Course Details
Subject {L-T-P / C} : CE6303 : Highway and Airport Pavement Materials { 3-0-0 / 3}
Subject Nature : Theory
Coordinator : Prof. Mahabir Panda
Syllabus
Soil in subgrade, subbase and unstabilised base: Basic and advanced engineering properties
Soil stabilization: different methods
Conventional aggregates used in paving and their evaluation
Bituminous binders: Properties, testing and applications Superpave concept
Bituminous mixes: Design, testing and evaluation Superpave method
Material Characterisation of bituminous binders and bituminous mixes
Materials for cement concrete and semi-rigid pavements
Design of mixes for stabilized roads
Non-conventional and new pavement materials- their application and limitations:
Course Objectives
- To impart practical and latest knowledge on different paving materials along with their characterization
- To design different types of paving mixes
Course Outcomes
CO1: Knowledge of various Pavement Materials <br />CO2: Learning of Conventional and Advanced Charactrisation of Pavement Materials <br />CO3: Finding practical solution to Mix design of Pavement Materials
Essential Reading
- Papagiannakis, A. T., and Masad, E. A., Pavement Design and Materials, John Wiley and Sons , New Jersey, USA
- Erol, T., Al-Qadi, I. L., Jorge, P. X., and Huang, S. B., Paving Materials and Pavement Analysis, ASCE , USA
Supplementary Reading
- Atkins & Harold, Highway Materials, Soils, and Concretes, Prentice Hall – Pearson , USA
- P.G. Lavin, Asphalt Pavements, Taylor and Francis , UK