EAK337: Pavement Engineering
Course Objective: To introduce the fundamental of highway engineering that covers route location, drainage, choice of materials, mix design, pavement design, construction and highway maintenance.
Course Synopsis:
- Materials for flexible pavement bound layers: aggregate, binder, and filler.
- Asphalt mixture: type, design and production via continuous and batch methods.
- Pavement design: flexible, regid and comparison.
-Pavement construction: flexible and rigid pavements.
-Pavement Maintenance: Programs and methods
Type of assessment: Assignment, test, final exams
Learning Outcomes:
CO1-Able to apply pavement engineering knowledge to solve problems related to choice of pavement materials, design and construction
CO2- Able to analyze problems related to pavement engineering
EAL337: Teaching Plan
Example: Assignment 1 - EAL337
Reference List - EAL337
EAL431: Highway Design
Course Objective: To understand highway geometric design method that covers alignment, cross-section, at-grade and grade-separated intersections taking into consideration road safety aspects.
Course Synopsis:
- Introduction: Basic Elements
- Horizontal Elements: Curve types, superelevation
- Vertical Alignment: Summit and Valley Curves
- Cross Section: camber, lane types, and road shoulder.
- At-grade Intersection: types, requirements, sight distance
-Grade separated Intersection: Justification, types, the distance between interchange
- Geometric Design and Road Safety; five stages and elements of road safety audit
Type of assessment: Assignment, group project, test, final exam
Learning Outcomes:
CO1- Able to apply the appropriate design concepts, principles in highway geometric design and road safety audit
CO2- Able to design elements in highway geometry that covers horizontal, vertical alignments, cross-section and junctions according to standards