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Oct 07, 2024
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CE 4830 - Principles of Pavement Design Fundamentals of wheel loads and stresses in pavements. Properties in pavement components and design tests. Design methods and evaluations.
Requisites: CE 3610 and 3700 Credit Hours: 3 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I Learning Outcomes: - Students will be able to explain nondestructive test methods that are used to evaluate pavement performance.
- Students will be able to describe the pavement design procedure in general.
- Students will be able to describe different pavement types used in the U.S.
- Students will be able to discuss how pavement structures can be rehabilitated.
- Students will be able to explain how each layer in the pavement system is characterized in the design process.
- Students will be able to classify vehicle types and explain how live loads can influence pavement structures.
- Students will be able to discuss how environmental factors can influence pavement performance.
- Students will be able to design flexible (or asphalt concrete) pavement structures.
- Students will be able to design rigid (or concrete) pavement structures.
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