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Course:	Basic Pavement ME Theory and Computer app
SAP Course Number:	78TECH400997

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Summary:	The goal of the 3-day Basic Pavement ME Theory and Computer application course is to train pavement designers on the basics of ME-based pavement design approaches and procedures. The course explains the ME concepts used for pavement designs, forensic evaluations, and assessments of typical as well as specialized design strategies. The course will cover a discussion of the models or transfer functions described in AASHTO’s Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide, Interim Edition: A Manual of Practice. This beginner level training is intended fr to instruct pavement designers on the use of the ME Design software for new and rehabilitated pavement design. The course overviews the inputs and identifies where those inputs can be obtained for typical as well as specialized design strategies. The course includes discussion of the inputs described in AASHTO’s Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide, Interim Edition: A Manual of Practice.
Learning Outcomes:	1 Describe and understand the concepts and fundamentals of ME-based pavement design approaches 2 Define transfer function and describe how it is used within the ME-based pavement design approach a. Relationships between pavement responses and pavement damage b. Incremental accumulation of damage c. Relationships between damage and pavement distress d. Relationship between distress and smoothness 3 Identify and list the factors and inputs that have a significant effect on the calculated damage and distress a. Material/layer properties • Determine/interpret material test results for defining the inputs • Design/material/layer features in terms of boundary conditions and assumptions applied b. Traffic and climate c. Rehabilitation: field evaluation/forensic investigation to simulate the existing pavement layers • Deflection testing & back calculation • Distress survey (existing condition) 4 Learn how to utilize the Pavement ME Design software for design and analysis a. Identify the key inputs and outputs. b. Determine how to determine the inputs and where those inputs can be found. c. Understand how to interpret and utilize outputs. 5 Execute typical design strategies used by PennDOT for both new and rehabilitated pavement design. a. New asphalt concrete designs strategies. b. New PCC design strategies c. Rehabilitation design strategies for asphalt concrete pavements. d. Rehabilitation design strategies for PCC pavements
Prerequisites:	none

Final Exam:	No

Continuing Education Credits

Miscellaneous	CEHs	Classes After		CEUs	Classes After		PDHs	Classes After

PennDOT:							22.50

Awarding continuing education credits (PDH/CEU/CEH) to a training course or other training event does not imply or guarantee that the training course/event is approved by the Pennsylvania State Registration Board of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Land Surveyors. According to Pennsylvania Act 25, “Credit determination for activities…shall be the responsibility of the licensee. Continuing professional competency obtained by a licensee should maintain, improve or expand skills or knowledge obtained prior to initial licensure, including law and ethics applicable to the profession, or develop new and relevant skills and knowledge.”
For informational purposes only:	1 CEU is equal to 10 hours of instruction
	1 CEH is equal to 1 hour of instruction

Course Contact Information

For technical questions regarding this course, contact the following...
Name:	Kimberly Rice
Phone:	(717) 783-4722
Email:	kirice@pa.gov
For general questions about the Training Calendar (such as those regarding schedules, locations, instructors or registrations), see Contact Information in specific classes.

Created	Last Modified
By Xavier Fultz Rogers/PennDOT On 12/04/18 At 01:32 PM	By Rhiannan Nearhood/PennDOT On 08/19/21 At 08:23 AM