Course Learning Outcome: This course aims to introduce the students to a fundamental understanding of the different materials used for pavement construction.

Session: Offered in Odd Semesters

Broad Syllabus:

UNIT I: Soil and Aggregates

Principles of pavement design and need for material characterization to overcome cumulative damaging effects, Vehicle damaging effects - fixed vehicle, fixed traffic, and variable vehicle and traffic approach, Soil Properties, Types, Gradation and Sieve Size Distribution, Engineering Properties, Tests and Requirements, Aggregates

UNIT II: Bitumen

Definition, History of the Material, Production, Chemistry of Bitumen, Engineering Properties, Grading Systems, Tests and Requirements.

UNIT III: Mix Design of Bituminous Mixes 

Introduction, Requirements of Mixes, Volumetrics of Bituminous mix, Mix Design Principles and Procedures.

UNIT IV: Pavement Quality Concrete (PQC) and Dry Lean Concrete (DLC)

Cement as a Pavement Material, Introduction to PQC, Introduction to DLC, Mix Design, Requirements.

UNIT V: Advanced Pavement Materials 

Modified and Warm Mix Bitumen, Geosynthetics, Recycled Materials, Cold Bituminous Mixes, Nanomaterials in Pavement Construction, Advances and innovation in materials for futuristic long-lasting pavements.

Course Materials (Will be updated every year):

• Week-1 (L1 to L4) - Pavement Materials Design Approach

  • R1 (IRC-37)

  • R2 (Handwritten Lecture Notes - Pavement Materials Design Approach)

  • R3 (Textbook Chapter from "Pavement Analysis by Yang H Huang")

  • R4 (Handwritten Lecture Notes - VDF)

• Week-2 (L5 to L7) - Soil Properties and Compaction

  • R1 (Handwritten Lecture Notes for Revision of Soil Properties and Compaction)

  • R2 (Textbook Chapter on Soil Properties from "Soil Mechanics by Gopala Ranjan")

  • R3 (Textbook Chapter on Compaction from "Soil Mechanics by Gopala Ranjan")

• Week-3 (L8 to L10) - Strength Parameters, Expansive Soils, and Aggregates

  • R1 (Slides Handout)

  • R2 (Slides Handout)

  • R3 (AASHTO manual on Resilient Modulus)

• Week-4 (L11 to L12) - Aggregates Blending & Quiz

  • R1 (Aggregates Blending)

  • R2 (Blending by Analytical Method)

• Week-5 (L13 to L15) - Bitumen (Production, Physical Properties)

  • R1 (Slides Handout - Production, Properties, and Tests)

  • R2 (Reference Chapter from Shell Bitumen Handbook)

  • R3 (Reference Chapter from Shell Bitumen Handbook)

• Week-6 (L16 to L19) - Bitumen (Chemical Composition, Ageing)

  • R1 (Slides Handout - Chemical Composition)

  • R2 (Reference Chapter from Shell Bitumen Handbook)

  • R3 (Slides Handout - Chemical Composition)

• Week-7 (L20) - Bitumen (Modification and Grading) and Quiz

  • R1 (Slides Handout - Grading and Modification)

  • R2 (Reference Chapter from Shell Bitumen Handbook)

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• Week-8 (L23 to L25) - Bituminous Mix Design

  • R1 (Handwritten Lecture Notes on Mix Design)

• Week-9

Reference and Textbooks -

1. P.S. Kandhal, Bituminous Road Construction in India, PHI Learning.

2. Relevant Codes (IRC/IS) and Standards (as discussed in the class) such as Shell Bitumen Handbook 

3. Freddy L. Roberts, Prithvi S. Kandhal, E. Ray Brown, Dah-Yinn Lee, Thomas W. Kennedy, Hot Mix Asphalt Materials, Mixture Design and Construction, NCAT.