Course Title Highway Engineering II

Course Number CEng 4191

Degree Program B.Sc. in Civil Engineering
Module (No. &
19 (Transport Infrastructure Design & Construction)
Name)
Module Coordinator Department of Civil Engineering, TBA
Lecturer TBA
Course status Core
Pre-requisites Highway Engineering I – CEng 3192
Year/Semester IV/I
ECTS 5
Tutorial & Lab. work & Home Total Course Study
Contact Hours (per Lecture
Seminars Field practice Study hrs.
week)
2 1 2 3 8
Course Description ….
The main objective of the course is to prepare students with basic
knowledge and practical prospective of pavement design factors; and
Course Objectives designing pavement structure.
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After completing this course, students will be able to
CLO 1 – Discuss different pavement layers, its functions and basic
design factors.
CLO 2 – Identify properties of subgrade soil and different pavement
materials.
Course Learning CLO 3 – Analyze Traffic Loading and other design factors
outcomes (CLO) CLO 4 – Design of flexible and rigid pavements using ERA design
procedures
CLO 5 – Evaluate the condition survey of pavement and assess its
failure
CLO 6 – Prepare and evaluate specification of materials based on ERA
standard specification manual
Assigned
Course Contents CLO
Time
1. Introduction
1.1. General
1 15 hrs
1.2. Types and Components of Pavement
1.3. Pavement Design Factors
2. Subgrade Soil Survey and Investigation
2.1. Introduction to soil survey 2 10 hrs
2.2. Subgrade soil investigation for pavement design
3. Pavement Materials 2 20 hrs
 3.1. Unbound Pavement Materials
3.2. Bituminous Pavement Materials
3.3. Stabilized Pavement Materials
3.4. Introduction to HMA Mixture (type and mix design
objective)
4. Pavement Design
4.1. Concept of Stress and Strain in flexible pavement
4.2. Analysis of Traffic Loading 2, 3, 4 20 hrs
4.3. Structural design of pavement layers using ERA
design method
5. Introduction to Pavement Condition Survey and its
2, 5 5 hrs
Failures
6. Quantification and Specification of Pavement Layer
2, 6 10 hrs
Materials
Student centered teaching – learning approach consisting of Lecture (L),
Teaching &
Tutorial (T), Laboratory works (Lb), Field Sampling and Testing (FT),
Learning Methods
Construction Practical works (P), Report Writing and Presentation (RP)
Role of Instructor and Students
 Delivers lectures, plans and Supervises project work, and moderates
students.
Instructors
 Communicate and facilitate to the local project sites for practical field
visit.
 Actively participate in classroom during lecture.
 All students should participate in the field visits. Then, write and
Students present the report.
 Engage in project work using software to solve the societal problems
in related to structural systems.
Tools and ERA manuals, Books, Laboratory manual, Laboratory Equipment’s,
Resources Computer, Transportation Vehicle
Assessment Type Weight (%) CLO
a) Group Assignment work [GA] 5 4, 5, 6
b) Laboratory and practical field Work; and
Assessment/
Report writing and presentation [P] 20 2, 6
Evaluation
c) In Class Quizzes [Q] 10 1,3
d) Mid Exam [ME] 15 1, 2, 3
e) Final Exam [FE] 50 1–6
Grading system According to the Debre Berhan University grading scale
Attendance
According to the Debre Berhan University senate legislation
Requirements
Course Learning Outcomes – Program Learning Outcome mapping
PLO/CLO CLO 1 CLO 2 CLO 3 CLO 4 CLO 5 CLO 6
PLO 1     
PLO 2     
PLO 3    
PLO 4   
PLO 5    
PLO 6      
PLO 7    
PLO 8   
PLO 9 
PLO 10  
PLO 11
PLO 12
Lecture, Lecture,
Teaching - Lecture,
Tutorial, lab, Tutorial Lecture & Lecture &
Learning Lecture Tutorial &
field work & & field Tutorial field work
Methods presentation
presentation work
Mode of Q, ME, Q, ME &
Assessment P, ME & FE GA & FE GA & FE GA & FE
FE FE

1. ERA Design Manual (2013) Site Investigation, Flexible and Rigid

Pavement Design, and Standard Specification manuals Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia.
2. Huang Y. H. (2004), Pavement Analysis and Design, 2 nd ed.
3. Wright, P. H. and D. Karen. (2003), Highway Engineering, 7 th ed.
4. Garber N.J. and L.A. Hoel, (2009). Traffic and Highway Engineering,
Reference 4th ed.
5. Martin Rogers and Bernard Enright , Highway Engineering, 2016,
John Wiley & Sons
6. Islam, M. R., & Tarefder, R. A. (2020). Pavement Design: Materials,
Analysis, and Highways. McGraw-Hill Education.
7. Mannering, F. L., & Washburn, S. S. (2020). Principles of highway
engineering and traffic analysis. John Wiley & Sons.

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