CIVE.5460 Pavement Design (Formerly 14.546)
Id: 003037
Credits: 3-3
Description
Fundamentals of planning, design, construction and management of roadway and airport pavements. Introduction to the theory and the analytical techniques used in pavement engineering. Principal topics covered: pavement performance, analysis of traffic, pavement materials; evaluation of subgrade; flexible and rigid pavement structural analysis; reliabilitydesign; drainage evaluation; design of overlays; and pavement distresses.
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