Environmental and land management engineering

Professor: Gabriele TEBALDI
Academic discipline: Strade, ferrovie e aeroporti (ICAR/04)
Field: Abilità informatiche e telematiche
Type of training activity: More

48 hours
of face-to-face activities

6 credits

hub:

course unit
in ITALIAN

lectures timetable

exam calls

Learning objectives

Acquisition of specific knowledge on flexible pavement design from material design to the real infrastructure design.

Prerequisites

Reccomended “Costruzioni di Strade, Ferrovie ed Aeroporti”

Course unit content

Design and Characterization of asphalt materials with laboratory experience. Design of flexible pavements using appropriate software.

Full programme

Principles of flexible pavement design
Traffic and environmental analysis;
Mixture design and characterization: from aggregate curve design to asphalt mix design using Superpave procedure with partial exercises both in class and in laboratory;
Asphalt Institute and AASHTO procedures for asphalt mixture pavement design;
Use of software for pavement design with class exercises.

Bibliography

Lectures of the course
Yang H. Huang, “Pavement Analysis and Design”, Prentice Hall
Superpave Fundamentals Reference Manual (US Dep. Of Transportation – Federal Highway Administration)

Teaching methods

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Assessment methods and criteria

Laboratory report and oral examination

Other information

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2030 agenda goals for sustainable development

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HIGHWAY ENGINEERING LABORATORY cod. 1005241

Learning objectives

Prerequisites

Course unit content

Full programme

Bibliography

Teaching methods

Assessment methods and criteria

Other information

2030 agenda goals for sustainable development

HIGHWAY ENGINEERING LABORATORY
cod. 1005241