HIGHWAY  MATERIALS  LABORATORY

Course Uses:

     CE 302, CE 340, CE 440

     CE 574, CE 579, CE 671

Capacity (No. of Students):

         15-20

Location:

     Bldg. 26-240,241,242

Year Established:

         1975

Objectives:

·        Regular classes (undergraduate and graduates)

·        Graduate research

Major Equipment:

·        Fatgiue testing

·        Marshall test

·        Hveem test

·        Physical properties of asphalt

·        Emulsion plant

·        Slurry seal test and design

·        Asphalt quality and inspection tests

·        Permanent deformation

·        Resilient modulus

·        Triaxial test and design

·        Beam bending

·        Wheel tracking

·        Shell creep test and aggregate testing

Main Experiments:

·        Marshall and Hveem mix design and test

·        Resilient modulus for AC granural materials

·        Asphalt characterization and aggregate testing

·        Fatigue testing

·        Permanent deformation

·        Wheel tracking

Service Facilities (inside and outside KFUPM):

Testing for:

·        Resilient modulus

·        Fatigue

·        Rutting

·        Quality assurance and control

·        Mix design