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Apr 23, 2024
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CE 5830 - Principles of Pavement Design
Fundamentals of wheel loads and stresses in pavements. Properties in pavement components and design tests. Design methods and evaluations.
Requisites:
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Students will become familiarized with the general pavement design procedure.
- Students will learn about different types of pavement used in the U.S.
- Students will learn about modern nondestructive methods that can be used to evaluate pavement performance.
- Students will learn about pavement rehabilitation methods.
- Students will learn about vehicle classifications and how live loads influence pavement structures.
- Students will learn which environmental factors influence pavement performance.
- Students will understand how each layer in the pavement system is characterized in the design process.
- Students will understand how flexible (or asphalt concrete) pavement structures are designed.
- Students will understand how rigid (or concrete) pavement structures are designed.
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