First course graduation photo

The subject of airport pavement design and maintenance is a fascinating and broad discipline of high importance
to aircraft operators as well as significant to passenger comfort and safety.

The Israeli institute of technology, the Technion and Duhifat Engineering Ltd., a specialty firm providing pavement
engineering expertise to civilian and military airports in Israel, now offers you the opportunity to broaden the
knowledge in the field of airport pavements.

This course is designed to provide an overview of the key aspects of design and maintenance of flexible and rigid
pavements and will give the participant the tools necessary to make sound decisions in the pavement design and
maintenance process.

Professionals dealing with pavement projects are constantly facing questions such as:

• What are the relevant design concepts and what do they mean?
• How should they be implemented?
• What is the best pavement type for the project, rigid or flexible? (advantages and disadvantages)
• Types of pavement distress- what do they mean and how should they be treated?
• What is PCN and how is it calculated?

Some of the concepts you will learn include:

• Factors that need to be considered when designing pavements for runways, taxiways or aprons, such as soil characteristics, aircraft traffic volume and loads, temperature, and many more
• Geotechnical aspects of pavement design including CBR, soil plasticity, and maximum soil density
• Importance of pavement surface characteristics such as roughness and friction
• Relevant design criteria such as FAA Advisory Circulars
• FAA Design Softwares
• ACN/PCN
• Advantages and disadvantages of different pavement systems
• PMS- Pavement Management System
• Management aspects of pavement projects

Laboratory tour

A laboratory tour will demonstrate all the test procedures pertinent to pavement design and includes hands-on
experience performing some of the tests by yourself. A field visit to an airfield pavement construction site will
enrich the course participant experience and provide the opportunity to ask questions about field related issues.

The combination of in-classroom lectures combined with the laboratory tours and field visits will provide the
participant with a well-rounded and empowering experience.

Course Instructors

AIRPORT PAVEMENTS COURSE

Day	Session	Topic	Contents
1	-	Introduction	Review of course syllabus and participant self-introduction
	1	Basic concepts	AASHTO soil classification, density, compaction, CBR, Atterberg limits (liquid and plastic limits), subgrade, subbase, base, etc.
	2	Asphalt Concrete and Flexible Pavement Design	What is asphalt concrete- ingredients, Marshall stability, Superpave, viscoelasticity, elementary cube, bitumen binder-PG, gradation line, asphalt mixtures, emulsions- TCE,PCE, Miner's Law, principles of flexible pavement design
	3	Concrete	What is concrete- ingredients, strength properties- compressive, flexural, tensile. Reinforcement types, curing, concrete types.
	4	Rigid Pavement Design	Westergaard's equations for corner, center and edge loads, coefficient of subgrade reaction (k), radius of rigidness (l), slab size calculation, joint types, dowels and tie bars.
2	5	FAA- Flexible and Rigid Pavement Design	Pavement design workshop according to the new AC-150/5320-6F and FAARFIELD 1.4 software. Participants should download the software and bring laptops with them. New software version- 1.4 will be released in the upcoming months.
	6	ACN/PCN	ACN/PCN definitions. Calculation workshop according to FAA AC- 150/5335-5c and COMFAA software. Participants should download the software and bring laptops with them.
	7	If you can dream it - You can do it	On Top Presentation - an after lunch, out of scope presentation- How to rediscover your natural creativity and use it for success? An interactive experience combining games, FUN and practical techniques. Eyal Zohar- Senior lecturer (MBA, Bsc.) for Creativity and innovation Combines intensive managerial back ground with 20 years of experience in delivering WOW lectures to leading global organizations such as Intel, Amdocs, Teva, Microsoft.
	8	Project Management	Engineering Aspects of pavement project management based on lessons learned at the Tel Aviv Airport upgrade project in 2008-2012.
3	9	Laboratory Tour	GPR, FWD, LL, PL, AASHTO compaction, Binder tests, sieve gradation, LA Abrasion test, sand equivalent test, Asphalt density test (SSD) and more. View Images
	10	Asphalt Factory tour	A tour at an asphalt factory and a quarry. View Images
	11	City Night tour	A guided night tour in the beautiful city of Jaffa, dinner in a local elegant restaurant.
4	12	Pavement Distress	Pavement distress and failure modes in flexible and rigid pavements.
	13	Use of Geo-synthetics in Pavements	Basic properties, types, geotextile vs. geogrids, mechanics of behavior, design by function – separation, reinforcement
	14	Roughness	Definition of pavement roughness, guidelines and procedures for pavement roughness measurement and evaluation, effect of roughness on pavement life.
	15	Pavement Management Systems	Introduction to Pavement Management System- Vehicle, Technology,  PCI, OPI etc.
	16	Test and Conclusion	Test – (short and sweet). Course Feedback Form. Graduation Diploma.

 * Changes in time table and presenters are possible.