CE7021 RIGID PAVEMENT DESIGN AND ANALYSIS
| Course Code: | 5627021 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (2.00 - 2.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Civil Engineering |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Assoc.Prof.Dr. HANDE IŞIK ÖZTÜRK |
| Offered Semester: | Fall Semesters. |
Course Objectives
By the end of this course, the students will learn:
- various portland cement concrete pavement systems.
- pavement responses due to traffic and environmental loads
- the evaluation of the underlying mechanisms associate with load and material related distresses.
- sustainable portland cement concrete pavements
- sustainable airfield rigid pavement
- function successfully as part of a 2-4 member design project team.
Course Content
For course details, see https://catalog2.metu.edu.tr.Course Learning Outcomes
Student, who passed the course satisfactorily will be able to:
- identifiy the distresses and underlying mechanisms
- compute pavement responses due to traffic and environmental loads using closed form solutions and finite element models
- design sustainable portland cement concrete pavements to address the various distress mechanisms
- design sustainable airfield rigid pavement
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | No | Yes | ||
| 1 | Conducts research to investigate and solve advanced civil engineering problems using appropriate scientific methods and acquires the fundamental knowledge to evaluate the results. | ✔ | |||
| 2 | Reviews and synthesizes relevant literature to identify the current state of the art. | ✔ | |||
| 3 | Engages in lifelong learning and professional development, and gains familiarity with emerging practices. | ✔ | |||
| 4 | Formulates and solves complex civil engineering problems by selecting and applying appropriate tools and techniques. | ✔ | |||
| 5 | Communicates effectively in written and oral forms, particularly in conveying research processes and outcomes to diverse audiences. | ✔ | |||
| 6 | Upholds professional and ethical responsibility in research, with an awareness of global, societal, environmental, and scientific contexts. | ✔ | |||