Overview
The Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP) developed a Long-Term Pavement Performance (LTPP) program to provide a consistent, uniform basis for collecting distress data for pavement performance. This course provides guidance to improve communications within the pavement community by fostering more uniform and consistent definitions of pavement distress. Highway agencies, airports, parking facilities, transportation engineers, and others with significant investment in pavements will benefit from adopting a standard distress language. It also serves as a valuable training tool for highway agencies.
The course follows the manual, focusing on three particular types of pavements: (1) asphalt concrete-surface, (2) jointed Portland cement concrete, and (3) continuously reinforced Portland cement concrete. Various distress conditions are described and illustrated using diagrams and pictures. Methods of detection and measurements are defined. Detailed guidance is provided to the student on how to conduct a distress survey and how to identify severity levels for various distressed pavement conditions.
The exam for this course contains multiple choice questions and includes pictures and illustrations to test the student on the materials learned.
The student is expected to read and review the material contained in; Distress Identification Manual for the Long-Term Pavement Performance Program (Fourth Revised Edition), Publication NO. FHWA-RD-03-031, June 2003.
The student must take a multiple-choice quiz consisting of forty (40) questions at the end of the course to obtain 8 PDH credits.
Specific Knowledge or Skill Obtained
This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:
- How to evaluate a section of roadway and determine the type and severity of distress
- Methods for evaluating and measuring distress in pavement
- Visual depictions for identifying pavement conditions
- Tools for conducting a pavement distress survey
- Uniform and consistent definitions of pavement distress
Course
Click on the following link to the PDF document to review the course material before taking the quiz for credit.
Distress Pavement Identification
Having trouble downloading the PDF file?
If clicking the link does not bring you to the PDF file, then right-click the link. Click "Save Target As" and save on your desktop. To view the file, double-click the icon on your desktop and return to this page to take the quiz. You may want to bookmark this page for your convenience. If you have questions, Live Support Chat can help.
You
may need Adobe Reader to view this document. Click on the link to download a
free copy of the latest version of Adobe Reader.
To receive PDH credit for this course, you must pass a multiple-choice quiz. Click the button below to Purchase Course and Take Quiz. To take the quiz, your computer must be set to accept cookies. See how to check your cookie settings.
