italian version

Aims :

The course program is related to the Pavement Management System approach for road engineering maintenance. The main purpose highlights how a PMS permits to obtain higher cost-benefit ratios

Topics :

Maintenance management. Pavement survey and analysis of work requirements. Distress definition. Falling Weight Deflectometer FWD. Benkelman beam. Skid resistance: definitions and measure-ments. Road surface texture: definitions and measurements (micro and macrotexture). International Roughness Index: definition and measurement. Acoustic outlines. Traffic noise prediction and re-duction. Road pavement noise components. Low noise pavement materials. Open graded asphalt mixes. Lightweight aggregate asphalt mixes. Distress definitions for flexible pavements. Cracking. Distorsion. Disintegration. Skid hazard. Road marking materials: evaluation and monitoring

Textbooks :

> Istruzioni sulla pianificazione della manutenzione stradale – B.U. CNR n. 125/88
> Asphalt in pavement maintenance – The Asphalt Institute, Manual Series 16.
> Modern Pavement Management – R. Haas, W. R. Hudson, J. Zaniewski – Krieger publishing company.
> Pavement Management for Airports, Roads and Parking Lots – M. Y. Shahin – Kluwer Aca-demic Publishers.

Exam :

Oral exam

Tutorial Session :

Lunedì ore 16.00-17.00.
Monday 16.00-17.00 o’clock