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Unit Code: 601

Road Pavement Design

  • Unit Duration:

    One semester

  • Credit Points:
    1

This unit provides advanced knowledge for professional work with the design of road pavements and as a pathway to further learning. It will impart cognitive skills to think critically about materials employed and the methods used to design pavement structures. The unit will also provide specialised technical and creative skills relevant to current and future professional practice. It will further develop the basic skills and knowledge imparted in the core unit Fundamentals of Roads and Pavements.

Unit Topics

  • Topic 1

    Historical Development of Pavement Design Systems

  • Topic 2

    Pavement Type Selection, Construction & Maintenance Considerations

  • Topic 3

    Environment

  • Topic 4

    Subgrade

  • Topic 5

    Pavement Materials – Overview and Unbound Granular Material

  • Topic 6

    Pavement Materials - Cemented Materials

  • Topic 7

    Pavement Materials - Asphalt

  • Topic 8

    Pavement Materials - Concrete

  • Topic 9

    Design Traffic

  • Topic 10

    Flexible Pavement Design

  • Topic 11

    Rigid Pavement Design

  • Topic 12

    Economic Comparison, Implementation and Monitoring of Designs

Prerequisites and Corequisites

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

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