SF4014 Pavement Engineering Syllabus:

SF4014 Pavement Engineering Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021

OBJECTIVES:

 Student gains knowledge on designing rigid and flexible pavements for different serviceability conditions of roads.

UNIT I BASIC CONCEPTS

Historical development of pavements – types, classification, components and principle of load transfer – Approaches to pavement design – vehicle and traffic considerations – behaviour of road materials under repeated loading–Stresses and deflections in layered systems.

UNIT II FLEXIBLE PAVEMENT

Factors affecting flexible pavements – material characterization for analytical pavement design – AASHO, CBR, group index methods – Importance of Resilient modulus – Fatigue subsystem – failure criteria for bituminous pavements – IRC design guidelines.

UNIT III RIGID PAVEMENT

Factors affecting rigid pavements – Design procedures for rigid pavement – Slab thickness, dowel bar, tie bar, spacing of joints – IRC guidelines – Airfield pavements – Comparison of highway and airfield pavements.

UNIT IV PAVEMENT EVALUATION AND REHABILITATION

Pavement evaluation – surface and structural – causes and types of failures in flexible and rigid pavements – Presents serviceability index of roads – Overlay design – pavements maintenance, management and construction – Drainage and its importance in pavements.

UNIT V STABILIZATION OF SOILS FOR ROAD CONSTRUCTIONS

Need for a stabilized soil – Design criteria – Mechanisms – factors influencing choice of stabilizers – Testing and field control – Applications of Geosynthetics in road construction – Case studies.

OUTCOME:

On completion of the course, the student is expected to be able to
CO1 Explain different types of pavements, wheel load, serviceability and design strategies of pavement.
CO2 Design flexible pavements based on different guidelines.
CO3 Design rigid pavements based on different guidelines.
CO4 Explain the various types of failure in different components of pavement and
CO5 assess the pavement conditions and rehabilitation. Select suitable stabilizers based on mechanism and requirements for construction with quality control in the field.

REFERENCES:

1. Wright, P.H., Highway Engineers, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 1996.
2. Khanna S.K and Justo C.E.G, Highway Engineering, Eighth Edition, New Chand and Brothers, Roorkee, 2001.
3. Yoder R.J and Witchak M.W., Principles of Pavement Design, John Wiley, 2000.
4. Croney, D., Design and Performance of Road Pavements, HMO Stationary Office, 1979.
5. Design and Specification of Rural Roads (Manual), Ministry of rural roads, Government of India, New Delhi, 2001.
6. Guidelines for the Design of Flexible Pavements, IRC:37 – 2001, The Indian roads Congress, New Delhi.
7. Guideline for the Design of Rigid Pavements for Highways, IRC:58-1998, The Indian Roads Congress, New Delhi.
8. O’ Flaherty, C.A., Highways – The location, Design, Construction & Maintenance of Pavements, Fourth Edition, Elsevier, 2006.
9. Bell. P.S., Developments in Highway Engineering, Applied Sciences publishers, 1978.