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Asphalt Pavement Alliance

PAVEXpress Learning Module


Description
THE LEARNING MODULES HAVE BEEN UPDATED TO REFLECT THE LATEST IMPROVEMENTS TO PAVEXPRESS!
Included in this course is information on new pavement design utilizing AASHTO ’93 and ’98, proper overlay design, review of the Mechanistic Empirical Pavement Design Methodology, perpetual pavement design, porous pavement design and life cycle costing analysis.

Content
  • PaveXpress Overview
  • 1.0 Welcome from Amy Miller
  • 1.1 Intro to PAVExpress from George White
  • 1.2 Overview of Major Enhancements
  • Module 2
  • 2.0 New Pavement Designs with 1993 and 1998 AASHTO
  • 2.1 Overview
  • 2.2 Designing with ASSHTO 93_98
  • 2.3 Design Example New Flexible Road
  • 2.4 Design Example New Rigid Road
  • 2.5 Comparison of Flexible and Rigid Designs
  • 2.6 Flexible Parking Lot Design
  • 2.7 Summary
  • Module 3
  • 3.0 Overlay Design
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Asphalt Over Asphalt Design
  • 3.3 Asphalt over concrete design
  • Module 4
  • 4.0 Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design and Evaluation
  • Module 5
  • 5.0 Introduction to Mechanistic-Empirical Design w/ PerRoad
  • 5.1 What are Perpetual Pavements?
  • 5.2 Endurance Limit vs. Strain Distribution
  • 5.3 Review of Perpetual Pavement Sections
  • 5.4 PerRoad Software
  • 5.5 PerRoad Integrated with PAVEXpress
  • Module 6
  • 6.0 PerRoad Design
  • 6.1 Perpetual Pavement Design Concepts
  • 6.2 PerRoad Design Example
  • 6.3 Comparing PAVEXpress and PerRoad
  • 6.4 Summary
  • Module 7
  • 7.0 Porous Pavement Design with PAVEXpress
  • 7.1 Review of Porous Pavements
  • 7.2 Comparison to Traditional Pavement Sections
  • 7.3 Structural Design Equation and Process
  • 7.4 Structural Design Inputs
  • 7.5 Base Effective Thickness
  • 7.6 Design Example
  • 7.7 Design Catalog Table
  • Module 8
  • 8.0 Initial Costing and LCCA Functions
  • 8.1 Agency Cost Life Cycle Cost Analysis
Completion rules
  • All units must be completed
  • Leads to a certificate with a duration: 1 year
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