CPE 650/600: Introduction to Pavements 

Specific topics include response of pavements and pavement materials to applied loads; pavement management, assurance and assessment; flexible pavements with granular materials; spraysealing pavements incorporating cement treated layers; design of full depth and modified full depth asphalt; pavement overlays; asphalt mixes; maintenance procedures; pavement condition surveys; principles of mechanistic overlay design and recycling pavements. 

 Introduction to Pavements consists of eleven topics:

• Topic 1 Basics of road pavements
• Topic 2 Unbound material characteristics
• Topic 3 Wearing surfaces – sprayed seals
• Topic 4 Wearing surfaces – asphalt
• Topic 5 Designing pavements with granular materials
• Topic 6 Design of pavements incorporating cement treated layers
• Topic 7 Design of full depth and modified full depth asphalt
• Topic 8 Pavement condition surveys for rideability and structural condition
• Topic 9 Design system for pavement overlays
• Topic 10 Pavement Quality: management, assurance and assessment
• Topic 11 Maintenance procedures