Syllabus

Module I – Introduction (6 hours)
Definition - Components of Pavement Management Systems, Pavement Management Levels and functions: Network and Project levels of PMS Influence Levels- PMS Functions- Function of Pavement evaluation - Requirements of PMS Pavement Management Data Needs: Classes of Data Required - Importance of Construction and Maintenance History Data - Importance of Pavement Evaluation Inventory Data: Purpose of Inventory Data - Types of Inventory Data - Selection and Referencing of Pavement Management Sections- Collecting and Processing Section and Network Data - Traffic and Truck Load Data.
Module II – Pavement Performance (8 hours)
Serviceability-Performance Concept - Pavement Roughness - Equipment for Evaluating Roughness - IRI - Relating Roughness to Serviceability - Structural Condition – Non-destructive Measurement and Analysis - Deflection Measurements - Ground Penetrating Radar - Destructive Structural Evaluation - Structural Capacity Index Concepts - Network versus Project Level Applications of Structural Capacity Evaluation Pavement Surface Distress Condition Surveys: Purpose - Manual Methods of Survey - Automated Survey Methods - Types of Distress
Module III – Evaluation of Pavement Safety (8 hours)
Major Safety Components - Skid Resistance Evaluation - Basic Concepts of Skid Resistance and the importance of Pavement Texture - Methods of Measuring and Reporting Skid Resistance - Change of Skid Resistance with Time, Traffic and Climate Combined Measures of Pavement Quality Database Management Pavement Deterioration Models.
Module IV – Rehabilitation and Maintenance Alternatives: (8 hours)
Identification of Alternatives - Pavement Preservation - Decision Process and Expert Systems Approach to identifying Feasible Alternative - Deterioration Modelling Priority Programming Framework for Pavement Design
Module V – Implementation of Pavement Management Systems (6 hours)
Key Components of Implementation - Role of Construction - Role of Maintenance - Research Management HDM-4: Functions - Structure - Program Analysis - Project Analysis Costs and Benefits of Pavement Management: Introduction - Quantifiable Benefits - Benefit/Cost of Developing and Using PMS – Examples

Briefly review mechanisms responsible for primary pavement distresses, present models for distresses based on critical pavement stresses, strains and deflections under traffic and climate, relate distresses to serviceability of the facility

Review maintenance and rehabilitation strategies, appropriate applications, and methods of determining optimal practice

Present frameworks for mechanistic-empirical and empirical design methods for rehabilitation, through review of several example methods

For all of the subject areas described above, identify gaps in the knowledge and gaps in application of the knowledge.

CO1 Illustrate components Inventory of Pavement Management Systems
CO2 Describe the process of Pavement Performance like Roughness and Structural evaluation
CO3 Illustrate the Evaluation of Pavement Safety and Quality.
CO4 Explain the concepts of design alternatives, Rehabilitation and Maintenance.
CO5 Describe about Implementation of Pavement Management Systems.

Haas, R., Hudson, W. R., and Zaniewski, J.P.,, Modern Pavement Management,, Krieger Publishing , Latest Edition

Shahin, M. Y.,, Pavement Management for Airports, Roads and Parking Lots,, Chapman and Hall, , New York, 1994.

Huang, Y. H.,, Pavement Analysis and Design,, Prentice-Hall, Inc. Englewood Cliffs, , New Jersey, 2004.

Hudson, W. R., Haas, R., and Uddin, W.,, Infrastructure Management: Integrating Design, Construction., McGraw-Hill Education , September 1997

Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C.

World Conferences on Transportation Research