Types of Pavements, Pavement Composition, Philosophy of design of flexible, composite and rigid pavements, analysis of pavements using different analytical methods, selection of pavement design input parameters, traffic loading and volume, material characterization, drainage, failure criteria, reliability, design of flexible, composite and rigid pavements using different methods ( IRC, AASHTO, Austroads etc), comparison of different pavement design approaches, design of overlays.
Reference Books:
- Y. H. Huang, Pavement Analysis and Design, Pearson Education.
- E.J. Yoder and M. W. Witczak, Principles of Pavement Design, McGrawPub.
- Rajib B. Mallick, Tahar El-Korchi, Pavement Engineering: Principles and Practice, Second Edition, CRC Press
- Animesh Das, Analysis of Pavement Structures, CRC Press
- Nick Thom, Principles of Pavement Engineering, ICE Publishing
*The examination for this course may be considered for open book examination system. |