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.




Pavement Design and Materials


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A comprehensive, state-of-the-art guide to pavement design and materials With innovations ranging from the advent of SuperpaveTM, 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.




Concrete Pavement Design, Construction, and Performance, Second Edition


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This second edition of Concrete Pavement Design, Construction, and Performance provides a solid foundation for pavement engineers seeking relevant and applicable design and construction instruction. It relies on general principles instead of specific ones, and incorporates illustrative case studies and prime design examples to highlight the material. It presents a thorough understanding of materials selection, mixture proportioning, design and detailing, drainage, construction techniques, and pavement performance. It also offers insight into the theoretical framework underlying commonly used design procedures as well as the limits of the applicability of the procedures. All chapters have been updated to reflect recent developments, including some alternative and emerging design technologies that improve sustainability. What’s New in the Second Edition: The second edition of this book contains a new chapter on sustainability, and coverage of mechanistic-empirical design and pervious concrete pavements. RCC pavements are now given a new chapter. The text also expands the industrial pavement design chapter. Outlines alternatives for concrete pavement solutions Identifies desired performance and behavior parameters Establishes appropriate materials and desired concrete proportions Presents steps for translating the design into a durable facility The book highlights significant innovations such as one is two-lift concrete pavements, precast concrete pavement systems, RCC pavement, interlocking concrete pavers, thin concrete pavement design, and pervious concrete. This text also addresses pavement management, maintenance, rehabilitation, and overlays.




Issues in Pavement Design and Rehabilitation


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Transportation Research Record contains the following papers: Analysis by high-speed profile of jointed concrete pavement slab curvatures (Byrum, CR); Fracture energy test for highway concrete : determining the effect of coarse aggregate on crack propagation resistance (Jensen, EA and Hansen, W); Mechanistic design framework for spalling distress (Wang, L and Zollinger, DG); Temperature gradient of concrete pavement slab overlaid with asphalt surface course (Nishizawa, T, Shimeno, S, Komaatsubara, A and Koyanagawa, M); Foundation modeling for jointed concrete pavements (Davids, WG); Three-dimensional analysis of continously reinforced concrete pavements (Kim, SM, Won, MC and McCullough, BF); Axisymmetric finite element modeling of block pavement subjected to repeated loading (Chua, KM, Askree, Z and Shackel, B); Mechanistic design of thin whitetopping pavments in Colorado (Tarr, SM, Sheehan, MJ and Ardani, A); Incorporation of reliability into mechanistic-emperical pavement design (Timm, DH, Newcomb, DE and Galambos, TV); Analytical predictions of seasonal variations in flexible pavements : Minnesota road research project site (Birgisson, B, Ovik, J and NewcombDE); Evaluation of probability distribution function for the life of pavement structures (Romanoschi, SA and Metcalf, JB); Mechanistic-empirical rut prediction model for in-service pavements (Kim, HB, Buch, N and Park, DY); Top-down cracking in Washington State asphalt concrete wearing courses (Uhlmeyer, JS, Willoughby, K, Pierce, LM and Mahoney, JP); Load and displacement prediction for shakedown analysis of layered pavements (Shiau, SH and Yu, HS); Impact of changing traffic characteristics and environmental conditions on flexible pavments (Zhang, Z, Leidy, JP, Kawa, I and Hudson, WR); Mechanistic-emperical approach for modeling reflection cracking (Eltahan, AA and Lytton, RL); Cost-effectiveness of paving fabrics to control reflective cracking (Buttlar, WG, Bozkurt, D and Dempsey, BJ); Rubblization of concrete pavements : field investigation (Niederquell, MG, Baladi, GY and Chatti, K); Construction and performance of fly ash-stabilized cold in-place recycled asphalt pavement in Wisconsin (Crovetti, JA); Evaluation of concrete pavement rehabilitation techniques on I-65 in Indiana (Gulen, S and Noureldin, S); Pavement rehabilitation selection based on mechanistic analysis and field diagnosis of falling weight deflectometer data : Virginia experience (Zaghloul, S and Elfino, M).







Pavement Asset Management


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Comprehensive and practical, Pavement Asset Management provides an essential resource for educators, students and those in public agencies and consultancies who are directly responsible for managing road and airport pavements. The book is comprehensive in the integration of activities that go into having safe and cost-effective pavements using the best technologies and management processes available. This is accomplished in seven major parts, and 42 component chapters, ranging from the evolution of pavement management to date requirements to determining needs and priority programming of rehabilitation and maintenance, followed by structural design and economic analysis, implementation of pavement management systems, basic features of working systems and finally by a part on looking ahead. The most current methodologies and practical applications of managing pavements are described in this one-of-a-kind book. Real world up-to-date examples are provided, as well as an extensive list of references for each part.




Pavement Design, Construction, and Management


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"This document provides guidance for all aspects of pavement design to the engineering practitioner. Current AASHTO literature focuses on specific pavement-related subjects, such as mechanistic-empirical (M-E) pavement design and pavement management. The Pavement Handbook attempts to fill the gaps in understanding for previously unaddressed subjects related to pavements, while still providing an overview of published subjects. In short, the Handbook is meant to be a 'one-stop shop' for pavement engineering. The fundamentals of pavement design are discussed in the second through fifth chapters. The reader is informed about various pavement types and their corresponding material components. Following is an indepth discourse on the structural pavement design analysis for each pavement type, with particular attention paid to M-E techniques. The impact of surface properties on friction, ride, and safety are thoroughly explained. The sixth chapter discusses pavement type selection strategies, whether the pavement is being newly constructed from the ground up or undergoing some type of restoration. Life-cycle costs are considered for selection optimization. Methods of construction for various pavement types are covered in the seventh chapter, including detailed guidance for both materials and construction specifications. Special emphasis is placed on quality management and its essential role for successful project completion. The testing and evaluation of existing pavements are the subjects of the eighth and ninth chapters. Visual distress surveys, nondestructive testing, and sampling and testing comprise the data acquisition techniques outlined for making educated assessments of pavement condition. The tenth and eleventh chapters detail treatments for existing pavements ranging from non-structural pavement preservation to structural rehabilitation. Performance expectations for each treatment are summarized. Managing pavements at all hierarchical levels is the focus of the twelfth chapter. Transitioning from distress data types and their collection protocol to database analysis methods, the outline is given for design life optimization. The thirteenth chapter ends the Handbook with thoughtful discussion of the pavement caretaker's role in selecting and re-using materials for environmentally sustainable design." -- Preface.




Pavement Engineering


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Pavements are engineered structures essential to transportation, commerce and trade, and everyday life. In order for them to perform as expected, they must be designed, constructed, maintained, and managed properly. Providing a comprehensive overview of the subject, Pavement Engineering: Principles and Practice, Second Edition covers a wide range of topics in asphalt and concrete pavements, from soil preparation to structural design and construction. This new edition includes updates in all chapters and two new chapters on emerging topics that are becoming universally important: engineering of sustainable pavements and environmental mitigation in transportation projects. It also contains new examples and new figures with more informative schematics as well as helpful photographs. The text describes the significance of standards and examines traffic, drainage, concrete mixes, asphalt binders, distress and performance in concrete and asphalt pavements, and pavement maintenance and rehabilitation. It also contains a chapter on airport pavements and discusses nondestructive tests for pavement engineering using nuclear, deflection-based, electromagnetic, and seismic equipment. The authors explore key concepts and techniques for economic analysis and computing life-cycle cost, instrumentation for acquiring test data, and specialty applications of asphalt and concrete. The Second Edition includes more relevant issues and recently developed techniques and guidelines for practical problems, such as selection of pavement type, effect of vehicle tires, and use of smart sensors in rollers and software for drainage analysis. This book presents in-depth, state-of-the-art knowledge in a range of relevant topics in pavement engineering, with numerous examples and figures and comprehensive references to online resources for literature and software. It provides a good understanding of construction practices essential for new engineers and materials processing and construction needed for solving numerous problems.