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TBA4218

Pavement Technology 2

Assessments and mandatory activities may be changed until September 20th.

Credits 7.5
Level Second degree level
Course start Autumn / Spring 2026
Duration 1 semester
Language of instruction English and norwegian
Location Trondheim
Examination arrangement Aggregate score

About

About the course

Course content

Pavement materials, methods for asphalt mixture design, bituminous binders, distress mechanisms, stress/strain analyses, structural design methods, bearing capacity, strengthening, tire/surface interaction, pavement management, winter maintenance.

Learning outcome

Knowledge:

  • Pavement materials
  • Asphalt binders and mix design methods
  • Structural design methods for pavements
  • Interaction between tires and pavement surface
  • Condition survey of pavements
  • Management of pavement structures
  • Winter maintenance

Skills:

  • Evaluation of strength and deformation properties of pavement materials
  • Make a professional choice of asphalt binder
  • Use different methods to perform asphalt mix design
  • Perform structural design of roads to withstand traffic and climatic loads
  • Be able to plan and evaluate condition surveys, and based on this, plan maintenance measures
  • Understand winter challenges and plan measures for effective winter maintenance of roads

General competence:

  • Perform reasonable material choices for different pavement layers/elements
  • Perform structural design of pavements to withstand today's and future changes of climate and traffic
  • Perform and evaluate condition measurements and plan ordinary pavement management and winter measures

Learning methods and activities

Lectures combined with individual and group exercises. A laboratory course is included. The lectures are in English when non-Norwegian speaking students follow the course. Exercises are given in both Norwegian and English, if needed.

Compulsory assignments

  • Exercises

Further on evaluation

The assessment in this course is based on two parts; a digital exam which counts for 70% of the total grade, and a project that counts for 30%.

Compulsory course activity is that around 80% of the ordinary exercises have to be approved to be eligible for the exam. Among the 80%, some exercises are mandatory.

If there is a re-sit examination, the format of the written exam may be changed to an oral exam. Other partial assessments can only be re-sit in the same semester as the course is taught.

Required previous knowledge

Knowledge equivalent to TBA4203 or TBM4282.

Course materials

Compendium, handbooks and computer programs.

Credit reductions

Course code Reduction From
SIB4020 7.5 sp Autumn 2015
TBA4217 7.5 sp Autumn 2015
TBA4220 7.5 sp Autumn 2015
TBA4335 7.5 sp Autumn 2015
SIB4005 7.5 sp Autumn 2015
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

  • Road, Transport and Geomatics
  • Railway Engineering
  • Highway Engineering

Contact information

Course coordinator

Lecturers

Department with academic responsibility

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Examination

Examination

Examination arrangement: Aggregate score
Grade: Letter grades

Ordinary examination - Spring 2026

School exam
Weighting 70/100 Examination aids Code D Duration 4 hours Exam system Inspera Assessment Place and room Not specified yet.
Project
Weighting 30/100 Exam system Inspera Assessment

Re-sit examination - Summer 2026

School exam
Weighting 70/100 Examination aids Code D Duration 4 hours Exam system Inspera Assessment Place and room Not specified yet.