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Dec 04, 2024
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CVE 5661 - Pavement Design3 lecture hours 0 lab hours 3 credits
Course Description
This course offers students an introduction to pavement design for transportation applications. (prereq: CAE 1871, CVE 3611) (quarter system prereq: AE 1231, CM 2200, CV 380)
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Discuss flexible and rigid pavement structure
- Identify stresses and strains in flexible and rigid pavements and design pavement to resist those stresses
- Evaluate traffic loading, pavement distresses, material characterization, and pavement performance to assist with developing pavement designs
- Compare and contrast flexible and rigid pavement designs by utilizing a pavement design and life cycle cost analysis software program
Prerequisites by Topic
Course Topics
- Pavement analysis and design introduction
- Stresses and strains in flexible pavement
- Stresses and strains in rigid pavements
- Traffic loading and volume
- Drainage design
- Flexible pavement design
- Rigid pavement design
Coordinator
Dr. Mitzi Dobersek, P.E.
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