An Introduction to Pavement Overlays


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Introductory technical guidance for civil engineers interested in pavement overlays for streets, highways and similar pavements. Here is what is discussed: 1. GENERAL 2. DEFINITIONS AND SYMBOLS FOR OVERLAY PAVEMENT DESIGN 3. PREPARATION OF EXISTING PAVEMENT 4. CONDITION OF EXISTING RIGID PAVEMENT 5. RIGID OVERLAY OF EXISTING RIGID PAVEMENT.




An Introduction to Thin Concrete Pavement Overlays for Professional Engineers


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Introductory technical guidance for civil engineers and construction managers interested in thin concrete overlays for street and highway pavements. Here is what is discussed: 1. INTRODUCTION, 2. OVERVIEW OF THIN CONCRETE OVERLAYS, 3. DESIGN OF THIN CONCRETE OVERLAYS, 4. CONSTRUCTION OF THIN CONCRETE OVERLAYS, 5. COST, 6. CASE STUDIES, 7. SUMMARY.




An Introduction to Thin Asphalt Pavement Overlays


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Introductory technical guidance for civil engineers and construction managers interested in street and highway pavement preservation using thin asphalt overlays. Here is what is discussed: 1. INTRODUCTION 2. BENEFITS AND LIMITATIONS 3. WHEN TO APPLY 4. DENSE-GRADED ASPHALT MIXTURE DESIGN FOR THIN ASPHALT OVERLAYS 5. PRESERVATION PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND PAVEMENT STRUCTURE DESIGN 6. CONSTRUCTION PRACTICES AND QUALITY CONTROL 7. PERFORMANCE 8. SUMMARY.




An Introduction to Pavement Engineering, Volume 1


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Introductory technical guidance for civil engineers, construction managers and highway maintenance managers interested in pavement engineering. This is one of two volumes. This is what is contained in this volume: 1. AGGREGATE SURFACE PAVEMENTS 2. THIN ASPHALT PAVEMENT OVERLAYS 3. CONCRETE ADMIXTURES FOR PAVEMENT 4. ACOUSTIC SPECTROSCOPY FOR ASR TESTING OF CONCRETE PAVEMENT 5. BASES AND SUBBASES FOR CONCRETE PAVEMENT 6. INTERNAL CURING OF CONCRETE PAVEMENT 7. PAVEMENT FOR SEASONAL FROST CONDITIONS 8. PAVEMENT DRAINAGE 9. FLEXIBLE ASPHALT CONCRETE 10. ELASTIC LAYERED METHODS OF FLEXIBLE PAVEMENT DESIGN 11. COMPACTION AND QUALITY CONTROL FOR HOT MIX ASPHALT PAVEMENT 12. SURFACE PREPARATION AND PLACEMENT FOR HOT MIX ASPHALT PAVEMENT 13. PAVEMENT SURVEY, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR 14. PAVEMENT OVERLAYS.




An Introduction to Overlays for Continuously Reinforced Concrete Pavement for Professional Engineers


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Introductory technical guidance for civil engineers, highway engineers and other professional engineers and construction managers interested in overlays for continuously reinforced portland cement concrete pavements. Here is what is discussed: 1. INTRODUCTION, 2. TYPES OF OVERLAYS INVOLVING CRC PAVEMENT, 3. GENERAL APPROACHES TO OVERLAY DESIGN, 4. CRC OVERLAY TYPES AND PERFORMANCE.




An Introduction to Resurfacing of Continuously Reinforced Concrete Pavement


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Introductory technical guidance for civil engineers and construction managers interested in resurfacing continuously reinforced portland cement concrete pavement for streets and highways.




An Introduction to Asphalt Concrete Pavement for Professional Engineers


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Introductory technical guidance for civil engineers and other professional engineers interested in asphalt concrete pavement for streets and highways. Here is what is discussed: 1. FLEXIBLE PAVEMENT, 2. HOT MIX ASPHALT PAVEMENT, 3. ASPHALT CONCRETE RECYCLING, 4. MISCELLANEOUS HOT MIX PROCESSES, 5. SPRAY AND SURFACE APPLICATIONS, 6. PAVEMENT DESIGN IN SEASONAL FROST CONDITIONS, 7. PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE MANAGEMEN, 8. PAVEMENT OVERLAYS, 9. SOIL STABILIZATION.




An Introduction to Civil Engineering for Street and Highway Pavements


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Introductory textbook for graduate and undergraduate civil engineering students studying street and highway engineering. Here is what is covered: 1. INTRODUCTION 2. PRINCIPLES OF PAVEMENT DRAINAGE 3. FLEXIBLE ASPHALT CONCRETE PAVEMENTS 4. ASPHALT CONCRETE SEAL COATS 5. THIN ASPHALT OVERLAYS 6. SURFACE REHABILITATION OF ASPHALT CONCRETE PAVEMENT 7. ASPHALT CONCRETE PAVEMENT RECYCLING 8. RIGID PAVEMENT DESIGN 9. REINFORCEMENT OF PORTLAND CEMENT CONCRETE PAVEMENT 10. MATERIALS, PRODUCTION AND MIXING FOR PORTLAND CEMENT PAVEMENT 11. SOIL STABILIZATION FOR PAVEMENTS




An Introduction to Geosynthetic Engineering


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The development of the use of polymeric materials in the form of geosynthetics has brought about major changes in the civil engineering industry. Geosynthetics are available in a wide range of compositions appropriate to different applications and environments. Over the past three to four decades, civil engineers have grown increasingly interested




AASHTO Guide for Design of Pavement Structures, 1993


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Design related project level pavement management - Economic evaluation of alternative pavement design strategies - Reliability / - Pavement design procedures for new construction or reconstruction : Design requirements - Highway pavement structural design - Low-volume road design / - Pavement design procedures for rehabilitation of existing pavements : Rehabilitation concepts - Guides for field data collection - Rehabilitation methods other than overlay - Rehabilitation methods with overlays / - Mechanistic-empirical design procedures.