Course Description
Introduction to the principals of pavement design for safety, serviceability and structural adequacy. Understand pavement engineering, terminology, and concepts. Know the different types of pavements. know and understand the engineering properties and characteristics of different materials that concern the pavement engineer such as soil, granular, and bituminous materials. Get familiar with different Superpave aggregate and asphalt binder tests and requirements. Design asphalt concrete mixture. Pavement performance, design flexible and rigid pavements using the AASHTO design procedure. Conduct analysis of flexible pavements for stresses, strains, and deflections in one-, two-, and three-layered systems.