Principles of Pavement Engineering, Third editionis an essential reference on fundamental principles of pavement engineering, showing how to design, construct, evaluate and maintain pavements of all types.

    Intro -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- About the author -- Part 1: Principles -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1. The long history of the paved highway -- 1.2. Materials for pavement construction -- 1.2.1 Soil -- 1.2.2 Unbound pavement materials -- 1.2.3 Bitumen-bound materials -- 1.2.4 Hydraulically bound materials (HBMs) -- 1.2.5 Other materials -- 1.3. Typical pavement structures -- 1.3.1 Pavement layers -- 1.3.2 Pavement cross-sections -- 1.4. Material costs -- 1.5. Basic engineering concepts -- 1.5.1 Basic quantities -- 1.5.1.1 Mass -- 1.5.1.2 Weight -- 1.5.1.3 Density, unit weight and specific gravity -- 1.5.1.4 Force and load -- 1.5.1.5 Moment and torque -- 1.5.1.6 Stress and pressure -- 1.5.1.7 Strain -- 1.5.2 Mechanical properties -- 1.5.2.1 Stiffness -- 1.5.2.2 Elastic modulus (or elastic stiffness) -- 1.5.2.3 Stiffness modulus and resilient modulus -- 1.5.2.4 Poisson's ratio, shear modulus and bulk modulus -- 1.5.2.5 Modulus of subgrade reaction -- 1.5.2.6 Viscosity and kinematic viscosity -- 1.5.3 Thermal properties -- 1.5.3.1 Coefficient of thermal expansion -- 1.5.3.2 Thermal conductivity -- 1.5.3.3 Specific heat capacity -- 1.6. Summary -- Reference -- Chapter 2: Design principles -- 2.1. Engineering principles -- 2.2. Whole-life cost -- 2.3. Sustainability -- 2.3.1 Material resource depletion -- 2.3.2 Blight -- 2.3.3 Energy usage -- 2.3.4 Emissions -- 2.3.5 Groundwater issues -- 2.4. Summary -- References -- Chapter 3: Pavement applications -- 3.1. High-speed highways -- 3.1.1 Ride quality -- 3.1.2 Skid resistance -- 3.1.3 Surface noise -- 3.1.4 Low maintenance -- 3.1.5 Typical constructions -- 3.2. Urban roads -- 3.2.1 Maintenance-friendly construction -- 3.2.2 High skid resistance -- 3.2.3 Rut resistance -- 3.2.4 Low maintenance -- 3.3. Estate roads.


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    Title :

    Principles of pavement engineering


    Contributors:
    Thom, Nick (author)

    Edition :

    Third edition


    Publication date :

    2024


    Size :

    xvi, 431 Seiten


    Remarks:

    Illustrationen, Diagramme



    Type of media :

    Book


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English



    Classification :

    RVK:    ZI 6430
    BKL:    56.24 Straßenbau
    DDC:    624



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