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Università degli Studi di Parma Università degli Studi di Parma
Second cycle degree course in
Environmental and land management engineering
Università degli Studi di Parma
Department of Engineering and Architecture

ROAD SUPERSTRUCTURES DESIGN AND MANAGEMENT (UNIT 2)
cod. 1004327

borrowed from Corso di Laurea magistrale in INGEGNERIA CIVILE - PROGETTO E GESTIONE DELLE SOVRASTRUTTURE STRADALI (2° MODULO) - cod. 1004327
Academic year 2010/11
2° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Strade, ferrovie e aeroporti (ICAR/04)
Field
A scelta dello studente
Type of training activity
Student's choice
48 hours
of face-to-face activities
6 credits
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Integrated course unit module: PAVEMENTS MANAGEMENT AND DESIGN

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Learning objectives

Function and material requirements of different elements of flexible pavement systems; characterization of soils, materials, traffic loads, and environment for design; flexible pavement design; new developments

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

Introduction
- Flexible Pavement Distress and its causes
- Introduction to pavement manegement

Pavement Performance
- Bearing capacity,,regularity, roughness, noise,

Pavement Condition Survey
- Systems of objective measurements, visual distress survey

Rehabilitation tecniques for asphalt pavements
- Surface treatments, slurry seal, microsurfacing, rejuvenators, crack seals, patches, non-structural overlays

Reinforced Pavement
- The use of the reinforcement: solutions and benefits
- The different type of reinforcements
- The laydown

Recycling in asphalt mixtures
- Hot mix and cold mix recyclings, in-place central plant recyclings
- Procedures for recycling
- Mix design

Stress and strain in flexible pavements
- Material characterization
- Multilayer system theory
- Fatigue

Traffic characterization for design
- Equivalent axle load, distribution and evolution of traffic

Pavement design
- The Asphal Institute Method
- The AASHTO method (AASHO Road Test and Interim Guide)
- The MnPave method
- The Bisar method

Flexible Pavement construction

Full programme

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Bibliography

Yang H. Huang, “Pavement Analysis and Design”, Prentice Hall
M.Y. Shahin, “Pavement Management for airports, roads and parking lots”, KAP

Teaching methods

Lectures

Assessment methods and criteria

written and oral

Other information

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