Course Detail
Units:
3.0
Course Components:
Lecture
Enrollment Information
Enrollment Requirement:
Prerequisites: CVEEN 3510 AND CVEEN 3520 AND Graduate Standing.
Description
Meets with CVEEN 5570. Presents the concepts of mechanistic pavement design for flexible and rigid pavements. It introduces the students to the analysis of stresses and deflections in multi-layered pavement systems. Evaluates existing pavement design methods including Mechanistic Empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG) and reviews factors that affect pavement performance.