Course Title: Design pavements
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term2 2012
Course Code: CIVE5694
Course Title: Design pavements
School: 130T Vocational Engineering
Campus: City Campus
Program: C6093 - Advanced Diploma of Engineering Design
Course Contact: Program Manager
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4468
Course Contact Email: engineering-tafe@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Course co-ordinator: Anirban Khastagir
Email: anirban.khastagir@rmit.edu.au
Phone: 99254087
Room No: 57.5.34
Nominal Hours: 20
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Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
EAC120B Test and evaluate soils
EDX010B Communicate and apply standard industry procedures and policies in an engineering design office
Course Description
This unit of competency deals with the skills and knowledge required to determine and select the most economical pavement thickness and composition to provide a satisfactory level of service for conventional road traffic, in accordance with the Austroads Pavement Design Guide methodology and the application of local research and investigations.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
EAC070B Design pavements |
Element: |
1. Apply understanding of the various types of flexible and rigid pavements. |
Performance Criteria: |
1.1 Classification and characteristics of different flexible and rigid pavements. |
Element: |
10. Review pavement design software |
Performance Criteria: |
10.1 Knowledge of diifferent software packages to analyze flexible and rigid pavement. |
Element: |
2. Apply knowledge of pavement materials and their characteristics. |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1 Application of pavement materails. |
Element: |
3. Estimate the design California Bearing Ratio (CBR) |
Performance Criteria: |
3.1 Introdcution of CBR test. |
Element: |
4. Compute the design traffic value for a pavement |
Performance Criteria: |
4.1. Traffic data analysis |
Element: |
5. Determine the total thickness of a new flexible pavement |
Performance Criteria: |
5.1 Design of flexible pavement (step by step procedure). |
Element: |
6. Determine the total thickness of a rigid pavement |
Performance Criteria: |
6.1 Design of rigid pavement (step by step method) |
Element: |
7. Determine the appropriate thickness of an asphalt or granular layer to improve the service performance of an existing pavement. |
Performance Criteria: |
7.1 Performance analysis of flexible and rigid pavement. |
Element: |
8. Perform an economic comparison of alternative pavement types |
Performance Criteria: |
8.1 Cost-effectiveness analysis of pavements. |
Element: |
9. Determine pavement performance and condition. |
Performance Criteria: |
9.1 Review and analyze the efficacy of flexible and rigid pavement |
Learning Outcomes
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Details of Learning Activities
Teacher-led lessons will include:
Overview of flexible and rigid pavements
Overview of Pavement materials and their characteristics
Overview of California Bearing Ratio (CBR)
Overview of design traffic
Overview of flexible and rigid pavement design
Student learning activities will include individual and team problem solving activities which address the designated areas of underpinning knowledge for each element. Hence, students will:
Demonstrate their ability to identify different types of pavements
Solve problems on CBR
Solve problems on rigid pavement
Solve problems on flexible pavement
Solve problems on economic comparison
Teaching Schedule
Weekly Schedule:
| Week | Topics |
| 1 | Various types of flexible and rigid pavements |
| 2 | Pavement materials and their characteristics |
| 3 | California Bearing Ratio (CBR) |
| 4 | Design traffic |
| 5 | Flexible pavement design |
| 6 | Rigid pavement design |
| 7 | Pavement performance, condition and software packages |
| 8 | Final exam |
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
Austroad Manual: 1. Pavement design and 2. Online notes |
References
Other Resources
Overview of Assessment
Assessment are conducted in both theoretical and practical aspects of the course according to the performance criteria set out in the National Training Package. Students are required to undertake summative assessments that bring together knowledge and skills. To successfully complete this course you will be required to demonstrate competency in each assessment tasks detailed under the Assessment Task Section.
Your assessment for this course will be marked using the following table:
NYC (<50%) Not Yet Competent
CAG (50-59%) Competent - Pass
CC (60-69%) Competent - Credit
CDI (70-79%) Competent - Distinction
CHD (80-100%) Competent - High Distinction
Assessment Tasks
Assessment Tasks
The assessment tasks are as follows:
1. Quiz: covering Elements 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 and 9
2. Assignment 1: Covering element 1
3.Assignment 2: Elements 4,5,6,7,8 ,9 and 10
4. Closed book Exam: ,covering Elements 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 and 9
Assessment Matrix
| Assessments | Due date | Proportion on total marks |
| Quiz | Week 2,4,5 and 7 | 20% (5% each) |
| Assignment 1 | Week 3 | 10% |
| Assignment 2 | Week 8 | 20% |
| Closed Book Exam | Week 8 | 50% |
Other Information
Study and Learning Support:
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Services offered by SLC to support numeracy and literacy skills are:
* Assignment writing, thesis writing and study skills advice
* Maths and science developmental support and advice
* English language development
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