7. NEERI, Nagpur, Annual Reports 1995 and 1996. 8. Peurifoy R. L., Construction Planning Equipment and Methods, 1979. McGraw Hill. 9. Environmental Engineering and Management, Suresh. K. Dhaneja. 2000 S. K. Kataria and Sons. 10CHT21 PAVEMENT DETERIORATION AND EVALUATION

Structural and functional requirements of flexible and rigid pavements. Distress and different types of failures in pavements. Functional and structural deterioration of flexible and rigid pavements, Deterioration models. Pavement surface condition - Causes, effects, methods of measurement / evaluation and treatment of: a) Pavement slipperiness b) riding quality and unevenness c) rutting d) cracking e) potholes f) edge breaking etc. Rating methods Use of modern equipment for pavement surface condition measurements. Analysis of data, interpretation and application. Structural deterioration of pavements, causes, effects, methods of treatment. Structural evaluation of flexible pavements by rebound deflection method, analysis of data, interpretation and applications, design of overlay. "Use of FWD and other methods for evaluation of flexible and rigid pavements and their application. Discussion on choice of overlay type and pavement materials over existing flexible and rigid pavements, with different degrees of distress. Evaluation of new pavement materials, model studies, pavement testing Under controlled conditions, accelerated testing and evaluation methods Test track studies. Instrumentation for pavement testing. Reference Books: 1. E.J.Yoder & Witczak M.W. “Principles of Pavement Design”- 2nd Edition – John Willey and Sons Inc., New York, 1975. 2. Hass R., Hudson. W. R., Zaniewisti .J. “Modern Pavement Management” – Krieger Publishing Company, Florida, 1994. 3. Per Ulitz “Pavement Analysis” - Elsevier Amsterdam. 4. David and Paul Croney, “Design and performance of road pavements”- third edition, Mc Graw hill, 1998. 5. HRB/TRB/IRC/ “International Conference on structural design of Asphalt pavements”.

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