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Pavement Design and Rehabilitation

Project / Research Paper

Lt Col Dr Sarfraz Ahmed

Spring 2013

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Schedule

Activity Timeline

Briefing Today

Group/Syndicates allocation 2nd week

Submit your Topics and abstract 3rd week

Submit / Discuss Outline 4th week

Literature Review 5th week

Submission of Final Report 13th week

Peer Reviewed Return 14th week

Presentations 14th week

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General Topics

1. Stripping mechanism, causes and preventive measures

for asphalt concrete mixes

2. Reflective cracking mechanism, causes and remedial

measures

3. Use of Reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) in concrete.

4. Evaluate effects of different additive in the concrete.

5. Study the effect of tack coat application rate on

interface bond strength.

6. Thin Surface Treatments

7. Rigid Pavements Joints retrofitting-Best Practices

8. Joint Sealants and their efficacy

9. Pavement recycling techniques and their effectiveness

10. Pavement evaluation techniques

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Contents / how it should be

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Grading Scheme

Report Presentation

Summary 5 % Presentation Content 10 %

Introduction and scope10 %

Clarity of Presentation and

Organization 5 %

Discussion 20 % Overall Presentation 10 %

Conclusion 5 % Answering questions 15 %

References 10 %

Over all organization

and technical writing 10 %

Total: 60 % Total: 40 %