At the end of this course, the student will learn:
- pavement types and paving materials
- nature, source, types and uses of bituminous materials
- standard tests on asphalts and the basic characteristics of asphalt cements
- aggregates, their characteristics and standard tests for aggregates, aggregate mix calculations
- basic methods of asphalt-aggregate mix design and application of Marshall mix design method in laboratory
- physical properties of dense graded asphalt-agregate mixes and their performance