Università Roma Tre

Course Programme
Types of road pavements. Type of mixtures for road pavements. Mix design: Marshall method, volumetric design. Principles and methods for design of bituminous and concrete pavements: empirical methods, mechanistic design. Performance characteristics of road pavements: indicators and methods for collecting pavement condition data. Types of defects of road pavements: fatigue cracking; rutting, others defects. Catalogues of road pavements defects. Railway pavement structures

Documentation will be provided by the lecturer during lessons. Norme CNR - Norme UNI Ferrari e Giannini. Ingegneria stradale vol. 2 “Corpo stradale e pavimentazioni”. Tesoriere G. - Strade, Ferrovie ed Aeroporti. Vol. II e III. UTET. F. Annunziata, M. Coni, F. Maltinti, F.Pinna, S. Portas. Progettazione stradale integrata. Zannichelli, 2004 American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. AASHTO guide for design of pavement structures. Yoder, E. J. Witczak, M. W. Principles of pavement design. Second edition. Wiley Interscience Yang Huang. Pavement Analysis and Design – second edition, 2004. Prentice Hall Manuale di Ingegneria Civile. vol.III. Zanichelli. M. Agostinacchio, D. Ciampa, S. Olita – Strade Ferrovie Aeroporti. II ed. EPC Libri, Roma 2007