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Stresses, strains and deflections in flexible and rigid pavements; pavement materials characterization; mechanistic and mechanistic-empirical design methods; pavement performance and evaluation.
This course covers two important aspects of pavement design and materials. The first part is mainly concerned with pavement materials characterisation and mix design, with emphasis on Superpave technology for bitumen characterisation, hot mix design and Recycling.The second part covers in detail Mechanistic-Empirical (M-E) design for both flexible and rigid pavements. The Austroads M.E. pavement design for is fully covered. Deflection analysis utilising FWD and deflectograph, deflection bowl parameters and backcalculations are thoroughly covered. Circly software and backcalculation software are fully covered.Indicative Course ContentThe course will comprise teaching material covering the following topics:1. Bitumen Properties, Testing and Characterisation using conventional methods2. Superpave Characterisation methods (Dynamic Shear Rheometer, Bending Beam Rheometer, Direct Tension Tester)3. Sperpave Aggregate Characterization4. SuperPave Mix Design5. APRG18 Mix Design6. Pavement Recycling7. Material Characterisations for fine grained, coarse grained unbound materials and asphalt concrete mixes Bending Beam, Dynamic/Resilient Modulus Tests, CBR Tests8. Stresses, Strains, and Deflection analysis of Multilayer system using Circly9. Traffic Loading and Volume analysis10. Austroads Mechanistic–Empirical Pavement Design Procedure11. Structural Responses in Rigid Pavements12. Rigid Pavement Design Procedure (Austroads)13. Deflection Analysis and backcalculations14. Overlay Design
At the end of the course, students should:- Be able to carry out advanced material characterisation using both conventional and Superpave specifications.- Be able to carry out Mechanistic-Empirical pavement design for both new flexible and rigid pavements.- Be able to undertake overlay design of existing flexible and rigid pavements.- Demonstrate their research and presentation skills through their research work.
Subject to approval of the Programme Director.
The course is delivered over two blocks, each block is two days of teaching from 9:00 to 5:00 pm with some frequent breaks for lunch and tea. Each block would comprise lectures, tutorial, sudent presentations for reach topics, and demonstrations within the pavement laboratory.The teaching block would be held at the University of Canterbury. Students would need to make their own travel/accommodation arrangements.Course will run as block mode on the following dates:6-7 March & 8-9 May 2017
Mofreh Saleh
Target Audience:This course is available to full-time and part-time students enrolled in Canterbury’s postgraduate transport programme (i.e. MET, MEngSt, PGCertEng; or CoP see the website www.met.canterbury.ac.nz for more information).Other undergraduate or postgraduate students at Canterbury (e.g. in engineering, geology, etc) may also apply to enrol and will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Such students should make contact in advance with the course coordinator.The course will also benefit industry professionals and practitioners involved in pavement design but with little theoretical experience. The course can be undertaken for a one-off Certificate of Proficiency (COP) or as part of a larger qualification such as MET.Some previous training in basic pavement engineering/design or rehabilitation is desirable, e.g. the undergraduate course ENCI415 (background reading references can be provided if necessary).
Domestic fee $1,038.00
International Postgraduate fees
* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.
For further information see Civil and Natural Resources Engineering .