COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CONCRETE PAVEMENT DESIGN

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CIE 5095 CONCRETE PAVEMENT DESIGN ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ALI TOPAL

Offered to

TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING
TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING
TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to give a description of most commonly used materials, methods of testing and their use in concrete pavements, pavement design, pavement construction, maintenance and repair. Besides, concrete pavement applications in our country compared to the international rigid pavement construction techniques and standards will be given.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To give information related to rigid pavement in terms of methodology and materials.
2   To negotiate the materials used in rigid and flexible pavements
3   To select suitable materials and equipment for the construction of concrete pavement
4   To give information about design concepts in terms of rigid pavement.
5   To review the literature regarding the use of materials and practices of the road
6   With the developing technology to assess improvements to the design of concrete pavements
7   To decide on the method of solution to the problems encountered in the construction of concrete pavements

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction The history of concrete roads and applications of concrete road in our country Flexible and rigid pavements Constitution and cross-section of flexible and rigid pavements Flexible and rigid pav. differences advantages and disadvantages. The term reports and presentation assignment
2 Surface properties concrete roads, Roughness Surface texture Adherence
3 Concrete mixture components Properties of concrete for pavements Proportioning of concrete for pavements
4 Concrete mixture components Cement Mineral Aggregates. Definitions relating to aggregates. Sources and classification of aggregates. Properties of aggregates.
5 Rigid pavement design Setting slab thickness for concrete pavements Overlay design procedures for rigid pavements Stresses in concrete pavements Belgian rigid pavement design method AASHTO rigid pavement design method New trends in mix design methods.
6 Constituents of rigid pavement sections Undercourses (Subgrade, subbase and base course) Stabilization techniques
7 Concrete slab Crack control for concrete pavements Joints Joint fillers
8 New trends in construction techniques of concrete pavements. Sliding form usage Ready mixed concrete Betonpact Roller compacted concrete Fiber reinforced concrete slabs Concrete pavements without joints
9 Ready mix concrete Dry concrete mixtures (Betonpact) applications
10 Concrete pavements Prestressed concrete pavements Reinforced concrete pavements Permeable concrete pavement Parquet stone pavements
11 Concrete pavement types Compaction of subgrade Materials used in subbase and base courses. Placement of molds Concrete mixing and spreading Replacement of reinforcement Construction of the expansion joints
12 Concrete pavement construction Concrete spreading Placing and settling of concrete Application types of surfacing Curing of concrete pavement Quality control and payment for concrete pavements Control of geometrical dimensions of slab Cold and hot weathered concrete
13 Vehicles and facilities used in concrete pavement construction Durability characteristics Deterioration of concrete roads, maintenance and repair Problems and solution methods in practice.
14 Submission and the presentation of the term reports

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):

Agar, E. Sutas, I. Oztas G. (1998) ,Concrete Roads-Rigid Pavements, ITU Civil Engineering Faculty Pres (in Turkish).

Supplementary Book(s):

Delatte, N. 2008, Concrete Pavement Design, Construction and Performance: Taylor&Francis.

Griffiths, G. 2006, Concrete Pavement Design Guidance Notes: Taylor&Francis.

Oglesby, C.H. 1982, Highway Engineering: 4th Edition, John Wiley&Sons.

Mehta, P.K. Monteiro, P.J.M. (1999) ,Concrete: Microstructure Properties and Materials, Chennai, Indian Concrete Institute.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course is taught in a lecture, class presentation and discussion format. All class members are expected to attend both the lecture and midterm project seminar hours and take part in the discussion section.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE 1 MIDTERM EXAM 1
2 MTE 2 MIDTERM EXAM 2
3 ASG ASSIGNMENT
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE 1 * 0.20 + MTE 2 * 0.20 + ASG * 0.10 + FIN * 0.50
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE 1 * 0.20 + MTE 2 * 0.20 + ASG * 0.10 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO 1-2-3-4-5: Consideration with mid-term exams and final exam
LO 6-7: Consideration with homework assignments

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance will be considered in the final evaluation.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc.Prof.Dr. Ali TOPAL, ali.topal@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

The course schedule will be announced by the faculty member is created.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Tutorials 0 0 0
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 5 60
Preparation for midterm exam 2 15 30
Preparation for final exam 1 18 18
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 15 15
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 2 2 4
Quiz etc. 0 0 0
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 181

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.121
LO.221
LO.33
LO.42
LO.5325
LO.6324
LO.744

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