Pavement Design
Online course. Continuous enrollment; course starts March 2009.
This new online course will focus on the pavement design methods for both flexible and rigid pavements covered in the AASHTO 93 Pavement Design Method. Working at your own pace, you will identify the major pavement types; use data to perform calculations to develop estimates of load and materials inputs; describe the elements of pavement response to loads and temperatures; use the AASHTO 93 pavement design procedures for flexible and rigid pavement; understand how to perform life cycle cost analyses and review the ways that construction variables can affect pavement performance. Online assessments at the end of each module will help you measure what you have learned. This course has been designed for civil engineers, technicians and consultants who work in state, county, or city transportation settings.
To learn how to bring this course to your organization, please contact us at 206-685-8936.
Learning Objectives
- Understand the major pavement types.
- Obtain data and do calculations necessary to develop estimates of load and materials inputs into pavement structural design.
- Describe the basic elements of pavement responses to loads and temperatures.
- Understand and use the AASHTO 93 pavement design procedures.
- Perform life cycle cost analyses.
- Understand how construction variables can affect pavement performance.
- Obtain data and do calculations necessary to develop estimates of load and materials inputs into pavement structural design.
Course Topics
- Introduction to Pavements
- Design Inputs
- Loads
- Materials
- Environmental
- Materials
- Pavement Responses
- AASHTO 1993 Flexible Pavement Design
- AASHTO 1993 Rigid Pavement Design
- Life Cycle Costs
- Pavement Construction
- Design Inputs
Who Should Attend
Roadway design engineers, engineering reviewers, supervisors, and construction engineering personnel from local, state and federal agencies will benefit from this course. Private sector participants will also benefit from the information in this course.
Continuing Education Units and Professional Development Hours
Course participants will earn .5 CEUs/5 PDHs upon successful completion of this course. The CEU is a nationally recognized measure of participation in a noncredit continuing education program that meets established criteria for increasing knowledge and competency.