Develop a practical knowledge of real-world production & construction limitations.Understand asphalt pavement distress types and how to identify them.Gain insight into asphalt material properties.Develop better structural pavement designs.Learn how to model asphalt pavements to handle any design situation with WESLEA for Windows.Understand the inner workings of AASHTO empirical pavement design procedures.Learn to use PaveXpress, a free web-based tool for new and overlay asphalt pavement design.Hands-on activities with the computational tools will engage participants in design examples to develop practical experience using the programs and gain deeper understanding of the course topics. After a brief introductory overview of flexible pavements, attendees will go in-depth with individual teaching sessions on Pavement Mechanics, Material Properties, Traffic, Pavement Distresses, Structural Design, Production & Construction Limitations, Pavement Life Cycle, Overlay Designs, and Porous Asphalt Pavements. This seminar is designed to take both the experienced everyday pavement designer and the newcomer and introduce them to the simplified world of pavement design using modern computational tools such as WESLEA for Windows and PaveXpress. Though these are complex topics, they are highly interwoven and developing a simplified understanding is important to the practicing engineer. Predicting the pavement life cycle and developing maintenance and rehabilitation strategies are also keys to high-performing pavement structures. The viability of the highway infrastructure relies heavily on optimized pavement design, efficient materials production and economical construction practices.

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