MODULE FORM

DEPARTMENT Civil Engineering

DATE 01 February 2024

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1 Module title Applied Thermodynamics

2 Module code Existing code EPN2601

New code EPN2601

If “Yes”
Code equivalent Yes No N/A X
State equivalent code
3 Implementation New module 2021
date
Revised module

4 Levels Study level 1 2 x 3 4 5 6

NQF level 5 6 x 7 8 9 10

5 Credits 12 X 24 156 336

Credits (Other)
Total Credits 12 x
6 Semester / year module Semester

Year X
7 Module type Taught X
Research

Practical

Experiential Work Integrated

Learning Learning (WIL)
Simulated Work
Experiences
(SWEs)
Work-directed
theoretical
learning (WDTL)
Problem-based
learning (PBL)
Project-based
learning (PJBL)

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Open Rubric
 8 CESM Category Number Name of category
First order 08 Engineering

Second order 0806 Civil Engineering

Third order 080601 Civil Engineering

9 Requisites Modules (list only module codes or “noneˮ if no requisites)
Pre-requisites None

Co-requisites None

Recommendations None

10 Purpose statement (maximum 1000 characters including spaces)

Students who have completed this module successfully will be able to perform pavement design calculations and to
design pavement structures according to the TRH4 catalogue method.
• Apply terminology and principles related to the design, construction and costing of earthworks and layerworks.
• Identify road construction materials suitable for various environmental conditions while adhering to health and
safety regulations when working with road construction materials.
• Apply the design principles and appropriate construction methods when designing flexible and concrete block
pavements.
• Identify safe and cost-effective material stabilisation agents and stabilisation methods used in road construction.
• Design single and double bituminous seals using the appropriate materials.
•Use the Marshall asphalt mix design process as well as other design processes for preparingasphalt mixes for road
surfacing construction.
• Apply road engineering design principles to manage stormwater drainage systems, and also surface run-off, for
urban and rural roads.

11 Syllabus (maximum 1000 characters including spaces)

Earthworks and layerworks

Earthworks
• The design of road cuts and fills
• Earthworks construction
• Embankments (fills)
• The design of embankments
• Site investigation
• The construction of embankments
• Classification of earthworks materials
• Measurement and payment of earthworks
• Mass haul
• Limitations of the mass-haul diagram

Layerworks
• Cuttings and borrow pits
• Transportation
• Compaction objectives
• Compaction process
• Roadbed and formation

Site investigations, environmental impact studies and road construction materials

• Introduction, outcome and assessment criteria
• Site investigations and explorations
• Stakeholders and their responsibilities
• Principles governing investigations and exploration
• Borrow pits
• Bridge foundation exploration
• Stability investigation of road structures
• Subsurface investigation
• Environmental impact studies and reports
• Reporting of road investigations
• Road construction materials: soils, gravel and rock
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 • Road construction materials specifications

Structural design of road pavements

• Introduction, outcome and assessment criteria
• Empirical design methods
• California bearing ratio (CBR) method
• Dynamic cone penetrometer (DCP) method
• The AASHTO structural number (SN) method
• Mechanistic design methods
• Flexible pavements
• Structural balance
• The TRH4 catalogue design method
• Pavement failure
• Riding quality
• Rutting
• Load deflections
• Concrete block paving
• Design of interlocking concrete block paving

Materials stabilisation
• Introduction, outcome and assessment criteria
• Mechanical modification
• Reduction of plasticity
• Lime stabilisation
• Cement stabilisation
• Bitumen stabilisation
• Proprietary chemical stabilisers
• Safety

Bituminous surfacing seals

• Introduction, outcome and assessment criteria
• Preparation of the base layer
• Prime coats
• Surfacing seals
• Materials for surfacing seals
• Equipment
• Design
• Preparation for construction
• Construction processes

Asphalt
• Introduction, outcome and assessment criteria
• Materials used for hot-mix asphalt production
• Aggregates
• Fillers
• Asphalt mixing plants
• Asphalt mix design
• Surfacing asphalt
• Marshall method
• New mix design methods
• Construction
• Handling hot asphalt
• Site preparation
• Paving, compaction and joints
• Quality assurance

12 Language of tuition English only X

Afrikaans and English

Other language(s)

Specify other

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 language(s)

13 Programme(s) where module is included ('N') Diploma in Civil Engineering

Subject linking ('N') (Under which subject must

14 Civil Engineering
the module be published in myModules?)

15 Mode of delivery (Tuition) Blended

Online X

Mode of delivery (Study Material) Print

Blended

Online X
16 Assessment Criteria

Formative Blended

Online X

Summative Venue based Yes No X

Non-venue exam type Portfolio

E-Portfolio

Timed Assessment

Practical

Peer assessment

Continuous
X
assessment

Webinar

Oral

Project

Research Proposal

Research Report

Research Project

Take home exam

Dissertation/Thesis

Other

Specify “Other”

Supplementary Yes No X
X
Supplementary
40 50
subminimum

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 Final mark composition Formative assessment (%) 100%
(Total should be 100%) Summative assessment (%) 0%

17 Specific outcomes and assessment criteria

Specific outcomes Assessment criteria

Apply terminology and principles related to the design,
1 Specific outcome 1:
construction and costing of earthworks and layerworks.

Identify road construction materials suitable for various

2 Specific outcome 2: environmental conditions while adhering to health and safety
regulations when working with road construction materials

Apply the design principles and appropriate construction

3 Specific outcome 3: methods when designing flexible and concrete block
pavements.

Identify safe and cost-effective material stabilization agents

4 Specific outcome 4:
and stabilization methods used in road construction.

Design single and double bituminous seals using the

5 Specific outcome 5:
appropriate materials.

Use the Marshall asphalt mix design process as well as other

6 Specific outcome 6: design processes for preparing asphalt mixes for road
surfacing construction.

Apply road engineering design principles to manage

7 Specific outcome 7: stormwater drainage systems, and also surface run-off, for
urban and rural roads.

Name NN Shandu

Submitted by Signature

Date 01/02/2024
Name

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Date

Approved April 2019