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Unit Code: 606

Heavy Duty Pavements

  • Unit Duration:

    One semester

  • Credit Points:
    1

This Unit provides students with information on the design and construction of heavy duty pavements for applications such as heavy duty roads, major airports, industrial areas, intermodal facilities and port terminals. Such pavements are similar to those for roads and highways but are required to service vehicles with much higher wheel loads and tyre pressures. They also incur high dynamic and static loads and have different performance requirements. The Unit initially considers pavement types, nomenclature and definitions before introducing heavy duty pavement design concepts. Topics include; the design of flexible and rigid pavements for airports, port and industrial pavement design and heavy duty pavement construction. The Unit culminates with a review of contemporary and emerging Issues in broad area of heavy duty pavements.

Unit Topics

  • Topic 1

    Introduction to Heavy Duty Pavements

  • Topic 2

    Heavy Duty Pavement Design Concepts

  • Topic 3

    Heavy Duty Road Pavement Design

  • Topic 4

    Airport Pavement Design - Flexible

  • Topic 5

    Airport Pavement Design - Rigid

  • Topic 6

    Port & Industrial Pavement Design

  • Topic 7

    Heavy Duty Pavement Construction

  • Topic 8

    Contemporary & Emerging Issues

Prerequisites and Corequisites

  • Pavement Technology
    Master and Graduate Certificate
    Prerequisites: 600: Fundamentals of Roads and Pavements
    613: Fundamentals of Road Construction
    601: Road Pavement Design
    Corequisites: Nil

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