Pavement Maintenance: Inspection, Design, and Implementation of Measures

TEACHING UNIT 1. MANUFACTURING, PLACEMENT, AND INSPECTION. PART I Introduction Types of Hot Mix Asphalt Nomenclature of Hot Mix Asphalt Types of Bitumen Types of Emulsions Use of hot mix asphalt Pavement defects Characterization of a mixture for CE marking. Standard test TEACHING UNIT 2. MANUFACTURING, PLACEMENT, AND INSPECTION. PART II What Is Meant by Granular Layers and What They Are Used For Production of Coex Material Placement of the Material Tests and Quality Control TEACHING UNIT 3. PRODUCTION, PLACEMENT, AND CONTROL. PART III What Are Cement-Treated Layers and What Are They Used For? Production of Soil-Cement and Gravel-Cement at the Plant Transportation, Dumping, Paving, and Compaction “In Situ” Stabilization Control Tests at Different Stages TEACHING UNIT 4. PRODUCTION, INSTALLATION, AND CONTROL. PART IV What is meant by bituminous mixtures and what they are used for Production of the material Transport, paving, and compaction Quality control TEACHING UNIT 5. MANUFACTURING, CONSTRUCTION, AND CONTROL. PART V Introduction Importance of load transfer at the joints of concrete pavements and methods for achieving it Construction of a concrete pavement TEACHING UNIT 6. PAVEMENT REHABILITATION. PART I Pavement Mechanics Pavement Design TEACHING UNIT 7. PAVEMENT REHABILITATION. PART II Introduction Structural Capacity Coefficient of Friction: Microtexture Determination of Texture: Macrotexture Surface Regularity: Longitudinal and Transverse Road Noise Monitoring Determination of Drainage Capacity Determination of Thickness TEACHING UNIT 8. PAVEMENT REHABILITATION. PART III Introduction Types of Pavement Survey Instruction 6.3-ic on Pavement Rehabilitation Service Note 3/2011, dated October 4, on criteria to be considered in projects for structural and/or surface rehabilitation of pavements TEACHING UNIT 9. PAVEMENT REHABILITATION. PART IV Introduction Basic Concepts of Adhesion Basic Concepts of Noise Generation in the Wearing Course. Regulations Treatment of Surface Rehabilitation in 6.3-i.c Special Techniques TEACHING UNIT 10. PAVEMENT REHABILITATION. PART V Structural rehabilitation Surface rehabilitation Traffic detours during construction Preventive maintenance operations TEACHING UNIT 11. SPECIAL MIXES. PART I Introduction Definition of cold micro-agglomerates and their uses Production, placement, and compaction Control tests at different stages TEACHING UNIT 12. SPECIAL MIXES. PART II General Information Designation Design of the Mix Proportion Materials Comprising the Mixes Production Paving Compaction Opening to Traffic Control of Production and Paving Maintenance of Discontinuous and Permeable Mixes Examples of the Performance of Wearing Courses (CRT) Based on the Type of Aggregate Used in Wearing Course Mixes Examples of Aggregates and Quarries Available for Discontinuous and Permeable Wearing Course Mixes TEACHING UNIT 13. SPECIAL MIXES. PART III Introduction In-situ recycling of bituminous layers using emulsion In-situ recycling of pavement layers using cement Hot plant recycling of bituminous layers TEACHING UNIT 14. SPECIAL MIXES. PART IV MAM-type mixes SMA-type mixes Moderate-temperature and low-temperature mixes Double-layer porous asphalt mixes