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Pavement Design and Materials

ISBN: 978-1-119-41277-9

February 2017

560 pages

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Description
A comprehensive, state-of-the-art guide to pavement design and materials

With innovations ranging from the advent of Superpave™, the data generated by the Long Term Pavement Performance (LTPP) project, to the recent release of the Mechanistic-Empirical  pavement design guide developed under NCHRP Study 1-37A, the field of pavement engineering is experiencing significant development. Pavement Design and Materials  is a practical reference for both students and practicing engineers that explores all the aspects of pavement engineering, including materials, analysis, design, evaluation, and economic analysis.

Historically, numerous techniques have been applied by a multitude of jurisdictions dealing with roadway pavements. This book focuses on the best-established, currently applicable techniques available.

Pavement Design and Materials offers complete coverage of:

  • The characterization of traffic input
  • The characterization of pavement bases/subgrades and aggregates
  • Asphalt binder and asphalt concrete characterization
  • Portland cement and concrete characterization
  • Analysis of flexible and rigid pavements
  • Pavement evaluation
  • Environmental effects on pavements
  • The design of flexible and rigid pavements
  • Pavement rehabilitation
  • Economic analysis of alternative pavement designs

The coverage is accompanied by suggestions for software for implementing various analytical techniques described in these chapters. These tools are easily accessible through the book’s companion Web site, which is constantly updated to ensure that the reader finds the most up-to-date software available.

About the Author

A.T. PAPAGIANNAKIS, PHD, P.E., is the Chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Texas at San Antonio.

E.A. MASAD, PHD, P.E., is an Associate Professor at the Zachry Department of Civil Engineering at Texas A&M University.

Features
·         First fully updated comprehensive textbook on pavement design and pavement materials to appear in nearly 10 years.

·         Designed specifically for a two-semester, senior level elective sequence on pavement engineering, beginning with materials and finishing with design.

·         Offers state-of-the-art methods for evaluating existing pavements, including non-destructive methods.

·         Covers all major paving materials, both concrete and all bituminous (asphalt) materials including Superpave.

·         End-chapter problems and questions (with separate Instructor's Solutions Manual).

·         Companion web site offers a list of websites for obtaining pavement-related software and files related to the solved example problems in the book.