

Jawaharwal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad

Challapalli Jyotsna M.Tech (Transportation Engineering)

Capacity Estimation of Outer Ring Road Expressway, Hyderabad





Gatala Jayadeep Meenan

M.Tech Evaluation of Bus Frequency and Quality of Service - A Case Study Delhi

Gode Sivarama Krishna Reddy

M.Tech Developing Capacity and Level of Service Models for Bicycles in Mized Traffic Conditions

Kannelli Venkata Srinivas

M.Tech Performance Properties of Cement, Stabilized Burnt Brick Ballest for Granular Layers

Pendyala Phani Sindhusha

M.Tech (Transportation Engineering)

Estimation of Level of Service for Urban Roads

R Meghala M.Tech (Transportation Engineering)

Evaluation of Road Sagety Improvements and Cost-Benefit Analysis - A Case Study NOIDA Expressway

L D College of Engineering, Ahmedabad

Shikha D Asuker M.Tech Utilisation of Lignin as an Anti-Oxidant in Asphalt Binder

Lingaya,s University

Raunak Kishore B.Tech (Mechanical)

Air Conditioning and Refrigeration

M S Ramaiah Institute of Technology

C Ashish Hirematt B.Tech Capacity Estimation for Curved and Straight Sections in Rolling Terrain on Multilane Interurban Highways in India

Dheeraj M B.E Study Related to Pedestrian's Speed, Behaviour and Safety at Signalized Intersection

Nandeesh Babanagar B.E Study Related to Drivers and Pedestrians Choice of Speed and Behaviour at Signalised Intersection in Delhi on NH-2

Maharaja Sayajrao University of Baroda

Dave Darshan Dilip M.Tech Urban Roadway Capacity Estimation by Incorporating Dynamic Passenger Car Units

Patel Parinkumar Hasmukh Bhai

M.Tech -do-

Md Afroj B.Tech Model Development for Spatial -Temporal Variation of Urban Roadway Capacity

National institute of Technical Teacher's Training and Research, Bhopal

Khushwant Singh Bhagat

M.Tech Comparative Study on Bituminous Concrete Mixes using Waste Materials (Steel Slag and Modified Crumb Rubber Binder





National Institute of Technology (NIT), Calicut

Amandeep Singh M.Tech Welfare Impacts of Congestion Pricing: Delhi - A Case Study

G Vasu Dev M.Tech Capacity Calculation for an Unsignalised Intersection in Indo-HCM

Harsha Soman M.Tech( Traffic & Transportation Planning)

Study of Drivers Coping Behavior under Stress Situation

Jeeva P. Winto M.Tech Study of Driver’s Driving Performance on Driving Slmulator

Rachana Sahoo M.Tech Development of Sustainability Index for Feeder Transport System at Metro Station

Prashant Nisorta M.Tech Transport Sustainability Index for Feeder System and Parking Facilities at Metro Station

National Institute of Technology (NIT), Kurukshetra

Akash Gupta M.Tech Pavement Performance Prediction Models and their use in Road Asset Management

National Institute of Technology (NIT), Patna

Mayur R Chopde M.Tech Sensitivity Analysis of Vehicular Loading and Traffic Pattern using HDM-4 for High Speed Road Corridor

National Institute of Technology (NIT), Suratkal

Sathish Kumar S M.Tech Estimation of Capacity and Level of Service for Urban Roads

Vishwajeet Kishore Verma

M.Tech Bus Travel Demand Assignment

National Institute of Technology (NIT), Warangal

Kunwar Tanveer Bhushan

M.Tech Laboratory Investigation of Marginal Aggregarte for the Application in Road Construction

Mayank Kumar Chourasia

M.Tech Analysis o f Spot Speed and Classifed Traffic Volume on PVNR Expressway and Outer Ring Road, Hyderabad

NITK, Surathkal

Satishkumar S M.Tech (Transportation Engineering)

Estimation of Capacity and Level of Service for Urban Roads

Noida Institute of Engineering and Technology, Greater Noida

Shubham Dixit B.Tech Analysis and Design of Superstructure of 2 Lane SKEW Ridge having Span of 20 m by using STAAD Software





Northern India Engineering College

Anurag B.Tech Geotechnical Investigation

Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gujrat

Siddarth Gupta M.Tech Multi Criteria Analysis Method for Pavement Maintenance and Management

Parul Institute of Engineering and Technology

Bhudhrani Ronak S M.E Transportation Engineering

Understanding Idling Fuel Consumption for a Typical Vehicle at Signalised Intersection in Delhi

PEC University of Technology, Chandigarh

Shubham Sehgal B.Tech Estimation of Saturation Flow at Signalised Intersections under Heterogeneous Traffic Conditions

Simran Kaur B.Tech Evaluation of Parking Facilities at Public Transport Terminal

Minal Agarwal B.Tech Structural, Safety assessment of Existing Building for Vertical Expansion

Siddarth Jain B.Tech Critical Gap Estimation of Roundabout under Mixed Traffic Condition

Jasmeet Kaur B.Tech To Study the Need of Feeder Transport Services at Public Transport Terminals

Raj Kumar Goel Engineering College, Pilkhuwa

Nishant Thakral B.Tech Analysis and Design of Steel Pedestrian Bridge having Span of 30 m

Shaheed Bhagat Singh State Technical Compus, Ferozepur

Akash Bhardwaj B.Tech Geotechnical Investigations on Different Types of Soil

Sharda University

Shubham Verma B.Tech Plastic Wastes

Shri Govindram Seksariya Insitute of Tech and Research ( SGSITS), Indore

Akash Parashar M.E Study of New Technology & Policy Guideline Development for Intelligent Transportation System for Public Transport in India

Krishna Kumar Gajrani M.E Evaluation of Sustainability of Road Transportation due to Odd-Even Policy in Delhi NCR

Sagar Kumar Verma M.E Transportation Engineering

Design of Semi-Flexible Pavement Wearing Course

Prashant Jain M.E Feasibility Study of Printed Circuit Board Powder or Partial Replacement of Fine Aggregate in Paving Concrete


Technical Training, Deputation etc.



Sree Buddha College of Engineering, Alapuzha, Kerela

Abdul Razak S M.Tech (Structural Engineering)

Improvement of Durability of Concrete through Water Repellent Coatings

Prince Thankachan M.Tech ( Structural Engineering)

Structural Health Monitoring of Bridges by Modal Analysis

SVNIT, Surat

Prashant G Nisharta M.Tech Transport Sustainability Index for Feeder System and Parking Facilities at Metro Stations

Ritika Mishra M.Tech Mechanistic Properties Evaluation for Cement-Flyash Bound Base Course

Vinay Gautam M.Tech Structural Evaluation of Flexible Pavement Using Falling Weight Deflectometer Technique

Technical University of Munich-Asia

Umang Agarwal MSc (Transport & Logistics)

Development and Evaluation of Sustainable Integrated Mass Transportation System

Thapar University, Patiala

Annu M.E (Infrastructure Engineering)

Sensitivity Analysis of HDM-4 using Case Study

The Energy and Resources Institute University, New Delhi

Amritesh Singh MSc (Geoinformatics)

Planning of Transport Services to Better Last Mile Connectivity

University of Petroleum

Kunal Choudhary B.Tech EIA and EC Process of Air Pollution Related to Infrastructure Projects

University of Petroleum & Energy Studies, Dehradun

Mayank Joshi B.Tech Study of Noise Reflection and Absorption for Flexible and Rigid Pavement

Uttaranchal Institute of Technology, Dehradun

Sanyam Bhandari B.Tech Testing of Cement, Aggregates and Concrete

Vidyavardhaka College of Engineering, Mysuru, Karnataka

Nesar M N B.Tech (Mechanical)

Assessment of Idling Fuel Consumption of Vehicles

Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belguam

Praveen Raju D M.Tech Structural Evaluation of Pavements using Non-Destructive Techniques

Student Trainees


Technical Training, Deputation etc.



Lady Irwin College, University of Delhi

Isha Raheja M.Sc, Environment Management & Sustainable Development

Impact of Vehicular Pollution on Road Side Residents in Heavy Traffic Areas

Preksha -do- -do-

Subodhika Vohra -do- Studying the Effects of Air Pollutions on Commuters using Both Public & Private Transport

Tapasya Sharma -do- -do-

School of Planning & Architecture, New Delhi

Shiv Teja Thoyyeti M. Plan Environmental Considerations in Assessing Level of Service of a Signalizes Intersections

Student Trainees


Visitors

S. No.

Name of Visitors Date of Visit Purpose of Visit

1 Prof. Animesh Das (Professor, IIT Kanpur)

19 May 2015 A Technical Presentation on Studies in Frequency Domain for Characterization of Aggregate Shape and Road Surface will be Made

2 A Delegation of Indian Science Talents from Qatar (20 student winners and 5 teachers), supported by VIJNANA BHARTI, India and Embassy of India to Qatar

21 July 2015 To get Enlighten with the Scientific Advancements/ Indian Achievements in the Field of Science & Technology of the R&D Institution.

3 Dr. Ranjna Nagpal ( DDG, NIC, New Delhi)

12 Aug. 2015 A Technical Presentation on “Digital India”

4 A Delegation from Ministry of Environment, Bangladesh

20 Aug. 2015 Their Areas of Interest were Fly Ash Utilization in Brick/ Road Making and Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) Success in Turupur (Tamil Nadu).

5 Prof. Wafaa Saleh of Transport Research Institute, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, Scotland UK

27 Jan. 2016 A Technical Presentation on “Electric Vehicles to Combat Environmental Pollution and Potential Market in Delhi”

6 Hon’ Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Science & Technology, Govt. of India

27 Feb. 2016 The Minister Addressed all Senior Scientist. A Meeting held between Minister & all Area Advisors/Group Coordinators/HODs, Heads of Administration, Finance & Purchase which was followed by the Visit to Various R&D Labs of the Institute. The Minister visited to the APTF Site and other Major Facilities Available at the Institute. Dr. Harsh Vardhan also met the Young Scientist & Students and Encourage them to do R&D for Common Man of the Society and for the National Benefit as a Whole.

7 Dr. M.I. Pinard & Dr. Phil Page Green from South Africa visited CRRI along with World Bank Official

07 Mar. 2016 Discussions with CRRI Scientists to Explore the Possibility of using New Materials and Technologies for its use in Low Volume Roads in India, Which shall be based on South African Experience. The World Bank has desired that CRRI alongwith South African Experts Evolve/Suggest Some Technologies which can be used for some of the Proposed Road Construction in the State of Bihar (Funded by World Bank).

8 A U.S. delegation led by Dr. Abraham Daniel member of US delegation in India

09 Mar. 2016 Discuss the Establishment of An “Indo-U.S. Clean Energy Centre for Grid/ Transportation Energy Storage”


Membership of Staff on Various Technical Committees

S.No. Committee Representative’s Name Position Held

Indian Roads Congress

1 HRB Identification, Monitoring & Research Application Committee

Dr. Lakshmy P. Member

2 Indian Roads Congress Dr. Lakshmy P. Council Member

3 Bridge Specification & Standards Committee (BSS)


4 Loads and Stresses Committee (B-2) Dr. Lakshmy P. Member-Secretary

5 B-3 Committee (2015-2017) Dr. S.S. Gaharwar Member

6 Rural Road Committee (H-5) Dr. Lakshmy P. Member

7 Concrete (Reinforced & prestressed) Structures Committee (B-4)


8 Steel and composite Structure Committeen(B-5)

Dr.Lakshmy P. Member

9 Bearing, Joints & Appurtenances Committee (B-6) (2015-2017)

Dr. S.S. Gaharwar Member-Secretary

10 Formwork and Temporary Structures Committee (B-7) (2015-2017)

G. K. Sahu Member

11 Mechanization & Instrumentation Committee (G-4)

Dr. Lakshmy P.Dr. R. K. Garg

Member-Secretary(upto Dec.2014)Co-convener(2015-2017)

12 Reduction of Carbon Footprint in Road Construction and Environment (G-3), IRC

Dr. Anuradha Shukla Member

13 H-6 and Co-opted Member: H-2 Committees M.N. Nagabhushana Member,

14 Indian Roads Congress Dr. Purnima Parida Council Member

15 H8 (Urban Roads, Streets & Transport) Committee (2015-17)

Dr. Ch. Ravi SekharDr. Devesh Tiwari

MemberInvitee

16 H-1 Committee (Transport Planning, Traffic Engineering)

Dr. Mukti Advani Member

17 G2 Committee on HRD T.K. Amla Member

18 Road Maintenance and Asset Management Committee for 2015-17

Pradeep Kumar Co-opted Member

19 Mechanization & Instrumentation Committee (G-4) of IRC

D.C. Sharma Member

20 General Specifications & Standards Committee (GSS) of IRC

D.C. Sharma Member



S.No. Committee Representative’s Name Position held

Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi

1 Civil Engineering Division Council, CED Dr. Lakshmy P. Member

2 Plain Reinforced and Prestressed Concrete CED 46:P8

Dr. Rajeev Goel Alternate Member

3 Special Structural Committee CED: 38 Dr. Rajeev Kumar GargDr. Lakshmy P

MemberAlternate Member

4 Committee on Aggregates from other than Natural Sources, CED 2/P3', since March, 2014

Dr. Devesh Tiwari Member

5 Solid Waste Management Sectional Committee CHD- 33, Sept.2014 -till date

Dr. Anuradha Shukla Chairperson,

6 Transport Engineering Department, TED-4 P.V. Pradeep Kumar Member

7 PCD:6 of BIS M.N. Nagabhushana Member

Institute of Urban Transport (India)

1 Institute of Urban Transport Dr. Kayitha Ravinder Honorary Secretary

2 Journal of Institute of Urban Transport Dr. Kayitha Ravinder (Editorial Member)

3 Institute of Urban Transport, New Delhi Dr. Nasim Aktar Member

4 Urban Transport Planning Tool Kit 2013 of IUT Dr. Ravindra Kumar Expert member

National Rural Roads Development Authority (NRRDA)

1 Expert Group for Suggesting Measures for Cost Reduction in Rural Roads


2 Appellate Committee to Consider State’s Appeal in respect of PMGSY Works Notified as having Defects of Non-Rectifiable Nature

Dr. S.S. Gaharwar Member

3 Empower Committee NRRDA, Govt of India Dr. Ravindra Kumar Member

Editorial Board

1 Editorial Board, International Journal of Construction Materials & Structures (IJCMS) ISSN 2321-2231

Dr. Lakshmy P Member

Indian Concrete institute, Western UP Center, Ghaziabad

1 Executive Committee Dr. Rajeev Goel G.K. Sahu

ChairmanSecretary




Delhi Traffic Police

1 Committee for Empanelment of Bearing and Expansion Joint Manufacturers and Suppliers


2 Road Asset Management System (RAMS) Pradeep Kumar Invitee

3 Standing Committee Constituted by MORTH on 'Introduction of New Technology/Alternative Design in the Projects on EPC/ BOT Basis'.

Dr. Devesh Tiwari Member,

Indian Society of Wind Engineering (ISWE)

1 Executive Committee Dr. Lakshmy P. Member

Indian Association of Structural Engineers, New Delhi

1 Executive Committee Dr. Rajeev Goel Member

Institute of Steel Development and Growth, Kolkatta

1 Project Review Committee (PRC) Dr. Lakshmy P. Member

Institute of Town Planners, India

1 Institute of Town Planners, India Dr. Purnima Parida Fellow

Indian Women Scientific Association, India

1 Indian Women Scientific Association, India Dr. Purnima Parida Member

Transportation Research Group, India

1 Transportation Research Group, India. Dr. Purnima Parida Member

East Asia Society of Transportation Studies, Japan

1 East Asia Society of Transportation Studies, Japan

Dr. Purnima Parida Member

2Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies, Japan

Dr. Kayitha Ravinder Member

3 East Asia Society for Transportation Studies (EASTS)

Dr. Ch. Ravi Sekhar Member

Group of Planning Commission

1 Sub-Group of Planning Commission Dr. Ravindra Kumar Member

GIS Architecture in Rural Roads including R&D and Environment. Planning Commission of India

1GIS Architecture in Rural Roads including R&D and Environment. Planning Commission of India

Dr. Ravindra Kumar Member




GIS Consortium

1 GIS Consortium Dr. Ravindra Kumar Member

DHI and DST Consortium on Electric Vehicle

1 DHI and DST Consortium on Electric Vehicle Dr. Ravindra Kumar Member

CILT UK

1 CILT UK Dr. Ravindra Kumar Member

Urban Mobility - 2015 conducted by IUT

1 Executive Committee of Urban Mobility - 2015 Dr. Kayitha Ravinder Member

World Conference on Transportation Research (WCTR)

1World Conference on Transportation Research (WCTR)

Dr. Kayitha Ravinder Member

Japan Society for Civil Engineers (JSCE)

1 Japan Society for Civil Engineers (JSCE) Dr. Kayitha Ravinder Member

Society of Low Frequency Noise Control

1 Society of Low Frequency Noise Control Dr. Nasim Akhtar Founder Member

Acoustic Society of America (ASA)

1 Acoustic Society of America (ASA) Dr. Nasim Akhtar Member

The Scientific Journal Club

1 The Scientific Journal Club Dr. Nasim Akhtar Member

Society of Air Pollution Control, Delhi Chapter

1Management Committee of Society of Air Pollution Control, Delhi Chapter

Dr. Nasim Akhtar Member

Institution of Engineers (India), Kolkata

1 Institution of Engineers (India), Kolkata Dr. Nasim Akhtar Member

Acoustic Society of Netherland

1 Acoustic Society of Netherland Dr. Nasim Akhtar Member




Institute of Engineers

1 Institution of Engineers D.C. Sharma Fellow

Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Government of India

1 New Weights and Measures (Weighing In Motion Road Weighbridges) in Legal Metrology (General) Rules, 2011.

Pradeep Kumar Member

Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Government of India

1

Expert Appraisal Committee(EAC) Projects Related to Infrastructure Development, Coastal Regulation Zone, Building/Construction and Miscellaneous Projects

Dr. Anuradha Shukla Member

Delhi Technological University

1 Departmental Advisor Committee (DAC) Dr. Anuradha Shukla Member

Miscellaneous

1 STAC Committee, Pune Municipal Corporation (Bridge Expert)



Membership of National and International Organisations

Australian Road Research Board (ARRB)•

Bureau of Indian Standards, Manak Bhawan, • 9, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi

Indian Institute of Bridge Engineers (IIBS), • New Delhi

International Road Federation (IRF), Geneva•

Indian Association of Special Libraries and • Information Centers, Kakugachi, Kolkata

Indian National Group of International Society • for Rock Mechanics, Central Board of Irrigation and Power, Malcha Marg, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi

Indian Society of Desert Technology, College • of Engineering, Jodhpur, Rajasthan

Asian Information Centre for Geotechnical • Engineering, Bangkok, Thailand

Permanent International Association of Road • Congress, 43, Avenue D4, President Wilson 75116, Paris, France

Indian Scientific Translators Association, • New Delhi

Transportation Research Board of the • National Academy of Science, National Research Council, 2101, Constitution Avenue, Washington DC, USA

Indian Geotechnical Society, C/o Central Soil • and Material Research Station, Olof Palme Marg, Hauz Khas, New Delhi

Indian Road Congress, Jamnagar House, • Shahjahan Road, New Delhi

Government of Indian Librarians Association • (GILA (Regd.)) C/o Planning Commission, Library, Yojna Bhawan, Sansad Marg, New Delhi

Society for Information Science, NISCAIR • Building, Hillside Road, New Delhi

Indian Group of Geotextiles, Central • Board of Irrigation & Power, Malcha Marg, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi

Institutional Membership of Belgium Road • Research Institute, Belgium

Associate Membership of Current Science • Association, Bangalore

Asian Institute of Transport Development • (AITD), New Delhi

Institutional Membership of Consultancy • Development Centre, New Delhi

International Road Federation (IRF) India • Chapter


Marketable Products and Services

Intellectual Property (Patents)Patented Process Released so far to the Industry

Bitumastic Joining Composition (Pat.No.50474)• Improvement in or relating to Pitch Mastic • Composition (two patent No.92526 and 95305)

A Process for the Treatment of Styrene Pitch • (patent No.96710

Improvements in or relating to the manufacture of • Lime-Surkhi Mixture (Patent No.90470)

Improvements in or relating to the manufacture of • Reactive Surkhi (Patent No.93276)

Fatigue Testing Machine (Patent No.11142)• Unevenness Indicators ( two Patent No.121776 • &121777)

A Profilograph for Checking Pavement Unevenness • (Patent No.121114)

Automatic Road Unevenness Recorder (Three • Patent No.146517,146572,146543)

Rotiller (developed jointly by MERADO & CRRI)• Pavement Paint Marking Machine (developed • jointly by CMERI Durgapur and CRRI)

Vertical Profile Meter• Polymer Modified Bitumen• SBS Modified Bitumen• Crumb Rubber Modified Bitumen• Waste Plastic Modified Bitumen• Axle Mounted System for Measuring Road • Roughness

Impact Tester• A Device for Sensing and Measuring Moisture • in Soil and Other Porous Materials (Patent No.173089)

Improved Bullock Cart Technology• Cold mix Technology• Patch Fill-Pothole repairing machine• Setucare-Mobile Bridge Inspection Unit•

Process Ready for ExploitationA Process for the Production of Magnesium • Phosphate Cement for Emergency Repair of Concrete Pavement

A New Paving System for Desert Areas• Electronic Probe• Process know-how for Construction of Road in • Sandy Area using Soil Stabilization Technique with Magnesium Oxy-chloride

Indigenous Weigh-in-Motion and Vehicle • Classification System

Automated Benklman Beam• Concrete Abrasion Resistance Tester• Ready Made Mix for Patch Repair• Bitumen Emulsion• Portable Ponding-cum-Debris Expulsion • Equipment

Design of a Mobile Visual Inspection Unit•

Marketable SoftwarePavement Deterioration Model (PDM)• Asphalt Concrete Mix Design (ASCOMID)• Planning Model for Rural Roads• Landslide Analysis• Stability Analysis of Embankments with Stone • Columns

Expert System for Structural Optimization of • Trussed Girder Bridges

Bridge Deck Analysis (BDAN)• Software for the Accident Analysis• Copyright for Software Package for Design of • Trail Suspension Bridge

Software “CRASH” for Prediction of Strains • Induced in Concrete due to Effects Creep and Shrinkage

Services OfferedContract Research

Collaborative Projects• Sponsored Projects•

Consultancy Services

Training Programmes

Testing & Calibration


Marketable Products and Services

Training Programmes OrganisedFor capacity building in human resources in the area of highway engineering to undertake and execute roads and runway projects, CSIR-CRRI organizes following regular training programme each year for the in-service highway, traffic and transportation engineers and planners. The details of the training programme organized are as follows:

Customized Tailor Made ProgrammesIn addition to the above, CSIR-CRRI also organizes customized tailor made programmes as per the clients requirements.

Course Fee: The course fee is payable in advance by crossed bank draft in favour of Director, Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi.

Title of the Course Duration

A. PAVEMENT ENGINEERING & MATERIALS

• Design, construction and Maintenance of Flexible Pavements (5 days)

• Rigid Pavements: Design, Construction & Quality Control Aspects (5 days)

• Pavement Evaluation Techniques and their applications for Maintenance and Rehabilitation

(5 days)

B. ROAD DEVELOPMENT PLANNING & MANAGEMENT

• International Course on Dissemination of HDM-4 (2 Weeks)

• Geo-Spatial Technology (GIS, GPS, RS etc.) for Road and Transportation (4 days)

C. GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING

• Geotechnical and Landslide Investigations for Highway Projects (5 days)

D. BRIDGES & STRUCTURES

• Bridge Diagnostics, Performance Evaluation and Rehabilitation (5 days)

• Bridge Design and Construction (5 days)

E. TRAFFIC & TRANSPORTATION PLANNING

• Transport Planning & Economics (5 days)

• Traffic Engineering and Road Safety Audit (5 days)

• Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Environmental Clearance Process for Road & Highway Projects

(4 days)

For Further information & sending nomination contact:

Shri T.K. Amla, Head & Course Organiser, Information, Liaison & Training Division, CSIR-Central Road Research Institute, P.O. CRRI, Delhi-Mathura Road, New Delhi-110 025 (India), Phone: 91-11-26921939, E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]


Publications Papers Published in Journals

S.No. Title of the Paper Name of Author Journals

1 Effect of CFRP Fabric in Enhancing the Torsional Capacity and Twist Angle of Strengthened RCC Beams

Pardeep Kumar S.K. Sharma P. Lakshmy

Bridge & Structural Engineer, ING-IABSE, Vol 45( 2), pp-70-76 June 2015

2 Condition Assessment and Rehabilitation of an Impact Damaged Bridge

Rajeev Goel SK Sharma P Lakshmy

Bridge & Structural Engineer, ING-IABSE, Vol 45(2), pp.21-28, July 2015

3 Estimation of Emission during Idling of Vehicles at Signalized Intersection by Customizing MOVES Software in Indian Conditions.

R. Kumar Purnima Parida S. Tomar S. Chaudhary

Bharatiya Vaigyanik Audyogik Anusandhan Patrika (BVAAP) India, Vol. 23(1), pp.7-15. June 2015

4 Weekday/Weekend Differences in Concentrations of Ozone, Oxides of Nitrogen and Carbon Monoxide at a Busy Arterial Road in Delhi, India

M.Gaur R. Singh A. Shukla

Journal of Environmental Research and Development, Vol.9(4), pp 1088-1094 April- June 2015

5 Visual Limitations of Drivers and Road Accidents in India

Neelima Chakrabarty Purnima Parida Arun Lakshman Kamini Gupta

Bharitya Vagyanik & Anusandhan Patrika, Issue 23, Page 42-47, June 2015,

6 Developing Methodology to Assess Walking Facilities on Indian Roads

Mukti Advani Purnima Parida Sobhana Patnaik

Indian Journal of Transport Management July-September 2015, pp. 60-69. (2015)

7 Smart Roads Y.C. Tewari Indian Highways, Vol 43(7) pp 17-20, July 2015

8 Does Motorcycle Driving Behaviour Affect Emission and Fuel Consumption

Ravindra Kumar Wafaa Saleh

International Journal of Transportation, Australia, Vol 3(2), pp 31-44, ISSN 2287-7940 (2015) August 2015

9 Bus Following Model: A Case Study in Edinburgh.

Joseph Appiah Anna Galevko Wafaa Saleh Ravindra Kumar

International Journal of Transportation, Australia, Vol 3(2), pp 1-16, ISSN 2287-7940, August 2015

10 Mechanical, Durability, and Time-Dependent Properties of Recycled Aggregate Concrete with Fly Ash

M. Surya V.V.L. Kanta Rao P. Lakshmy

American Concrete Institute (Materials Journal), Vol 112(5), pp 653-661, September-October 2015

11 Corrosion Preventive Methods Adopted for Concrete Bridges during Construction

V.V.L. Kanta Rao New Building Materials and Construction World, Vol. 21(3), pp. 170-177. September 2015


PublicationsPapers Published in Journals


12 Recent Developments in Design and Construction of Concrete Road Bridges.

P. Lakshmy New Building Materials and Construction World, Vol.21(3), pp. 2-5. September 2015

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20 Utilization of Supplementary Cementitious Material for Eco-Friendly Road Construction

J.B. Sen Gupta Dinesh Ganvir

Civil Engineering & Construction Review Vol 28(9), pp 54-64, September 2015

21 Engineering Geological Assessment of Hill Rock Slope

R.K. Panigrahi A.K. Shaw

Journal of Engineering Geology (Special Publication,) ISSN.0970-5317, pp 411-419 October-2015

22 Safety and Security based Evaluation of Pedestrian Facilities around Public Spaces, Shelter, HUDCO

Purnima Parida Mukti Advani M. Parida

Shelter HUDCO Publication, Vol 16(2), pp 27-33, ISSN: 2347-4912, October 2015




23 Analysis of Interrelationship between Transport System, Safety and City Sizes Distribution - A Case Study of India

Mukti Advani Neelam J. Gupta Purnima Parida B.K. Durai

Journal of Institute of Town Planners, India Journal Vol 12(4), pp 51-62 October-December 2015. (2015)

24 Fuzzy Logic–Based Travel Demand Model to Simulate Public Transport Policies.

S. Pulugurta M. ErrampalliR. Kayitha

Journal of Urban Planning and Development, ASCE, Vol 141(4)

25 Transportation Sustainability Index for Tabuk City in Saudi Arabia: An Analytic Hierarchy Process

A. M.Al-Atawi R. KumarWafaa Saleh

Journal of Transport, Vol 31(1), pp 47-55, 2015

26 Performance Evaluation of Urban Road Network in Delhi Considering Travel Speed

Ch. Ravi Sekhar M. Errampalli P. Sarada S. Srivastav M. Irshad

Journal of Urban Transport, Institute for Urban Transport , Vol 14(1), pp. 27-38 (2015)

27 Estimation of Combined Exposure Factor Due to Impact of Different Transport Related Environmental Pollutants air Quality and Noise Level in Delhi City

R. Kumar M. Errampalli A. Maan S. Sinha N. Akhtar

World Journal of Science, Technology and Sustainable Development, Vol 12 (4), pp 269-280. (2015)

28 Analytical Hierarchy Process for Assessing Sustainability Indicators of Public Transportation Systems, Pedestrians and Feeder Services in Developing

R. Kumar, M. Errampalli A. Dahiya S. Sinha

World Journal of Science, Technology and Sustainable Development, Vol 12 (4), pp 281-293. (2015)

29 Modelling of the Gap Phenomena at U-turn Provisions on the Median Openings of Inter-Urban Highway Corridors.

Md Rashid Khan Ch. Ravi Sekhar S. Velmurugan

Journal of Eastern Asia society for Transportation Studies, Vol 11, pp.1842-1855, DOI: http://doi.org/10.11175/ easts.11.1842 (2015)

30 Capacity Analysis of Bhopal BRTS Using Empirical And Simulation Model

A Sharma M Parida Ch. Ravi Sekhar A Kathuria

Journal of The Eastern Asia Society For Transportation Studies, Vol. 11, pp 1575-1593 ,DOI: http://doi.org/10.11175/easts.11.1575 (2015)

31 Traffic Signal Optimisation for an Aretial Road in Delhi

Ch. Ravi Sekhar Apoorba Bibeka S. Velmurugan

Journal of Urban Transport, Vol. 14(1), pp.1-10 (2015)

32 Developing Methodology to Assess Walking Facilities on Indian Roads.

Mukti Advani Purnima Parida Sobhana Patnaik

Indian Journal of Transport Management, Pune, India. Vol 39(3), pp. 144-153 (2015)




33 Synthesis of Rattle-type Ag@Al2O3 Nanostructure by Laser-induced Heating of Ag and Al Nanoparticles

R. Singh R.K. Soni

Applied Physics A, Vol 121(1), pp 261-271, DOI: 10.1007/s00339-015-9429-0. (2015)

34 Estimation of Carbon Footprints in Bituminous Road Construction: A Case Study.

S. Kar A. Behl P. K. Jain A. Shukla

Indian Highways, Vol 43(12), pp33-37. (2015)

35 Impact of Train Schedule on Pedestrian Movement on Stairway at Suburban Rail Transit Station in Mumbai, India”

Jiten Shah Gaurang Joshi Purnima Parida Arkatkar Shriniwas

Journal of the Instrument Society of India ISSN 0970-9983, Vol. 44 (4), December 2014

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38 Performance Prediction Modelling for Flexible Pavement on Low Volume Roads Using Multiple Linear Regression Analysis

C. Makendran R. Murugasan S. Velmurugan

Journal of Applied Mathematics, Article ID 192485, 7 pages; http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/192485; (2015)

39 Load Testing of Second Thane Creek Bridge, Mumbai

Rajeev Goel New Building Materials and Construction World, Vol 21(6), pp.94-107. December 2015

40 Rheological Properties and Storage Stability of EPE Modified Bitumen and EPE/Montmorillonite Modified Bitumen’

V. Tare Dr. Sangita S. Bhargava R. Singh

Indian Highways, Vol 43(12), pp 33-37 December 2015

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42 Optimization of RAP in Cold Emulsified Mixtures by Mechanistic Characterization

A. Sravani P.K. Jain M.N. Nagabhushana

Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, ASCE, 10.1061/(ASCE)MT.1943-5533.0001412, 04015132,

43 A Comparative Study on Dry Lean Concrete Manufactured with Ordinary Portland Cement vis-a-vis Portland Pozzolana Cement to be used for the Construction of Concrete Roads

Rakesh Kumar Indian Concrete Journal, Vol 90(2), pp. 70-76 February, 2016




44 Performance of Synthetic Fibre Reinforced Concrete in the Construction of Concrete Pavements

Pankaj Goel Rakesh KumarB. Bhattacharjee

Indian Concrete Journal, Vol 89(4) pp.52-61, April 2015

45 Performance Evaluation of North Carriageway of Second Thane Creek Bridge through Load Testing

P. Lakshmy Rajeev Goel S.K. Sharma Pardeep Kumar

Indian Concrete Journal, Vol.89(6), pp. 13-23 (2015)

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49 Assessment of Driver Vision Functions to their Crash Involvement in India

Ashish Verma Neelima Chakrabarty S. Velmurugan Prithvi Bhatt Dinesh Kumar B. Nishanthi

Current Science, Vol 110(6), pp 1063-1072, March 2016

50 Fine Copper Slag as an Alternative Marginal Material for Road Construction

V.G. Havanagi A.K. Sinha A. Ranjan

Journal of Indian Highways, vol. 44(1), pp 25-33 ( 2016)

51 Effect of Stairway Width on Pedestrian Flow Characteristics at Railway Station. Transport Letters

J. Shah G. J Joshi Purnima Parida S.S. Arkatkar

International Journal of Transportation Research, Taylor and Francis, Vol 8(2), pp 98-112 , February 2016

52 Protected Areas in Urban Cities: Challenges in the Developing World

N. Sharma S. Gaur R. Dhyani A. Singh

Environment, Development & Sustainability, Vol 18 (1), pp 295-310. (hindex-33) (2016)

53 Analysis of Size-segregated Winter Season Aerosol Data from New Delhi, India

P. Pant S. J. Baker R. Goel S. Guttikunda A. Goel A. Shukla R.M. Harrison

Atmospheric Pollution Research, Vol 7, pp100-109, (2016)




54 Traffic Signal Optimisation for an Arterial Road in Delhi

Ch. Ravi Sekher Apoorva Bibeka S. Velmurugan

Journal of Urban Transport Vol 14(a), pp 1-10, ( 2016)

55 Zero Sheer Viscosity of Bitumen Filler Mastics of Warm Mix Binders

Ambika Behl Satish Chandra U K Agarwal S Gangopadhyay

Journal of Material Sciences in Civil Engineering Vol 27(10), ISSN 0899-1561/040142601-606, October, 2015

56 Assessment of Critical Gap of Uncontrolled Intersections under Heterogeneous Traffic Conditions

M. Hemavathy S Kalanidhi Guna Sekaran Mukti Advani S Velmurugan

Indian Journal of Transport Management, pp 242-254, October-December 2015 issue


Publications Papers Published in Seminars/Conferences

S.No Name of the Conference Title of the Paper Author Attended by

1 All India State Governments’ Meet, New DelhiApril 10, 2015

A number of Scientists

2 7th International Symposium on Travel Demand Management in Tucson, ArizonaApril, 13-15 2015

Network Connectivity Index and Delay Optimization

A.V.A.Bharat Kumar Ravindra Kumar Purnima ParidaE. MadhuWafaa Saleh

3 National Conference on Transportation and Water Resource Engineering (NCTWE – 2015) Ahmedabad, GujaratApril 25, 2015

Parameters Involved in Making Decision Regarding Selection of the Most Suitable Road Crossing Infrastructure – A Review

Mihir PrajapatiMukti AdvaniPurnima Parida Pankaj Prajapati

Pedestrians’ Characteristics and Flow Analysis in Indian Context

Natasha SinghRajesh GujarPurnima ParidaMukti Advani

4 National Seminar on “Dr. B.R. Ambedkar & Dr. Babu Jagjivan Ram’s Views on Promoting Science & Technology and Implementation of Reservation Policies (NSOPSRP)” Hyderabad, May 8-9, 2015

Sh. K. SitaramanjaneyuluDr. K. RavinderDr. Ch. Ravi SekharSh. D. Ravinder

5 ASSOCHAM’s 3rd Innovation Summit cum Excellence Awards “Innovative India @ 2020”, New DelhiMay 11, 2015

Road Dust Source Profiles for India and UK. In: Urban Environmental Pollution Climate Change and Urban Environment

P Pant S J Baker A Shukla R M Harrison

Dr. S. Gangopadhyay Dr. S. VelmuruganDr. Neelima Chakravorty Dr. K. Ravinder Sh. Subhash Chand Dr Ravindra KumarDr Ch.Ravi ShekarDr. Rakesh Kumar Shri A.K. Sagar Shri A.K. Jain


PublicationsPapers Published in Seminars/Conferences


6 1st International Exhibition and Conference on Smart Cities India 2015, New DelhiMay 20-22, 2015

Dr. S. Gangopadhyay Sh. Sudhir MathurDr. P.K. JainSh. T.K. AmlaDr. Kishor KumarDr. Anuradha Shukla Dr. P. LakshamyDr. R.K. GargDr. S. VelmuruganDr. Neeraj SharmaDr. E. MadhuSh. V. G. HavangiSh. K. SitaramanjaneyuluDr. Devesh TiwariSh. JB SenguptaSh. D.C. SharmaSh. MN Nagabhushana

7 CII’s Delhi Environment Summit: Towards a Clean and Green Society, New DelhiJune 5, 2015

Air Pollution and Ways of Improving Air Quality

Dr. Neeraj Sharma

8 Workshop on Project Preparation and Repair/ Rehabilitation of Bridges & Flyovers, LucknowJune 5-6 2015

Instrumentation and Bridge Health Monitoring

Sh. G.K. Sahu

9 13th Annual Transport Practitioners' Meeting, Metropol, LondonJuly 1-2, 2015

Capacity Analysis of Bus Rapid Transit System: A Case Study of Bhopal BRTS

Purnima ParidaAnshuman Sharma Ch. Ravi Sekhar

10 2nd Conference of Recent Advances in Traffic Engineering (RATE’15), Surat July 3-4, 2015

Effect Of Roughness on Free Flow Speed of Intermediate Lane Inter Urban Highways

Patel Parin HCh.Ravi Sekhar Pradeep Kumar M.P. JainD. M. Rathva

Dr. Ch. Ravi Sekhar Sh. Pradeep KumarSh. Patel Parin HSh. M.P. JainSh. D. M. Rathva




Evaluation of Idling Fuel Consumption of Vehicles Across Different Cities

P.V.P KumarA. Singh N. Sharma, R. Sekhar

Sh. P.V Pradeep KumarMs.Simran KaurDr. Neelam J Gupta Sh. Subhash ChandDr. E. MadhuEvaluation of

Parking Facilities at Public Transport Terminal

Simran KaurNeelam J Gupta Subhash Chand E. Madhu

Defining and Analyzing Forceful Behavior at Unsignalised Intersections

Mukti Advani S. Velmurugan P.V. Pradeep kumar E. Madhu

Identifying Suitable Methodology for Crossing Infrastructure for Pedestrians

Mihir PrajapatiMukti AdvaniPurnima ParidaPankaj Prajapati

Exploring Public Transport Connectivity Index and delay in Delhi

A V A Bharat KumarPurnima ParidaRavinder Kumar

11 Rashtiya Vaigyanik Sangoshthi: Make in India, HyderabadJuly 8-10, 2015

Mobile Bridge Inspection Unit ka Bharat Mein Nirman Ki Pragti Samiksha

S Gangopadhyay Rajiv Sharma Ravinder Lele Rajiv Patel Vinod Dahake Farhat Azad Rajiv Sethi R K Garg

12 National Roads & Highways Summit 2015, New DelhiJuly 23, 2015

Sh. T.K. AmlaDr. S. VelmuruganSh. Subhash ChandDr. Neelam J. GuptaDr. A. Mohan Rao Dr. J. Nataraju Ms. Farhat AzadMrs. Kavita Jain




13 National Symposium on Advances in Instrumentation, Geo-Monitoring and Validation, New DelhiJuly 23-24, 2015

Instrumentation and Monitoring of Embankment on Soft Soil

A.K.SinhaVasant G Havanagi U K Guruvittal

Sh. A.K. Sinha, Sh. U K GuruvittalSh. V.K. Kanaujia

Geotechnical Instruments for Road Projects in Soft Marine Clay Areas

U.K. Guru Vittal P.S. Prasad Alok Ranjan

14 9th International Conference on Road and Airfield Pavement Technology (ICPT), China August 9-13, 2015

Effect of Higher Axle Load in Flexible Pavement using Accelerated Pavement Testing Facility

Devesh TiwariS. KhanM.N. Nagabhushana

Dr. Devesh Tiwari

15 6th International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics, August 2015

Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Typical Urban Bridges under Liquefaction

Q I Kashif R K Garg

16 Workshop to Showcase India’s Strength in the Field of Science, Space Technology, Communication etc for Disaster Management, New Delhi, August 25, 2015

Sh. Sudhir Mathur Dr. Kishor Kumar

17 Argus Asia Pacific International Conference on Bitumen Organised by Argus ASIA Pacific International, Singapore September 2-4, 2015

Balance of Concrete and Bitumen Roads in India – Implications and Cost

Sh. Binod Kumar

18 Seminar on Challenges in Earthquake Resistant Design of Buildings and Structures, New Delhi, September 4, 2015

Dr. P. Lakshmy

19 International Seminar on New Construction Materials Techniques and Design in Bridge, Tunnel and Road Construction Suitable for

Cold and Mild Mix Technology for Maintenance of Roads in Strategic Area- A Way Forward

P K Jain Siksha Swaroopa S Gangopadhyay

Dr. P K JainSh. T.K. AmlaSh. R.C. AgarwalSh. Kanwar SinghDr.Vasant G Havangi




Infrastructure Development in Inaccessible Border Area, New Delhi, September 11-12, 2015

Innovative Method for Strengthening of Soil Using Biomass Based Additive for Pavement Construction

Gagandeep Singh P K Jain

Sh. Gagandeep Singh Mrs. Siksha Swaroopa

20 National Seminar on Roads and Bridges, AgraSeptember 19, 2015

Non-destructive Evaluation Techniques for Assessment of Present Condition of Concrete Bridges

Rajeev Goel Dr. Rajeev GoelDr. S.S. Gaharwar

Transportation and Placement of Concrete

Rakesh Kumar

21 Workshop Understanding Climate and Health Associations in India, New Delhi, September 22-14, 2015

Climate Change and Co-Benefits of Road Transport Policies

Dr. Anuradha Shukla

22 National Conference on Science & Technology for Indigenous Development in India, HaridwarSeptember 28-30, 2015

Mrs.Uma Arun

23 International Workshop on Durability and Sustainability of Concrete Structures, Italy October 1-3, 2015

Greener Concrete Using Post-Consumer Products’

Tarun R. Naik Rakesh Kumar G. Moriconi

24 9th Regional Conference on Road Safety Initiatives: Status and the Way Forward, New DelhiOctober 5-6, 2015

Dr. S. GangopadhyaySh. T.K. Amla Dr. B.K. Durai Dr. S. VelmuruganDr. Neelima ChakrabortySh. Subhash ChandDr. J. NatarajuDr. A. Mohan RaoDr. Poornima ParidaDr. E. MadhuDr. Ravinder KumarDr. K. Ravinder




Sh. Nasim AkhtarSh. R.C. AgarwalSh. M.K. MeenaSmt. Kamini Gupta

25 Road Safety and Simulation International Conference, Orlando, USAOctober 6-8, 2015

Khatauli Bypass Road – Crash Analysis and Prevention

Mukti AdvaniB. K. Durai S. Velmurugan

26 1st International Symposium of Asian Concrete Federation ACE 2015 on High Performance Concrete and 4th Asian Conference on Ecstasy in Concrete (ICI-ACEON 2015) Kolkatta, October 7-10, 2015

A Review on Effects of Nanosilica and Microsilica on Microstructural and Mechanical Properties of Concrete

Lincy Varghese VVL. Kanta Rao Lakshmy P.

Dr. V.V.L. Kanta RaoDr. Rajeev Goel

27 2nd International and 4th Indian Psychological Science Congress, ChandigarhOctober 8-9, 2015

A Case Study on Pedestrian Crossing Behaviour at Signalized Intersection in Delhi, India

Neelima ChakrabartyKamini Gupta S Velmurugan

Dr. Neelima ChakrabartyMrs. Kamini Gupta

28 CAETS Convocation 2015 Pathways to Sustainability- Energy, Mobility and Heath Care Engineering, New Delhi October 14, 2015

Suitability of Various Public Transport Options for Indian Cities

Lakshmy Parameswaran

Dr. Lakshmy Parameswaran

29 Workshop on Innovative Construction Machinery, Materials and Methods, Roorkee, October 26-27, 2015

Sh. Pankaj Goel Sh. Dinesh Ganveer Mrs. Siksha Swaroopa Sh. Anil Pradyum Sh. Shahbaz Khan

30 International Conference on Engineering Geology in New Millenium EGNM-2015, New Delhi, October 27-29, 2015

Engineering Geological Assessment of Hill Rock Slope

R K Panigrahi Dr. Kishor KumarSh. R K Panigrahi

31 6th Conference of the International Society for Integrated Disaster Risk Management (IDRIM-TIFAC 2015), New DelhiOctober 28-30, 2015

Seismic Risk Assessment of Bridges as Part of a Transportation Network

Q I Kashif R K Garg

Sh. Q I Kashif Dr. R K Garg




32 Airport Development Conference series (AIRDEV 2015), BangaloreNovember 4-6, 2015

Psychomotor and Cognitive Abilities for the Aircrew Selection

Neelima Chakrabarty A.A.Pashilker S.Velmurugan E. Madhu

Dr. Neelima Chakrabarty

33 International Symposium Geosynthetics- The Road Ahead, New Delhi November 5-6, 2015

Utilisation of Geosynthetic Reinforcement for construction and Rehabilitation of Bituminous Pavement

Satish Pandey U K Guru Vittal Sunil Jain

Sh. Sudhir MathurSh. Satish Pandey Sh. U K Guru Vittal Sh. Sunil Jain

34 Workshop on Three Decades of Geosynthetics in India, New Delhi, November 5-6, 2015

Sh. Sudhir Mathur

35 Workshop on Big and Open Data" Evolving Data Science Standards and Citation Attribution Practices, New Delhi, November 5-6, 2015

Dr. R N DuttaSh. S Mariappan

36 Workshop on Development in Pavement Design and Material Characterization (DePave), Kharagpur, November 15-17, 2015

Sh. Dinesh Ganveer

37 Smart Urban Mobility, Conference, U.K,November 26-27, 2015

Application of Satellite Imageries, Road Conditions and Inventory Data Base in Smart Journey Planning - A Case Study of District in Bihar State in India

Ravindra Kumar Purnima Parida R K Lal

38 Conference & Exhibition on Structural Connection, New Delhi, November 28, 2015

Sh. Binod Kumar Sh. J.B.Sengupta

39 EGNM Conference (2015), IIT, New Delhi

Stabilisation of Black Cotton soil with Sawdust

Alok Ranjan R.Ayothiraman

Sh. Alok Ranjan

40 International Symposium on Transportation Planning and Safely, New Delhi, November 29 - December 5, 2015

Dr. S Gangopadhyay




41 Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies (EASTS-2015

Development of Four Stage Travel Demand Model and Identification of Feeder Route for the NCT of Delhi

Rejitha Nath,Ravi Sekhar E Madhu

42 14th International Conference on Computers in Urban Planning and Urban Management – CUPUM-2015, Boston

“Performance Evaluation of Uncontrolled Intersection using Microscopic Simulation”

Hemavathy M Kalaanidhi Sivagnanasundaram Dr. Gunasekaran KarupannanDr. Mukti Advani Dr. S Velmurugan

43 IUT Urban Mobility24-27 November 2015

Why and When Pedestrians Walk on Carriageway in Presence of Footpath? A Behavioral Analysis in Mixed Traffic Scenario of India

Sobhana Patnaik Mukti Advani, and Purnima Parida

44 14th NCB International Seminar on Cement and Building Materials, New Delhi, December 1-4, 2015

Utilization of Copper Slag as Fine Aggregate in Pavement Quality Concrete and Dry Lean Concrete

Binod Kumar J. B. Sengupta

Sh. Binod Kumar Sh. J. B. Sengupta

45 Emerging Trends in Science and Engineering Research(ETSER 2015), Manipur, Imphal, December 2-4, 2015

Dr. Huidram Lokeshwor

46 International Symposium on Transportation Planning and Safety, New Delhi3-5 December 2015

Developing Methodology to Assess Walking and Road Crossing Facilities

Mukti Advani Purnima Parida

47 4th International Science Conference, Madhya Pradesh, December 5-7, 2015

Eco-Friendly Cold Mix Technology for Construction of Rural Roads and Saving Life of Micro Organisms in Environment

P K JainSiksha Swroopa




48 International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 2015 (NANO-15), TamilnaduDecember 7-10, 2015

Effect of Polymer-Metal Particle Interaction on the Morphology of Aluminium Nanoparticles

R Singh Sh. R Singh.Sh. R.K Soni

49 42 Skoch Summit, on Technologies for Growth, New Delhi, December 10-11, 2015

Sh. Binod Kumar Dr. Ravi Sekhar Dr. E Madhu

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51 6th International Joint Conference on Advances in Engineering and Technology, New Delhi December 12-13 , 2015

Patch Fill : Innovative and Green Solution for Repair of Potholes in India

Siksha Swaroopa P K Jain

Mrs. Siksha Swaroopa

52 Indian Geotechnical Conference, PuneDecember 15-19, 2015

Carrier Oriented Pedagogy of Geotechnical Education

A.K.SinhaV.G. Havanagi

Sh. U.K. GuruvittalSh. A.K. Sinha Sh. V.G. HavanagiDr. Pankaj GuptaSh. R.K. PanigrahiSh. V.K. KanaujiaRock Dynamic

Study for Hill Slopes Adjacent to Roadways

R. K. Panigrahi A.K. Shaw

Stress – Strain Behaviour of Stabilised Jarofix Waste Material

A.K.Sinha, V.G.Havanagi V. K. Arora

Causes and Remedial Measures of Malin Landslide, Maharastra

A.K.Sinha V.G.Havanagi K. Kumar

Investigation and Stability Analysis of Embankment Bund.

V.K.Kanaujia, A.K.SinhaV.G. Havanagi U.K.Guruvittal




53 Workshop on Geospatial Technology for Disaster Risk Reduction, Jaipur, December 1, 2015

Sh Aditya Kumar Anand

54 3rd Conference of Transportation Research Group (CTRG), Kolkotta December 17- 20, 2015

'Field Performance Study on Modified Bituminous Road Sections of National Highway Corridors'

Sanjay Kumar Gaddal Rajan ChoudharyDevesh TiwariS. Gangopadhayay K. Sitaramanjaneyulu

Dr. S. GangopadhayayDr. Devesh TiwariSh. K. SitaramanjaneyuluSh. M.N. NagabhushanaSh. Shahbaz KhanDr. P.K. JainDr. Neelima Chakrabarty Mrs. Kamini Gupta Dr. S.VelmuruganDr. Neelam J. Gupta Sh. Subhash Chand Dr. E.MadhuSh. J.B. Sengupta

Laboratory Evaluation of Viscosity Grade Bitumen for their Compliance Properties for Performance Grade Bitumen

M.N. Nagabhushana

Laboratory Analysis of Bituminous Concrete (BC) Mix Using Asphalt Mixture Performance Tester (AMPT)

Devesh Tiwari Shahbaz Khan Deepak John Peter

Comparative Analysis of Bituminous Overlay Design Thickness using Falling Weight Deflectometer(FWD) and Benkelman Beam Deflection (BBD) Method

Shahbaz Khan M N Nagabhushana Devesh Tiwari P.K. Jain

Assessment of Driving Behaviour and Skills of Heavy Vehicle Drivers in India

Neelima Chakrabarty Kamini Gupta S.VelmuruganReetesh Rikku




Saturation Flow of Heterogeneous Traffic at Signalized Intersection

Shubham Sehgal Neelam J. Gupta Subhash Chand S. Velmurugan

Feeder Transport System Facilities at Public Transport Terminals – A Case Study of Delhi

Jasmeet Kaur Neelam J.Gupta Subhash Chand E.Madhu

Speed Flow Estimation for Four Lane and Six Lane Divided National Highways in India

Reema Bera Debashish Roy Ashutosh Arun Sandip Chakraborty Sudip K Roy

Exploring Public Transport Connectivity Index and Delay in Delhi,

A.V.A.Bharat Kumar Ravindra Kumar Purnima Parida E. Madhu

A Pragmatic approach on use of Beneficiated Recycled Concrete Aggregate in PQC Mix

Abhishek JindalG.D. RansinchungPraveen KumarJ.B. Sengupta

55 76th Annual Session of Indian Road Congress, Indore, December 18-22, 2015

Human Factor on Road Safety

Neelima Chakrabarty Purnima Parida Kamini Gupta S. Velmurugan

Sh. T.K. AmlaDr. P K Jain Dr. Anuradha Shukla Dr. P Lakshmy Dr. Neelima Chakrabarty Dr. Purnima Parida Dr. S. VelmuruganDr. S.S. GaharwarMrs. Siksha Swaroopa Mrs. Ambika Behl Sh. D.C. SharmaSh. R.C. AgarwalSh. M.K. MeenaMrs. Kamini Gupta

Estimation of Carbon Footprints as Bituminous Road Construction Process

Siksha Swaroopa Ambika Behl P K Jain Anuradha Shukla

Use of Construction and Demolition Waste in Structural Applications

Lakshmy P. S.S. Gaharwar

56 XVII Annual International Seminar on Make In India: The Road Ahead, New Delhi, January 3-4, 2016

A Pilot Study on The Coping Behaviour of Drivers under Stress Situation as related to their Crashing Characteristic

Neelima ChakrabartyKamini GuptaS Velmurugan

Dr. Neelima ChakrabartyDr. S Velmurugan Mrs. Kamini Gupta




57 Workshop on “ Fly Ash Utilization in Road Construction, BhubaneswarJanuary 8, 2016

Use of Fly Ash in Road Construction- Technical and Specification Issues

Sh. U K Guru Vittal

58 95th Annual Transportation Research Board (TRB) meeting at Washington DC, USA, January 10-14, 2016

Determination of Pedestrian Level of Service for Undivided Stairways at Suburban Rail Station in Developing Countries

Jiten ShahG J JoshiPurnima Parida S. Arkatkar

Examining Bus Dwell Time and Bus Lost Time Dynamics for a Bus Rapid Transit System

Ankit Kathuria M. Parida Ch Ravi Sekhar Manu Pathak

59 ING-IABSE Workshop on Bridge Bearings, Expansion Joints & Seismic Devices, Bhopal (M.P), January 15-16, 2016

Bridge Bearings & Expansion Joints

P. Lakshmy Dr. P. Lakshmy

60 50th LERIG 2015 on the " Positioning Indian Leather Industry in Global Landscape: Technology Way Forward, Chennai, January 30-31, 2016

Sh. C. Kamaraj

61 Transportation Research Record (TRR), Transportation Research Board, Jan-2016. (SCI)

Determination of Pedestrian Level of Service for Undivided Stairways at Suburban Rail Station in Developing Countries

Jiten Shah Gaurang Joshi Purnima Parida Shriniwas Arkatkar

Effect of Stairway Width on Pedestrian Flow Characteristics at Railway Station

Jiten Shah Gaurang Joshi Purnima Parida Shriniwas Arkatkar

Effect of Directional Distribution on Stairway Capacity at Suburban Railway Station in India




62 National Workshop on Driving Simulator, New Delhi, February 10, 2016

Functional Design of Car Driving Simulator

Neelima Chakrabarty E. Madhu

Dr. Neelima Chakrabarty Dr. E. Madhu

63 Workshop on Road Asset Management for the Engineers of UPPWD, Lucknow, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, February 17, 2016

Dr. Devesh TiwariSh. Pradeep Kumar

64 International Conference on Materials, Design and Manufacturing Process (ICMDM 2016), Chennai, February 17-19, 2016

Studies on Rheology of Asphalt Modified any Chromium Containing Waste of Leather

Siksha Swaroop P K Jain

65 National Conclave on Making Sanitation and Toilets Inclusive for Persons with Disabilities in India at Conference Hall, Indian Spinal Injuries Centre, New Delhi, February 19, 2016

Cleanliness of Toilets, Design Consideration and Ecological Solution for India on Barriers to Accessible Sanitation and Toilet Facilities)



66 15th Annual International Conference on Sustainable Construction Materials, Pavement Engineering, Asphalt Technology, Airport Pavement, Engineering, Highway and Asset Management, Liverpool U.K, February 24-25, 2016

Cold Mix Technology for Rural Roads: An Overview and Transfer Model

Siksha Swaroopa P K Jain Rajeev Agrawal

Sh. Gajender Kumar

Studies on Modified Asphalt based Crack and Joint Repair System for Rigid and Asphalt Pavement

Siksha Kar Gajender Kumar P K Jain

67 9th International Conference AdMet – 2016 CSIR-NPL, New Delhi, February 24-26, 2016

Road Distress Measurement Equipment

Y.C. TiwariRenu ChaddaR.P. Saini

Sh. Y. C. Tewari

68 Geo Smart India and Geo Smart Intelligence, Greater NoidaMarch 1-3, 2016

GIS Data Base for Smart Road & Transport Management System

Ravinder KumarPurnima ParidaH. LokeshwarE. Madhu

69 International Conference on Materials Science & Technology 2016, New Delhi, March 1-4, 2016

Nanostructural Characteristics and Interfacial Properties of Nanoclays in Polymer Modified Bitumen Matrix

Rina SinghSangitaA. SinghR. Dhyani

Dr Rina SinghMs. Lancy Verghese




Effect of Nanosilicon on Some Properties of Cement Concrete

Lincy VergheseV.V.L. K RaoP. Lakshmy

70 National Conference on Recent Advances in Civil Engineering (RACE2016), Surat, March 5-6, 2016

A Critical Review on HDM-4 Vehicular Emission Models

N. Kumar P. Aggarwal S. Jain Devesh Tiwari

Dr. Devesh Tiwari

71 International Conference on Sustainable Asphalt Pavement for Developing Countries (CONSAP2016), CSIR-CRRI, New DelhiMarch 11-12, 2016

An Approach for Reducing Carbon Foot Print in Asphalt Pavement

V.L. Patankar S.S. Gaharwar

Dr. S.S. GaharwarSh. Manoj Shukla Sh. M.N. Nagabhushana

Cement Treated Grouted Macadam – A New Concept of Long Lasting Pavement Conference on Sustainable Asphalt Pavements

M.N. Nagabhushana

'Impact on Strength Characteristics Using Recycled Foamed Bituminous Mixes

Siksha Swaroopa KarDevesh TiwariAravind Krishna Swamy P. K. Jain

Dr. Devesh TiwariDr. P. K. JainSh. Pradeep KumarSh. K. SitaramanjaneyuluMrs. Siksha Swaroopa Kar

'Impact of Optimal Budget Utilization for Maintenance of Flexible Pavements

Mayor Chopde Prof. Sanjeev Sinha Devesh Tiwari Pradeep Kumar

Pavement Performance Prediction Models and Their Use in Road Asset Management

Aakash Gupta Pradeep Kumar Praveen AggarwalK. Sitaramanjaneyulu

72 International Conference on Water, Environment, Energy & Society (ICWEES-2016) Bhopal, March 15-18 2016

Fuel Loss and Related Emissions Due to Idling of Motorized Vehicles at a Major Intersection in Delhi

Niraj SharmaP.V Pradeep Kumar

Dr Niraj SharmaR. Dhyani




Meteorological Factors Influencing Dispersion of Vehicular Pollution in a Typical Highway Conditions.

N. Sharma R. Dhyani

Using Locally Available Materials for Rural Road Construction

U.K. GuruvittalPankaj Gupta N.K. Goyal

73 National Conference on Advances in Sciences and Technology, Mandi Govindgarh, Punjab, March 3-4, 2016

Impact of Urban Air Quality on Workers in the Vicinity of Construction Site in Greater Noida

M. Gaur M. Rao G.D. Singhal A. Shukla

74 National Conference on Environmental Concerns of 21st Century: Indian and Global Context, New Delhi March 11-13, 2016

Solid Waste Management: A Pilot Study to Create Awareness in a Rural Village of Uttar Pradesh, India

M. Gaur A.Shukla


Staff of the CSIR-CRRI (As on 31st March, 2016)Retirements from CRRI

Following staff members have retired from services of the Institute

during the period. CRRI Welfare Committee organized function to

bid all of them a grand farewell:

Baldev Talwar, Assistant (G) (Admn.) Ms. Pushpa Jetly, PS (Admn.) Ms. Madhu Bala, Assistant 30-4-2015 31-5-2015 30-6-2015

Shri Jai Bhagwan, Chief Scientist Shri Madhu Sudan Singh, Work Asstt. Shri Gajai Singh, Daftary 31-7-2015 31-8-2015 30-9-2015

Shri R.K. Malhotra, Asstt. (G) Gr.I Dr. S. Gangopadhyay , Director Shri Anil Singh, Chief Scientist 31-10-2015 30-11-2015 31-12-2015

Dr. P.K. JAIN, Chief Scientist Smt. Uma Arun, Sr. Tech.Officer (3) Shri Babban Singh, Sr. Technician 31-1-2016 31-1-2016 29-2-2016

Shri S.K. Gupta, Sr. Tech.Officer (3) Smt. Aruna Dhamija, Assistant (G) Shri Ashok Sharma, Sr. Technician 29-2-2016 29-2-2016 29-2-2016

Shri Sher Singh, Sr. TO. 31-12-2015

Sh. Satnam Singh, Sr. Technician (2)30-4-2015


Staff of the CSIR-CRRI (As on 31st March, 2016)

DirectorGangopadhyay S. (Dr.), M.Tech. (Transportation System), M.Sc. (Transportation), Ph.D.Retired in 30 Nov., 2015

Satish Chandra (Prof.), B.E (Hons) Civil, M.E. (Transportation) Ph.DJoined w.e.f. 18 Jan, 2016

Bridges & Structures (BAS)Garg R. K. (Dr.), M.Tech, Ph.D. (Head)

Scientists/Technical Officers

Bhushan Shashi Kumar, Diploma in Civil Engg. AMIE

Dhal A. K., M.Tech.

Gaharwar S. S. (Dr.), M.E. (Structure)

Goyal J. K., M.E. (Structures) (On Deputation)

Goel Rajeev (Dr.), M.E. (Structural Engineering), Ph.D.

Kumar Narendra, M. Sc.

Lakshmy P. (Dr), M.E., Ph.D.

Pradeep Kumar, M.E. (Structure Engineering)

Prakash Suraj (Dr.), M.E. (Earthquake Engineering), Ph.D. (On Deputation)

Rana, M.S, ITI

Rana Rajesh, Diploma in Mechanical, AMIE

Rao U.S., M.Tech. (Structure)

Rao V.V.L.K. (Dr.), M.Sc., Ph.D.

Sahu G.K., M.E. (Structure)

Sharma S.K. (Dr.), M.E. (Structure) Ph.D

Sushil Kumar, B.Sc., Dip. in Civil Engg., AMIE

Yogender K. Singh, Dip. Electronics

S&T and Supporting Staff

Kumar Vijay, ITI ,Dip.in Civil Engg.

Ram Lakhan

Rajveer Singh, Non-Matric

Satish Kumar, B.A.

Verma Surender Kumar, Diploma in Civil Engineering, BE (Civil)

Traffic & Transportation Planning (TTP)

Traffic Engineering & Road Safety (TES)

Shukla Anuradha (Dr.), Chief Scientist & Advisor, R&D Management, M.Sc., M.Tech. (Corrosion Science), P.G. Diploma in Ecology & Environment Science, Ph.D.

Velmurugan, S. (Dr.) M.E., Ph.D. (Transportation Engineering) (Head)

Scientists/Technical OfficersAshutosh Arun, M.Tech

Biswas S.K., Draughtsman

Chakraborty Neelima (Dr.), M.A., (Psycho.), P.G. Dip. (Environmental Psycho.), Ph.D

Gautam S.P., B.A., LLB

Gupta Kamini, M.Tech. (Transportation Planning)

Gupta Neelam J. (Dr.), M Sc, M. Phil (Computer Application), Ph.D. (Numerical Analysis)

Nataraju J. (Dr.), M.E. (Highways) Ph. D.

Rao A. Mohan, M.Tech. (Transportation Engineering)

Sher Singh, B.Sc. (Retired in 31 Dec., 2015)

Subhash Chand, M.E. (Highways)

S&T and Supporting StaffBhel Sushma, Intermediate

Mutreja Daleep, B.Com

Mehto Jag Lal, Non-Matric

Narender Kumar, Matric

Raj Bala, Non-Matric

Singh Satyabir, SSC, ITI (Printing)

Verma Rajan, Diploma in Civil Engg.

Ranjan Aniket, ITI.

Transportation Planning (TP)Parida Purnima (Dr.), M.A. (Economics), M.Tech., Ph.D (Head)

Scientists/Technical OfficersAkhtar Nasim, M.Tech. (Environmental Engg.)

Advani Mukti (Dr), M.E. (Transportation Engineering), Ph.D.



Bhandari Kirti (Dr.), M.Sc. (Envirnmental Engg.), Ph.D.

Errampalli Madhu (Dr.) M.Tech (Transportation Planning), Ph.D

H. Lokeshwar, M.Sc. (Electronics)

Kamraj C., M.E. (Transportation Planning) (on study leave)

Padma S., M.Tech. (on study leave)

Gupta S.K., Diploma in Draughtsmanship (Mech.) (Retired in 29 Feb., 2016)

Ravinder K., (Dr.), M.Tech. (Transportation Engg.) Ph.D.

Ravinder Kumar (Dr.) ME (Transportation Engg.), Ph.D.

Ravi Sekhar Ch. (Dr.), M.E. (Transportation Engineering), Ph.D.

Singh Jagdish, Intermediate

S&T and Supporting StaffDevi Shakuntla, Non-Matric

Kumar Sanjay, M.A. (Pub. Admn.), B.Lib.

Environmental Science (ES)Sharma Niraj (Dr.), M.Tech. (Environmental Engg.), Ph.D. (Head)

Scientists/Technical OfficersSingh Anil (Dr.), M. Phil (Environmental Sciences), Ph.D (Environmental Science) (Retired in 31 Dec. 2015)

P.V. Pradeep Kumar, M.E. (Mech.), M.B.A.,

Chauhan Sippy K. (Dr.), Ph.D. (Chemistry)

Singh Rina, M. Tech.(Material Science), Ph.D (Nanotechnology, Physics)

S&T and Supporting StaffKumar Devender, Matric, ITI (Motor Mech.)

Chaudhary Neha, Diploma in PHE

Daya Ram, B.A.

Kumar Devender, Matric, ITI (Motor Mech.)

Sethi Sarita, B.A.

Singh Brij Mohan, Matric

Pavement Engineering Area (PEA)

Advisory Group

Jain P.K. (Dr.), Chief Scientist, Advisor, R&D Management (Retired in 31 Jan., 2016)

Sharma B. M., Chief Scientist & Area Advisor (Consultancy & Management)

Sitaramanjaneyulu K., M.E. (Highway Engg.)

Sengupta J.B., M.Sc. (Applied Chemistry)

Sangeeta (Dr.), Ph.D. (Polymer Chemistry)

Sudesh Kumar, M.Sc. (Chemistry)

Srivastava R.K., M.Tech.

Pavement Design & Réhabilitation Group

Nagabhushana M.N., M.Sc. (Highway Engg.) (Group Coordinator)


Dass Shankh, B.E. (Civil)

Dinesh V. Ganvir, M.E. (Highways & Transportation)

Rakesh Kumar (Dr.), M.Tech, Ph.D. (Civil Engg)

Shukla Manoj, M.Tech. (Highway Engg.)

Singh Ajay Pal, Diploma in Civil Engg.

Singh Madan Pal, B.Sc.

Mittal Abhishek, M.Tech. (Transportation Engg.)


Hembran Panchanan, Dip. in Mechanical Engineering) (Transfered on 21 Aug., 2015)

Lohani G.C., B.A., L.L.B.

Pant Ashok, Higher Secondary

Singh P.R., B.Sc.

Pavement Matérials & Construction Technologies Group

Sen Gupta J.B, M.Sc (Applied Chemistry ) w.e.f. Jan 2015

Scientists/Technical OfficersBehl Ambika, M.Tech. (Chemical Engineering)



Binod Kumar, M.E. (Hill Area Development Engineering)

Gajendra Kumar, M.Tech. (Transportation Engg.)

Goel Pankaj, M.Tech (Const. Engg. & Management)

Kumar Shanta, B.Sc., L.L.B.

Sharma Girish, M. Tech (Chemical Engg.) (Expired on 26 July, 2015)

Shiksha Swaroopa Rai, M.Tech.

Singh Gagandeep, M.Tech. (Infrastructure & Disaster Mitigation in Road)

Pandey Satish, B.E. (Civil), M.Tech. (Transportation Engineering)

Sakkarwal N.K., B.A.

S&T and Supporting StaffAashia, I.T.I.

Raghusaran, Non-Matric

Saini Karuna, M.A. (Economics)

Singh Balbir, Non Metric

Singh Manoj Kumar, B.E. (Civil)

Singh Nihendra, B.A.

Road Asset Management GroupTiwari Devesh (Dr.), M.E (Transportation Engg.), Ph.D (Group Coordinator)

Scientists/Technical OfficersJain Sunil, M.E. (Transportation Engg.) (Group Coordinator)

Pradeep Kumar, M.Sc. (Physics), M. Phil (Instrumentation)

Sagar A. K., B.Sc. Engg. (Civil), MBA, M.Tech. (Environmental Engg.)

Jain A. K., M.E. Hons. (Transportation Engg.)

Rampal, B.Sc.

Rao Y.V., M.Sc. (Maths)

Rastogi Sarita, Higher Secondary, Diploma in Commercial Art

S&T and Supporting StaffAmit Kumar, B.Tech (Civil)

Dhiman Neha, ITI

Ram Lal, Non-Matric

Rishi S. K., B.Com., Diploma in Book Keeping & Accountancy

Singh Attar, Diploma in Civil Engineering

Singh Pratap, Metric, ITI

Singh Mahinder Prasad, Non-Matric

Subhash, Cert. In Draughtsman

Geotechnical Engineering Area

Advisory Group

Sudhir Mathur, M.Tech (SM & FE), Chief Scientist

Kumar Kishor (Dr.), Ph.D. (Geology Engineering), Chief Scientist & Area Advisor (Consultancy & Management)

Jai Bhagwan, M.Sc. (Physics), Chief Scientist & Area Advisor (R&D) (Retired in July., 2015)

Guruvittal U. K., M.E. (Highway)

Ground Improvement GroupHavangi Vasant. G. (Dr.), M.Tech, Ph.D. (Highway & Geotech Engg.), (Group Coordinator)

Scientists/Technical Officer

Arun Uma,M.Sc. (Chemistry) (Retired in 29 Feb., 2016)

Beg Raj, B. Sc (Expired on 1 June,2015)

Kanaujia V. K., M.Tech. (Geotechnical Engg.)

Prasad Prema, M.A.

Pramada Valli P. (Dr.), M.Sc. (Applied Geology), Ph.D. (Applied Maths)

Parvathi G.S, M.Tech.

Saurikhia A, M.Sc (Env. Engg.) PQDPM, AMIE w.e.f Aug. 2014

Swami R.K., M.Sc. (Chemistry)

Sinha Anil Kumar, M.Tech. (Geotech. Engg.)


Jamdar Mehto, Non-Matric

Saha Sunil Chander, Matric



Landslide Management GroupSingh Kanwar, M.Tech. (Geotechnical Engg.), (Group Coordinator)

Scientists/Technical OfficersGanesh J., M.Tech. (Geotechnical Engg.) (on deputation)

Goel Nitesh K., M.Tech (Transportation)

Gupta Pankaj, (Dr.), Ph.D (Engg. Geology)

Murugesan.V., SSLC

Panigrahi R. K., M.Sc.Tech. (Applied Geology)

Prasad P.S., M.E. (Geotechnical Engg.)

Ranjan Alok, M.Tech. (Engineering Geology)

S&T and Supporting StaffHari Ram, Non-Matric

Rekha, I.T.I., B.A.

Surinder Kumar, Non-Matric

HRD & Project Management (HRP)Mathur Sudhir, M.Tech (SM & FE) (Area Advisor)

Planning Monitoring & Evaluation (PME)Kanaga Durai B. (Dr.), M.A. (Eco), M.R. P. (Regional Planning) Ph. D (Head)


Ravinder D., Diploma in Computer Engg., BCA, MCA

Saxena Anshul, M.Tech (IT)


Santosh, Non-matric

Sri Lal, H.S.C.

Technology Management & Business Development Cell & EPR Cell

Saurikhia A., M.Sc. (Env. Engg.), PGDPM, AMIE

Khan Farhat Zahoor, M.Tech (Geotechnical) Head


Aggarwal Nidhi, M.Sc. (Chemistry)


Prakash Dinesh, Non-Matric

Information, Liaison & Training (ILT)

Amla T. K., M.Sc. (Chemistry), Associateship in Information Science, M. Phil. Science Communication & Journalism (Chief Scientist & Head)


Agarwal R.C., B.E. (Mechanical Engg.), AMIE, PG-PDQM (TQM), C. Engr. (I)

Jain Kavita, M.Com

Meena M.K., M.Tech. (Civil)

Pal Pratyush Kumar, M.Sc. (Computer Science) (Transfered on 06 Nov., 2015)


Batra Bhupinder Singh, B.Com.

Khan Amin Ali, M.A. (Political Science)

Sumitra Bai, Non-Matric

Photo SectionKumar Ashok, Certificate Course in Colour Photography

Singh Rajbir, B.A.

Quality ManagementBharadwaj R.S., M.Sc., Associateship in Information Science, M.Phil (Science Communication & Journalism) (Head)

Scientists/Technical OfficersKannan S., M.Sc.

S&T and Supporting StaffKumar Sunil, B.A.

Computer & Networking (CCN)Dutta R. N. (Dr.), M.Sc. (Operational Research), Ph.D. (Head)



Scientists/Technical OfficerDubey Vivek, M.C.A., PGDBM (Finance & Marketing)

Mariappan S., M.C.A.

Rajasekhar B., M.Sc. (Transfered on 14 Aug. 2015)

Rani Reeta, M.Sc. (IT), M.B.A.

Masih Kamla, M.C.A.

S&T and Supporting StaffKumar Anil, Diploma in Computer

Kaushal Vijay Kumar, MCA

Manpreet, M.E. (Electronics & Communication Engg.)

Shiv Lal, Diploma in Computer

Sinha Preeti, B.C.A.

Instrumentation (INS)Sharma D.C., B.E. (Elect), M.Tech (Computers) (Head)

Scientists/Technical OfficersChadda Renu, M.Sc. (Botany)

Jangpangi Lalita, B.Sc. (Engg.)

Meshram P.C., M.Tech. (Digital Communication Engg.)

Saini R.P., B.Sc., Diploma (Electronic Engg.)

Satish Kumar, Diploma (Electronics & Communication)

Subodh Kumar, M.S., M.B.A. (upto Nov.2015)

Tiwari Y.C., M.Sc. (Physics)


Kapoor K.J.S., B.Com, I.T.I.

Shukla Jai Prakash, Matric

Paswan Bhawesh

Mechanical Engineering SupportBharadwaj, R. S., M.Sc, Associateship in Information Science, M.Phil (Science Communication & Journalism) (Head)


Arora Ashok Kumar, M.A., Dip. in Auto Engg.

Gola Kewal Krishan,

Sharma N.K, Diploma in Mechanical Engg., B.A., B.Tech.( Mechanical )

Sharma Ashok Kumar, Inter, I.T.I. (Motor Mech.) (Retired in 31 Mar.,2016)

Singh Satnam, Matric, I.T.I., National Apperentiship Certificate (Retired in April, 2015)

Mohd. Irshad, Diploma in Draftsmanship (Mech.)


Kishan Swroop, ITI (Electrical/Wireman Course)

Kumar Om, B.A., I.T.I.

Meena Babu Lal, Non-Matric

Om Prakash, I.T.I. (Fitting)

Ram Pal, Non-Matric

Sachdeva H. L., M.E. (Mech. Engineering)

Singh Lakhbinder, H.Sc., I.T.I. (Motor Mech.)

Sunil Kumar,

Sunil Datt, Non-Matric

Devender Kumar

S.K.Dhingra

Documentation & Library Services (DLS)Chhabra Pavan, M.Sc. (Physics), M.LI.Sc, Head


Aggarwal Neera, M.A., B.LI. Sc., Associateship in Information Science

Mohpatra Mitali, DLISc., PDLSc., MLSc., PGDLAN

Ravinder Kumar, M.A. (Pub.Adm.) Diploma in Offset Printing Technology

S&T and Supporting StaffChing Lydia, B.Sc., MLISc.

Indu Rani, B.A.

Sharma Dev Dutt, Matric



Post-Graduate Research Programme (PGRP)Jain P. K. (Dr.), Ph.D. (Chemistry) (Chief Scientist & Coordinator) (Retired in 31Jan.,2016)

Kanaga Durai B. (Dr.), M.A. (Eco), M.R. P. (Regional Planning) Ph.D (Coordinator )

Lohani G.C., B.A., L.L.B.

Rajbhasha UnitChoudhary Sanjay, M.A., B.Ed., Adv. Dip. in Computer

Khuttan Santosh, B.A. (In-charge)

Thapa Tek Chand, B.A.

Estate Services (ESS)

Civil SectionSharma Neeraj (Dr.), Head

Scientists & Technical Officers

Mukesh Kumar, M.Tech. (Construction Engg. & Management)

Sabharwal A.K., B.E.(Civil), M.B.A. (Marketing)

Tyagi V.K., Dip. in Civil Engg.


Bhatt Pankaj, Diploma in Civil Engineering

Choudhary Asif Hussain, B.Com.

Gautam Pandey, Non-Matric

Harish Kumar, ITI (Plumbing)

Kailash Kumar, Matric

Singh Bhanwar, Non-Matric

Varshney Vaibhav, Diploma in Civil Engineering

Vinod Kumar, Non-Matric

Horticulture

Jai Bhagwan, M. Sc. Physics, Head (Retired in July, 2015)

Ashok Kumar, M.Sc. (Hort.) (In-charge)

S&T and Supporting StaffRaj Pal Singh Gautam

Tek Chand (Expired on 15 June., 2015)

Electrical SectionSharma D. C., B.E. (Elect.), M.Tech (Computers) (Head)

Scientists & Technical OfficersSuresh Chandra, B.E. (Electrical Engg.), (In-Charge)

S&T and Supporting StaffSant Ram, B.A.

Maharani Bagh Staff Quarters (MBSQ)Sharma B.M., M.E. Transportation Engg., Area Advisor

Tripathi A. K., Dip. in Civil Engg. (Head)

Scientists & Technical OfficersKrishan Kant, Diploma (Civil Engg.)

Grover Sunil, B.E. (Civil)

Meena Muni Raj, B. Tech (Electrical)

Singh D.V., M.Sc.

Tara Chand, Dip. in Civil Engg.

S&T and Supporting StaffBhatt Pankaj

Manjhi Raja Lal, Non-Matric

Prem Chand, Non-Matric

Singh Babban, B.A (Retired in 29 Feb.,2016)

Shababuddin Khan, Non-Matric

Vikram Singh, Non Metric

DirectorateJetly Pushpa, B.A. (Retired in May., 2015)

Singh Kartar, Matric

Singh Madhu Sudan, Non-Matric (Retired in Aug., 2015)

Saini Sunita, HSc



AdministrationJitender Parasar (Controller of Administration) (Transfered to IGIB on 22 Sep., 2015)

D. Vijaya Lakshmi (Controller of Administration) Joined w.e.f. 19 June,2015

Kumar Vijay, HSc

Mehto Yoginder, Non-Matric

Rakesh Kumar, Intermediate

Ravi Kumar, Non-Matric

Sachdeva Priti, B.A. (Hons.) & Diploma in Secretarial Practices, (Receptionist)

Singh Karam, Matric

Thakur Suresh Prasad, Matric

Establishment-IVinod kumar, B.A. (Section Officer)

Kant Chander

Chopra Rajeev, Sr. Sec.

Dhingra S.K., B.Com

Devi Sumitra, Non-Matric

Kaur Satinder, B.A.

Mehto Sri Ram, Matric

Establishment-IISudhanshu Kumar, (Section Officer)

Kumar Anil, B.A.

Desraj

Dinesh Kumar, Non-Matric

Madhu Bala, B.Com (Retired in June, 2015)

Malhotra R.K., HSc (Retired in Oct., 2015)

Sharma Ramesh Chand, H.Sc.

Singh Bhajan, B.A.

Singh Gajai, Non-Matric (Retired in Sep., 2015)

Talwar Baldev (Retired in Apr., 2015)

Verghese Kunjumol, Senior Secondary

Personnel CellShankar Sanjeev, (Section Officer)

Bhatia Parveen, B.A., Certificate in Lib. Science

Dharam Pal, Non-Matric

Meena Murari Lal, B.A.

Rajan Tirkey, B.A. (Hons.)

Vigilance CellSingh Vandana D., (Section Officer)

Dhamija Aruna, B.A. (Retired in 31 Mar.,2016)

Kurian Sam, SSLC

Zaidi Meesam

CashBhambota V.K., Matric

Finance & Account SectionM.K. Jain, C.O. (F & A) (Transfered on 30 Nov. 2015)

Avanish Kumar, SO (F&A)

K.C. Paliwal, F & AO

Dinesh Kumar F & AO (Joined w.e.f. 02 Nov. 2015)

Malik Neelam, Matric

Nagi Vikas Singh

Phool Chandra, M.A.

Sharma Bishan Dass, B.A.

Singh Ajit Kumar, B. A.

Singh Jagdish, Matric

Shiv Narain, Non-Matric

Purchase SectionKhanna Mukesh, Senior Store and Purchase Officer

Kaushal Kishore, (Dy. Store and Purchase Officer) (Transfered on 30 Nov., 2015)

Bairagi K.

Chhachhia Sumer Singh

Dussy Virender Kumar

Kumar Vijender, Matric

Rachna Kumari,

Kumar Sujit

Verma Veena, M.A.



Store SectionKukreti C.M., HSc

Kumar Bijender

Paswan Gore Lal, Matric

Security, Guest House and Canteen

SecurityPrakash Om, Non-Matric

Singh Dharam, (Care Taker)

Singh Ram, Non-Matric

Guest House (Wing I & II)Siddiqui Fasih Ahmed (Manager)

Acharya Keshav Ram

Balmiki Ramsai

Bariya Rajesh

Narayan Chet

Singh Rajbir

Singh Rajpat

Suraj

CanteenPrakash Braham, (Manager)

Hem Kumar

Kumari Kamlesh

Kumar Manoj

Rao Ramesh (Expired on 3 Dec.,2015)

Singh Balbir

Singh Rajinder

Thapa Prem Bahadur


Dr. S.GangopadhyayDirector, CSIR-CRRI New Delhi

Chairman (Ex-officio )

Prof. S.K. Bhattacharya Director, CSIR-CBRIRoorkee

Member

Dr. Anuradha Shukla Chief Scientist, CSIR-CRRINew Delhi

Member

Sh. M.N. NagabhushanaPrincipal Scientist, CSIR-CRRINew Delhi

Member

Sh. P.S. Prasad Sr. Scientist, CSIR-CRRI New Delhi

Member

Dr. Mukti Advani Sr. Scientist, CSIR-CRRINew Delhi

Member

Dr. S.K. SharmaPrincipal Technical Officer, CSIR-CRRI New Delhi

Member

Dr. B.K. DuraiHead (PME Division), CSIR-CRRI New Delhi

Member (Ex-officio )

Finance & Accounts OfficerCSIR-CRRI New Delhi

Member (Ex-officio )

Sh. Jitender ParasarController of AdministrationCSIR-CRRI New Delhi

Member-Secretary (Ex-officio )

Management Council


Prof. M.R. MadhavProfessorSUTEJA 159, Road No. 10 Banjara Hills,Hydrabad

Chairman

Prof. A. VeeraragavanDepartment of Civil Engineering Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Chennai

Member

Prof. Arun K. AttriDeanSchool of Environmental Sciences Jawaharlal Nehru UniversityNew Delhi-110070

Member

Dr. Ashwni PahujaDirector GeneralNational Council for Cement and Building Material34,KM Stone,Delhi-Mathura Road, Ballabgarh, Haryana

Member

Dr. Amrita Sen GuptaScientist HDepartment of Time and Frequency StandardsCSIR-National Physical Laboratory New Rajinder Nagar,New Delhi

Member

Prof. G.BiswasDirectorCSIR-CentralMechanical Engineering Research InstituteMahatma Gandhi Avenue,Durgapur

Member

Dr. Sudeep KumarHead, Planning and Performance DivisionCouncil of Scientific & Industrial Research,Anusandhan Bhavan, 2-Rafi Marg New Delhi

Member (Permanent Invitee)

Mr. Jose KurianChief Engineer ( DTTDC ) Engineering DivisionAruna Nagar,New Delhi-110054

Member

Chief Engineer (Standards &Research)Ministry of Road Transport andHighways,Govt. of India, 1-Parliament Street,New Delhi

Member

Prof. S.K. BhattacharyaDirectorCSIR-Central Building Research Institute Roorkee

Member

Dr. S. GangopadhyayDirector (upto 30th Nov. 2015)CSIR-Central Road Research Institute New Delhi-110025

Member Director Lab.

Prof. (Dr.) Satish ChandraDirector (from 18th Jan. 2016)CSIR-Central Road Research Institute New Delhi-110025

Member Director Lab.

Dr. Anuradha ShuklaSecretaryChief ScientistCSIR-Central Road Research Institute New Delhi-110025

Secretary

Research Council

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Ann Rep (Eng) 2015-16Eng)-2015-16.pdfPAVEMENT ENGINEERING Pavement Design & Rehabilitation 27 ... It is indeed my pleasure to present the Annual Report of the Institute for the period