King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals

CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

 

CE 574

Structural Design of Pavements

 

 

Prof. Hamad I. Al-Abdul Wahhab

Bldg. 16-Room 111: Phone 3828

 

 

OBJECTIVE

           

            This course is mainly designed for graduate students with some background in highway engineering, computer programming, and the fundamentals of elasticity.  Students will be introduced to the basic and advanced aspects of pavement structure design for flexible asphaltic pavements and rigid pavements for highways and airports.

 

 

TEXTBOOK:    Principle of Pavement Design by E. Yoder and M. Witczack, McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1975.

 

 

REFERENCES

 

            1.      Thickness Design, The Asphalt Institute (MS-I), 1981.

 

            2.      AASHTO Interim Guide for Design of Pavement Structures, 1972.

 

            3.      Structural Design of Asphalt Concrete Pavement System, HRB Special Report No. 126, 1971.

 

            4.      Layered Pavement Systems, TRR No. 810, TRB, 1981.

 

            5.      Highway Design and Construction, R.J. Salter.

 

            6.      Saudi Arabian General Specifications.

 

            7.      Shell Design Manual.

 

            8.      Soils Manual, The Asphalt Institute (MS-10).

 

            9.      Full-Depth Asphalt Pavements for Air Carrier Airports, The Asphalt Institute (MS-11).

 

 

 

COURSE FORMAT

 

1.  Lectures:

 

Students are required to attend unless a permissible excuse is granted.  However, students are responsible to information taught in class and in reading assignments as well.

 

 

2.  Homeworks:

 

Homeworks are assigned during the semester at an interval of one week.  Each homework will cover one integrated part of the course.  Grading of homework should measure student’s understanding to the subject, organization and preparation of the homework report, and ability to discuss and deduce conclusions.

 

 

3.  Exams:

 

In general, one (one-hour) exams will be given in addition to the Final.  The final will carry 35% of the total grade while mid term exam will carry 25%.

 

4. Term Paper:    

           Student are required to submit one term paper written to an acceptable engineering journal style in a topic of their choice that will serve their major specialty and and pavement structures and show their achievement in the course. The paper will carry 20 % of the final grade.

 

5.  Grading:

 

               A.    Attendance and participation in class………………….…  .    5%

            B.    Homework, Weekly papers abstracts………………….….......  15%

            C.    Midterm Exam………………………………………………     ..   25%

            D.   Term paper.........................................................................   20%

            E.   Final Exam…………………………………………………      ….   35%

 

 

CE  574

Structural Design of Pavements

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