Pavements

Code:

EC0137

Acronym:

PAVI

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Transport Infrastructures

Instance: 2011/2012 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Transport Infrastructures Division
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Civil Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIEC	23	Syllabus since 2006/2007	5	-	5	52,5	133

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

JUSTIFICATION:
The road surface provides the surface that allows the movement of vehicles with comfort, safety and economy. His study will be essential to ensure that these characteristics are maintained during the time for which the road is projected. In order to achieve this, it is discussed in this course unit binders and mixtures used and the determination and evaluation of requests for design road pavements.

OBJECTIVES:
- Knowledge: Know the materials used in the field road and applicable law. Knowing how to design road pavements.
- Understanding: Interpreting, manipulate the elements needed in the field of road pavements.
- Application: Design road pavements.
- Summary: Propose new technical and economic solutions.

SKILLS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES:
- Have knowledge and understanding to a level that will form the basis for and development and / or original applications, in many cases in the context of research;
- Know how to apply their knowledge and comprehension as well as problem solving in new situations and unfamiliar, in broad contexts and multidisciplinary;
- Ability to integrate knowledge, handle complex issues, develop solutions and make judgments in situations of limited or incomplete information, including reflections on implications and ethical and social responsibilities that result or condition of these solutions and these judgments;
- Be able to communicate their conclusions and the knowledge and reasoning behind them, whether experts or to non-specialists, in a clear and unambiguous;
- Allow a life-long learning in an essentially self-directed or autonomous.

Program

Bitumen, modified bitumen. Bituminous emulsions: emulsifiers (Manufacture and formulation).
Bituminous mixtures: Types, practical applications and trials.
Mechanical properties of bituminous mixtures.
Design of flexible and rigid pavements.

Scientific Content - 50%
Technological Content - 50%

DEMONSTRATION OF THE SYLLABUS COHERENCE WITH THE CURRICULAR UNIT'S OBJECTIVES:

The road surface provides the surface that allows the movement of vehicles with comfort, safety and economy. His study will be essential to ensure that these characteristics are maintained during the time for which the road is projected. In order to achieve this, it is discussed in this curricular unit binders and mixtures used and the determination and evaluation of requests for design road pavements.

Mandatory literature

Shell Bitumen; The Shell bitumen handbook. ISBN: 0-9516625-0-3
Georges Jeuffroy; Conception et construction des chaussées
E. J. Yoder; Principles of pavement design
Canadian Portland Cement Association; Thickness design for concrete highway and street pavements

Teaching methods and learning activities

The explanation of the themes of the course is always followed by problem solving and examples.

DEMONSTRATION OF THE COHERENCE BETWEEN THE TEACHING METHODOLOGIES AND THE LEARNING OUTCOMES:

Ability to integrate knowledge, handle complex issues, develop solutions and make judgments in situations of limited or incomplete information, including reflections on implications and ethical and social responsibilities that result or condition of these solutions and these judgments. Be able to communicate their conclusions and the knowledge and reasoning behind them, whether experts or to non-specialists, in a clear and unambiguous. Allow a life-long learning in an essentially self-directed or autonomous.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Eligibility for exams

According to General Evaluation Rules of FEUP

Calculation formula of final grade

FM = 0,5*T + 0,4*CP+0,1*CTP
FM= Final Mark
T= mark of the theoretical part of the exam
P= mark of the practical part of the exam
CTP=mark of pratical work.

Examinations or Special Assignments

According to General Evaluation Rules of FEUP

SPECIAL RULES FOR MOBILITY STUDENTS:
Proficiency in Portuguese and/or English;
Previous attendance of introductory graduate courses in the scientific field addressed in this module;
Evaluation by exam and/or coursework(s) defined in accordance with student profile.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

SPECIAL RULES FOR MOBILITY STUDENTS:
Proficiency in Portuguese and/or English;
Previous attendance of introductory graduate courses in the scientific field addressed in this module;
Evaluation by exam and/or coursework(s) defined in accordance with student profile.

Classification improvement

According to General Evaluation Rules of FEUP

Observations

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Estimated working time out of classes: 4 hours