Pavement Design, Construction and Evaluation
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The official GTU curriculum for Pavement Design, Construction and Evaluation (subject code ME02069011) as prescribed for CEE · Semester 2 divides the course into 6 units, covering 65 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (ME02069011)Unit 1 Introduction
- Types of Pavements – Rigid
- Highway-Runway Comparison. explore innovative design methods that were developed to investigate distress mechanisms of pavements including alternatives intended to address some environmental performance goals
- investigate decision making and design tools that will encourage the use of more sustainable pavement materials and structures
- such as permeable pavements
- rubber asphalt
- recycled asphalt pavement (RAP) and alternative cement binders, and discuss possible applications of pavement design strategies that can have a considerable impact on fuel consumption
- vehicle maintenance costs
- Green House Gas (GHG) emissions, and life-cycle costs
Unit 2 Analysis and Design of Flexible pavement
- Factors Affecting Pavement Design Variables considered in pavement design
- classification of axle types
- standard and legal axle loads
- tyre pressure
- contact pressure
- EWLF, and EAL concepts
- traffic analysis: ADT, AADT
- truck factor
- growth factor
- lane distribution factor
- directional distribution factor, and vehicle damage factor
- Stresses in Flexible Pavements – Theories and Analysis
- Burmister’s 2 layer and 3- layer theories
- Stress analysis in flexible pavements using KENLAYER
- Design of Flexible Pavements –Various Methods for Highway and Runways Design
- Design of flexible pavements as per AASHTO (1993)
- MEPDG and IRC 37:2018 IITPAVE Mix Designs– Bituminous Mixes
- Marshall Stability Test
Unit 3 Analysis and Design of Rigid Pavement
- Stresses in Rigid Pavements – Theories and Analysis
- Types of Stresses and Causes
- Factors influencing Stresses in rigid pavements
- Wheel Load Stresses
- Warping Stresses
- Friction Stresses
- Types of Joints in Cement Concrete Pavements and their Functions
- Joint Spacing
- Stress analysis in rigid pavements using
- Program Name: Master of Engineering Level: PG Branch: Civil Engineering (Transportation Engineering) Subject Code: ME02069011 Course/Subject Name: Pavement Design
- Construction and Evaluation Design of Rigid Pavements – Various Methods for Highways and Runways
- Design of Slab Thickness
- Design of Joint Details for Longitudinal Joints
- Contraction Joints and Expansion Joints
- Design of rigid pavements as per IRC 58:2015
- IITRIGID and AASHTO method
- Design of continuously reinforced rigid pavement and Pre-stressed Concrete Pavements
Unit 4 Highway Construction Methods
- Sub- Base
- Base and Surface Courses
- Bituminous Pavement Construction
- Cement Concrete Construction
- Materials for road construction
- Specification and tests
- Macadam construction
- surfacing and surface treatment
- Road Work in Desert
- Hilly Area in Problematic Situation
Unit 5 Pavement Drainage
- Surface and Subsurface Drainage
- Detrimental effects of water
- methods for controlling water in pavements
- Drainage materials: aggregates
- Estimation of inflow
- determination of drainage capacity
- Drainage design for urban roads and rural roads as per IRC codes
Unit 6 Pavement evaluation and strengthening
- Failures in flexible and rigid pavements
- pavement evaluation
- deflection survey
- serviceability rating techniques
- strengthening techniques
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