By the end you'll be able to
- ✓Determine traffic loading (ESAL) and design inputs correctly
- ✓Compute structural number (SN) and layer thicknesses with AASHTO-93
- ✓Reflect subgrade support (CBR/MR) and material values in design
- ✓Apply the KGM flexible pavement design guidelines
- ✓Understand the logic and benefits of mechanistic-empirical (M-E) design
- ✓Evaluate designs on a life-cycle cost basis
Program
- 1
Pavement types and design fundamentals
- 2
Traffic analysis and ESAL calculation
- 3
Subgrade and material properties (CBR, MR, bearing capacity)
- 4
AASHTO-93 method: structural number and layer design
- 5
Agency guidelines and specification application
- 6
Intro to mechanistic-empirical design + case study