GATE CE · 2026 · CE
Question 40: Highway Pavements
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Question 40
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Consider the following statements with respect to rigid pavements:
Statement-1: Bottom-up cracking (BU) in rigid pavements is caused at the edge of the slab due to combined effect of single or tandem rear axle load and positive temperature differential.
Statement-2: Top-down fatigue cracking (TD) in rigid pavements is caused due to repeated cycles of axle loads and negative temperature differential.
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2026CE
GATE CE 2026 · Paper 2
Civil Engineering · Original paper archive
- Section
- Civil Engineering
- Question type
- Multiple choice (MCQ)
- Marks
- 2 marks
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