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2020-2021 UMaine Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2020-2021 UMaine Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

CIE 428 - Pavement Analysis and Design


Fundamentals of pavement analysis, design and maintenance will be presented in this course.  Specific course topics include pavement types; stress, strain, and deflection analysis of rigid and flexible pavements; traffic loading and volume calculation; drainage design, overlay design; materials (hot mix asphalt (HMA) and portland cement concrete (PCC)) characterization; rigid and flexible pavement design methods (AASHTO and others); pavement performance and management systems; and life-cycle analysis. If this course was taken under as a topics course in CIE 498 it cannot be repeated for credit.

Prerequisites: CIE 110, MEE 251 and a grade of C or better in CIE 225

Course Typically Offered: Spring

Credits: 3