A pavement project may be envisioned as a three-link chain, consisting of materials, design, and construction. Because the weakest link governs the performance of the system, engineers must be knowledgeable of all three aspects as well as their interactions. This book is a synthesis of the three aspects, with special emphasis on what engineers have learned about concrete pavement design in moving from empirical and mechanistic approaches into the current AASHTO M-EPDG procedure that combines both approaches.
Delatte introduces pavement performance by first describing the modes of pavement distress and causes for the distress. The chapter on subgrades and subbases puts heavy emphasis on design of subdrainage and side drains using a FHWA computer program, followed by chapters that briefly cover materials and mixture design and proportioning.
The bulk of the book deals with the design of highways and light-duty, airport, and industrial pavements. A description of construction, maintenance, and rehabilitation procedures complete the text, which is extensively references in documents from ACI, ACPA, PCA, TRB, and other concrete pavement resources.
| Edition : | 1st |
| ISBN(s) : | 9780415409704 |
| Number of Pages : | 392 |
| Published : | 09/06/2007 |
