University of Tripoli

Faculty of Engineering
Department of Civil Engineering

CE 414 -Pavement Design -FALL 2011

INSTRUCTOR: Prof. Mohamed Imbarek

Email: mimbarek@hotmail.com
Room: C110

CLASS TIME: Monday and Thursday ; 11:30 - 13:00

OFFICE HOURS: Monday and Thursday ; 10:15 - 11:15; or by appointment
TEXTBOOK: Y. Huang, Pavement Analysis and Design, Prentice Hall
Class website: http://ce414.groups.live.com

This is a 3-hour undergraduate course on pavement analysis and design at the University of
Tripoli. The content of this pavement engineering course includes the analysis, behavior,
performance, and structural design of pavements. This is the first pavement design course
offered for students planning on only obtaining a bachelor's degree and a prerequisite
course for the graduate course on pavement design and analysis (CE517).

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

This course has been developed to provide students with the needed knowledge to analyze
and design flexible and rigid pavements. Upon successful completion of this course, the
student will have gained knowledge in the following areas:
Pavement Performance: Explain the difference between structural performance of a
pavement and functional performance. Identify distress types common to flexible
and rigid pavements.
Traffic Analysis: List the types and axle configurations of typical highway trucks and
their corresponding standard loads. List the various types wheel load magnitudes,
and wheel and axle spacing. Convert mixed traffic into an equivalent single axle load
for flexible and rigid pavement systems.
Pavement Analysis: Calculate stresses, strains, and deflections in flexible pavements.
Calculate wheel load and temperature stresses in concrete pavements.
Pavement Design: Design new flexible pavements using the AASHTO method, and
proposed Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide. Design new rigid
pavements using the PCA method.

POLICES AND PROCEDURES:

The course outline will serve as a general guide for the order of the class work.
However, it is subject to change at the discretion of the instructor at any time during
the semester.
 Class attendance is expected and participation is encouraged. Good attendance will
lead to better understanding of course materials, better grades.
The important course information will be discussed in class; however, the student
should be cognizant of the complementary material in the reading assignments.
Students are encouraged to ask questions in class.
Homework assignments should be presented in a professional way so that the grader
can easily follow your steps to the solution. Whenever possible, students should use
word-processor; excel graphs, etc. to present their solutions. For handwritten work,
please use engineering paper; write only on one side of the sheet, number your
sheets, use pencil and erase mistakes, and write neatly/consistently. Please box or
underline your final answers. Sloppy homework or homework difficult to read or
understand will be penalized a minimum of 5%.
Each homework assignment will be given approximately one week to complete.
Homework will be due at the beginning of the class on the due date. If you cannot
turn your assignment in on time and feel you have a valid excuse, please see the
instructor about making alternate arrangements for submitting your assignment. On
the cover page, write the course number and semester, homework title and number,
your name, and the date.
Late homework will automatically receive a 20 percent deduction. Late homework
will be accepted up to one week after the due date and will receive a maximum
grade of 50%. This privilege will be withdrawn if any individual abuses it.
If you miss a test without approval or certified medical excuse, you may take a
makeup exam at a designated time near the end of the semester. Only one such
exam will be given. If you miss the final without a valid excuse, a zero will be
averaged into your grade.
All submitted work shall be considered graded work, unless otherwise noted. The
university Student Code will be strictly enforced in this class. All aspects of your
course work are covered by the University Student Code. Honesty in your academic
work will develop into professional integrity and ethics.
There will be two mid-term exams and a final exam. The final examination will be
comprehensive. Grades are distributed as follows:

Hour Exam #1: 15%

Hour Exam #2: 15%

Final Exam: 40%

Homework: 20%

Attendance: 10%
Students who have borderline scores could be rounded to the next highest grade
category depending on the following factors at the discretion of the instructor: (1)
student performance in the class; and (2) whether student overall performance has
been improving (tests and homework grades go up) or declining (tests and
homework grades go down).