King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals

CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

 

King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals

 CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

 

  CE  671

  Advanced Pavement Materials

     

 

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

Office Hours  :

Class Hours   : 

 

Objective

 

This course is designed for graduate students with background in Highway materials, asphaltic materials and pavement mechanics.  The students shall be introduced to pavement material characterization methodology; simulation of in-service conditions; conduct of experimental program for fatigue cracking modeling and plastic deformation modeling under repetitive loading; development of constitutive laws; accelerated climatic conditions; durability testing.

 

 

Text   

 

There is no single text, however several books and handouts will be used throughout the course. 

 

 

References

 

   1.      The Asphalt Handbook, The Asphalt Institute (MS-4).

 

   2.      ASTM Standards Part-15, Road Paving, Bituminous Materials, and Skid Resistance.

 

   3.      Mix Design Methods for Asphalt Concrete and other Hot Mix Types (MS-2).

           

   4.      Proceedings: Fifth International Conference on the Structural Design of Asphalt Pavements, University of Michigan, 1982.

 

   5.      Materials for Civil & Highway Engineers, by Kenneth N. Derucher and Conrad P. Heins, Prentice Hall Inc., 1981.

 

   6.      Highway Materials, by Robert D. Krebs and Richard D. Walker, McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1971.

 

   7.      Highway Materials, Soils, and Concretes, by Harold N. Atkins, Reston Publishing Company Inc., 1983.

   8.      Developments in Highway Pavement Engineering, Vol. 1, edited by Peter S. Pell, Applied Science Publishers Ltd., 1978.

 

   9.      Proceedings: Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists (AAPT).

 

 10.      Transportation Research Board (TRB) Publications.

 

11.      Australian Road Research Board (ARRB) Journal.

 

 12.      ASCE, Material Journal.

 

 

Course Format

 

Grade will be awarded based on lecture attendance and participation, homeworks, paper abstracts (bi-weekly) of related subjects, and term project report.  Each student is expected to put extra effort to utilize term project to widen his knowledge and experience which should in turn be reflected in the term project report.  Full utilization of library resources is also expected to ease and facilitate smooth running of laboratory work.

 

 

 

 


 


 

SCHEDULE OF LECTURES

 

 

 

                                   Topic

 

1.

Advancements in Asphalt binder materials and testing:-

 

·        Types

·        Uses

·        Rheology

·        Chemistry

·        Laboratory testing

·        Performance

 

2.

Advancement Aggregate materials and testing:-

 

·        Properties

·        Test

·        Aggregate in bituminous mixes

·        Performance related properties.

  

3.

 Advancement Asphalt mixes materials and testing:-

 

·        Additives

·        Durability

·        Fatigue & Fracture

·        Creep

·        Rutting

·        Performance prediction (Modeling)

 

  
 

 

 

Evaluation:-

 

          

  1.             Term Project + Report                   :       30%

  2.             Homeworks + Abstracts (8)           :     20%

  3.             Mid-term Exam                              :       20%

  4.             Final Exam                                     :       30%

 

            Dates will be announced in the class.

 


 

CE  671

Advanced Pavement Materials

 

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