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BA8600

Pavement Design

Credits 10.5
Level Doctoral degree level
Course start Autumn 2011
Duration 1 semester
Language of instruction English
Examination arrangement Oral examination and Work

About

About the course

Course content

The course is given every second year, included autumn 2011. This course includes the following subjects: material properties, stress and strain analyses, deterioration mechanisms and design criteria, project level performance prediction, field measurement evaluation, pavement overlay design.

Learning outcome

This course gives an in-depth knowledge of flexible pavement design, and qualifications to perform advanced analyses connected to material modelling and pavement design.

Learning methods and activities

Tutorial study with exercises, colloquia and some lectures. The exercises are mandatory. The lectures and exercises are in English when students who do not speak Norwegian take the course.

Required previous knowledge

TBA4217 Pavement Technology or equivalent knowledge.

Course materials

Curriculum: Textbooks and journal articles/conference papers.

Credit reductions

Course code Reduction From
BA8609 10.5 sp
DIB4082 10.5 sp
This course has academic overlap with the courses in the table above. If you take overlapping courses, you will receive a credit reduction in the course where you have the lowest grade. If the grades are the same, the reduction will be applied to the course completed most recently.

Subject areas

  • Airport Engineering
  • Railway Engineering
  • Technological subjects
  • Road and Transport Engineering
  • Highway Engineering

Contact information

Course coordinator

Lecturers

Examination

Examination

Examination arrangement: Oral examination and Work
Grade: Letters

Ordinary examination - Autumn 2011

Arbeider
Weighting 20/100
Muntlig eksamen
Weighting 80/100 Date 2011-12-03

Ordinary examination - Spring 2012

Arbeider
Weighting 20/100
Muntlig eksamen
Weighting 80/100

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