King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals

CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

 

CE  575

Performance & Rehabilitation of Pavements

                                                        

 

 

 

Instructor       :  Hamad I. Al-AbdulWahhab, Professor of C.E.

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1996-97 Catalog Data: CE 575: Performance & Rehabilitation of Pavements.  Credit 3.  Distress modes of pavements; failure theories of pavements; skid resistance; strengthening existing pavements; pavements overlay design; rehabilitation and evaluation of resurfacing practices for bituminous and cement pavements; recycling of pavements.  Prerequisite: CE 574. 

 

Textbook:       Ralph Hass, W. Ronald Hudson and John Zaniewski, Modern Pavement Management, Krieger Publication Co., Malabar, Florida, 1994.

           

References:    1.      Per Ullidtz, Pavement Analysis, Elsevier Publisher, 1987.

           

                        2.      R. Haas, R. Hudson and J. Zaniewski, Pavement Management Systems, McGraw-Hill, 1994.

 

                        3.      M.Y. Shahin, Pavement Management for Airports, Roads and Parking Lots, Chapman & Hall, New York, NY, 1994.

 

                        4.      Yang H. Huang, Pavement Analysis and Design, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1993.

 

                        5.      Pavement Management Guide, Roads and Transportation Association of Canada, 1977.

 

                        6.      Highway Maintenance Manual, Ministry of Communications, Saudi Arabia.

 

                        7.      The Asphalt Institute Manuals:

                                       -   Asphalt in Pavement Maintenance (MS-16)

                                       -   Asphalt Overlays and Pavements Rehabilitation (MS-17)

                                       -   Asphalt Hot-Mix Recycling (MS-20)

 

                        8.      Transportation Research Board Publications:

                                       -   TRB Records, # 951, 985, 712, 512, 1028

 

                        9.      Development and Implementation of a System for Evaluation of Maintenance and Repair Needs and Priorities - A Pavement Condition Rating System for the Ohio Department of Transportation, RI Inc., Columbus, Ohio, Dec., 1979.

 

                        10.    An Introduction to Nondestructive Structural Evaluation of Pavements, Transportation Research Circular, No. 189, TRB, Jan., 1978.

 

                        11.    Surface Deflections and Pavement Evaluation: Equipment and Analysis Techniques, Transportation Engineering Report 82-4, by W. Whitcomb, Oregon State University, 1982.

 

                        12.    Pavement Condition Evaluation Utilizing Dynamic Deflection Measurements by K. Majidzadeh, a cooperative study between the Ohio Dept. of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration, June, 1977.

 

                        13.    Road Strengthening, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Paris, Sept., 1976.

 

                        14.    Modernization of High-Efficiency Pavement Evaluation Equipment and Operating Records, Bulletin de Liaison des Laboratoires des Ports et Chaussées, No. 128, Nov.-Dec., 1983 (English translation of a French paper).

 

                        15.    The CHART System of Assessing Structural Maintenance Needs of Highways, TRRL Report No. 153, UC, 1975.

 

                        16.    Pavement Roughness and Skid Properties, TRR # 836, 1981.

 

 

Goals:  This course is designed for graduate students with background in pavement design and materials.  It is to advance them to the different aspects of pavement evaluation and maintenance, and rehabilitation techniques.  The research needs pertinent to the Kingdom are emphasized and explored.

 

Prerequisites by Topics:-

           

     1.    Concepts of pavement structural design.

     2.    Concepts of asphalt mix design.

 

Topics:-

     1.    Introduction and basic concepts: management of pavements’ activities, basic concepts of PMS, planning investments, pavement design subsystems (8 classes)

 

     2.    Pavement performance: pavement distresses, prediction models, performance life cycle (10 classes)

     3.    Pavement evaluation: concepts of pavement evaluation, evaluation of performance, distress evaluation, structural condition, pavement evaluation indices, and data banks (15 classes)

 

     4.    Maintenance and rehabilitation: bituminous pavement maintenance, overlay design, other maintenance activities (7 classes)

 

     5.    Implementation: How to structure a working PMS/MMS integrating all parts (5 classes)

 

Computer Usage:       Five homeworks out of seven require the use of a computer to be solved. Computer softwares such as Paver, Paver-GIS, DMPMMS, FPEDDI, ELSBACK, ELSDEF, etc. are used to evaluate pavement structures and determine required maintenance or rehabilitation. 

 

Laboratory Projects:   Each student is required to conduct a field project in which he will apply the knowledge gained in this course.

 

Estimated Content:

 

                        Engineering Science:     80% (2.4 credit hours)

                        Engineering Design:       20% (0.6 credit hours)

 


 

SCHEDULE OF LECTURES

 

 

 

                                   Topic

Week

1.

Pavement Management System (PMS) - Overall Concepts

and various subsystems

One

2.

Pavement surface distress manifestations - Distress

identification, causal factors and repair techniques

Two and Three

3.

Distress measurements in field, sampling technique

Four

4.

Determination of pavement condition index (PCI)

Five

5.

Safety subsystem - skid resistance, equipments used

Six

6.

Structural capacity subsystem - structural analysis

and pavement (failure theories structural)

Seven

7.

Axle load measurements and their damaging effects

Eight

8.

Predictive structural performance models, computer

based models

Nine

9.

Non-destructive testing for structural evaluation

Ten

10.

Overlay design approach for local conditions

Eleven

11.

Surface roughness - riding quality, present serviceability

index (PSI), panel rating, roughness measurement

Twelve

12.

Development of pavement management system - project

level management, network level management

Thirteen &

Fourteen

 

 

Evaluation:-

 

            (i)      Weekly review of recent topic in the

                     week subject                                                       5%

            (ii)     Homework assignments                                 15%

            (iii)    Field work assignment                                    15%

            (iv)    Term paper & presentation                             15%

            (v)     Midterm Exam                                                  25%

            (vi)    FINAL Exam                                                     25%

 

            Dates will be announced in the class.

 


 

CE  575

Performance & Rehabilitation of Pavements

 

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