Principles of pavement engineering / Nick Thom.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thom, Nick, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pavements.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (438 pages)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] I C E Publishing 2013

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'Principles of Pavement Engineering' expands on the fundamental principles of pavement engineering, concentrating on an understanding of the behaviour of pavement materials and of the real meaning of tests carried out on those materials.

Contents:

Intro

T285-00a.pdf

T285-01.pdf

1.1. The long history of the paved highway

1.2. Materials for pavement construction

1.2.1 Soil

1.2.2 Granular material

1.2.3 Hydraulically-bound material

1.2.4 Bitumen-bound material

1.2.5 Other materials

1.3. Typical pavement structures

1.3.1 Pavement layers

Figure 1.1

1.3.2 Pavement cross-sections

Figure 1.2

1.4. Financial cost

1.5. Sustainability and the environment

1.5.1 Material sources

1.5.2 The energy issue

Table 1.1

1.6. Summary

References

Lay MG (1990)

Stripple H (2001)

Thom NH, Lu T and Parry T (2010)

Yap P (1987)

Zaniewski J (1982)

T285-02.pdf

2.1. High-speed highways

2.1.1 Ride quality

2.1.2 Skid resistance

2.1.3 Surface noise

2.1.4 Low maintenance

2.1.5 Typical constructions

Figure 2.1

2.2. Urban roads

2.2.1 Maintenance-friendly construction

2.2.2 High skid resistance

2.2.3 Rut resistance

Figure 2.2

2.2.4 Low maintenance

2.3. Estate roads

2.3.1 Cheap construction

2.3.2 Passable for decades

2.3.3 Occasional heavy traffic

2.4. Rural roads

2.4.1 Ride quality

2.4.2 Skid resistance

2.5. Pedestrian areas and cycle paths

2.6. Car, coach and lorry parks

2.6.1 Load-bearing capacity

2.6.2 Surface finish

2.7. Ports and heavy industrial pavements

Figure 2.3

2.7.1 Uneven deformation

2.8. Airfield pavements

2.8.1 Limiting deformation

Figure 2.4

2.8.2 Skid resistance

2.8.3 Avoiding closures

2.8.4 Fuel and oil spillage

2.8.5 Foreign object damage (FOD)

2.9. Summary

AASHTO (American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials) (2007)

Knapton J (2007)

T285-03.pdf

3.1. Unbound material

3.1.1 Natural soils

3.1.2 Granular materials - particle size distribution

3.1.3 Particle soundness.

3.1.4 Particle shape

Figure 3.1

3.1.5 Water content

3.1.6 Placement and compaction

Figure 3.2

3.2. Hydraulically-bound material

3.2.1 Particle shape and size distribution

Figure 3.3

3.2.2 Water content

3.2.3 Mixing and batching

3.2.4 Placement and compaction

3.2.5 In situ stabilisation

Figure 3.4

3.2.6 Curing

3.2.7 Reinforcement

3.2.8 Joints

Figure 3.5

3.2.9 Surface finish

3.3. Asphalt

Figure 3.6

3.3.1 Particle shape and size distribution

3.3.2 Mixing and batching

3.3.3 Placement and compaction

Figure 3.7

Figure 3.8

Figure 3.9

3.3.4 Inter-layer bond

3.3.5 Asphalt reinforcement

3.3.6 Surface finish

3.4. Summary

AASHTO (American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials) (2006)

AASHTO (2007)

AASHTO (2008)

AASHTO (2012)

ASTM (American Society of Testing and Materials) (2006)

ASTM (2010)

Figure 3.10

ASTM (2012)

ASTM (2013)

CEN (Comité Européen de Normalisation) (2010)

CEN (2009)

CEN (2011)

Concrete Society (2003)

Croney D and Jacobs JC (1967)

Highways Agency (2006)

Highways Agency (2007)

Stöckert U (2001)

T285-04.pdf

4.1. Basic quantities

4.1.1 Mass

4.1.2 Weight

4.1.3 Density, unit weight and specific gravity

4.1.4 Force and load

4.1.5 Stress and pressure

4.1.6 Strain

4.2. Mechanical properties

4.2.1 Stiffness

4.2.2 Elastic modulus (or elastic stiffness)

4.2.3 Stiffness modulus and resilient modulus

4.2.4 Poisson's ratio, shear modulus and bulk modulus

4.2.5 Modulus of subgrade reaction

Figure 4.1

4.2.6 Viscosity and kinematic viscosity

4.3. Thermal properties

4.3.1 Coefficient of thermal expansion

4.3.2 Thermal conductivity

4.3.3 Specific heat capacity

Reference

British Airports Authority (1993)

T285-05.pdf.

T285-05a.pdf

T285-06.pdf

6.1. Shear strength

6.1.1 Interparticle slip

6.1.2 Angle of internal friction

Figure 6.1

Figure 6.2

6.1.3 Stress ratio at failure

6.1.4 Interlock

Figure 6.3

6.1.5 Cohesion

6.1.6 The effect of particle and mixture properties

Figure 6.4

Figure 6.5

Figure 6.6

Figure 6.7

Figure 6.8

Figure 6.9

6.1.7 Shear strength tests

6.1.8 Typical shear strength values

Figure 6.10

6.1.9 The California bearing ratio

Figure 6.11

6.1.10 Plate loading tests

6.1.11 Cone penetrometers

6.2. Stiffness

6.2.1 The mechanism of unbound material strain

6.2.2 The resulting stress-strain behaviour

Figure 6.12

6.2.3 The effect of differing stress conditions

Figure 6.13

Table 6.1

6.2.4 The effect of particle and mixture properties

Table 6.2

Figure 6.14

Figure 6.15

Figure 6.16

6.2.5 Stiffness tests

Figure 6.17

Figure 6.18

6.2.6 Typical stiffness modulus values

Figure 6.19

6.3. Deformation under repeated load

Table 6.3

6.3.1 The mechanism of plastic deformation

6.3.2 Modelling plastic deformation

Figure 6.20

6.3.3 The effect of material variables

6.3.4 Tests for plastic strain under repeated load

6.4. Permeability, suction, plasticity and frost

6.4.1 The fluid mechanics of permeability

6.4.2 Predicting permeability

6.4.3 Flow through a graded aggregate

Figure 6.21

Table 6.4

6.4.4 Measuring permeability

6.4.5 Partial saturation and suction

Table 6.5

Figure 6.22

Figure 6.23

6.4.6 Plasticity

Figure 6.24

6.4.7 Frost heave and frost damage

Figure 6.25

6.5 Summary

AASHTO (American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials) (1993)

AASHTO (2006)

AASHTO (2007a)

AASHTO (2007b)

AASHTO (2007c)

AASHTO (2008a)

AASHTO (2008b).

AASHTO (2010)

ASTM (2010a)

ASTM (2010b)

ASTM (2010c)

ASTM (2011)

Boussinesq J (1883)

Boyce JR (1980)

Brown SF, Loach SC and O'Reilly MP (1987)

CEN (2003)

CEN (2004)

CEN (2010a)

CEN (2010b)

CEN (2012)

Chan WKC (1990)

Darcy H (1856)

Day JBA (1981)

Edwards JP, Thom NH, Fleming PR and Williams J (2005)

Fuller WB and Thompson SE (1907)

Hazen A (1892)

Hertz H (1895)

Hicks RG and Monismith CL (1971)

Hornych P, Karzai A and Quibel A (2000)

Jones RH and Jones HA (1989a)

Jones RH and Jones HA (1989b)

Powell WD, Potter JF, Mayhew HC and Nunn ME (1984)

Semmelink CJ and de Beer M (1995)

Terzaghi K and Peck RB (1967)

Thom NH (1988)

Thom NH and Brown SF (1988)

Thom NH and Brown SF (1989)

Thom NH, Cooper C, Grafton P, Walker C, Wen H and Sha R (2012)

Transport Research Laboratory (1993)

Webber NB (1971)

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7.1. Strength

7.1.1 Tensile strength

7.1.2 Flexural strength

Figure 7.1

Figure 7.2

7.1.3 Indirect tensile strength

Figure 7.3

7.1.4 Compressive strength

Figure 7.4

7.1.5 Strength gain with time

Figure 7.5

7.2. Fatigue

Figure 7.6

7.3. Durability

7.3.1 Water damage

7.3.2 Frost damage

Figure 7.7

7.4. Thermal properties

Table 7.1

7.5. Stiffness

7.5.1 Stiffness measurement

7.5.2 Influences on material stiffness

Table 7.2

7.5.3 Typical material stiffness values

7.5.4 Relationship between stiffness and strength

7.5.5 The effective stiffness of a discontinuous layer

Table 7.3

Table 7.4

Figure 7.8

7.6. Mixture design

7.6.1 Wet-formed mixtures.

7.6.2 Roller-compacted mixtures

Figure 7.9

7.6.3 Typical concrete mixtures

Figure 7.10

Table 7.5

7.6.4 Fibre-reinforced concrete

Figure 7.11

7.6.5 Relationship between laboratory and site

7.6.6 Slow-curing materials

7.6.7 In situ stabilised materials

7.7. Summary

AASHTO (American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials) (2010)

ASTM (American Society of Testing and Materials) (2008)

CEN (Comité Européen de Normalisation) (2003)

CEN (2004a)

CEN (2004b)

CEN (2009a)

CEN (2009b)

CEN (2009c)

Comité Euro-International du Béton (1993)

Goel S, Singh SP and Singh P (2012)

Griffiths G and Thom NH (2007)

Nunn ME (2004)

Thom NH and Cheung L-W (1999)

Thompson I, Peaston CH and Thom NH (1999)

WRAP (2007)

T285-08.pdf

8.1. Bitumen

8.1.1 Viscosity

8.1.2 Penetration and softening point

8.1.3 Visco-elasticity

Figure 8.1

Figure 8.2

Figure 8.3

Figure 8.4

8.1.4 Fracture and fatigue

8.1.5 The bitumen-filler mortar system

Figure 8.5

Figure 8.6

8.1.6 Bitumen chemistry

8.1.7 Bitumen ageing

Figure 8.7

Figure 8.8

8.1.8 Bitumen modification

8.1.9 Bitumen emulsion

Figure 8.9

8.1.10 Foamed bitumen

8.2. The mechanics of asphalt behaviour

Figure 8.10

8.2.1 Linear or non-linear?

8.2.2 The micromechanics of asphalt damage

8.2.3 Bitumen adhesion

Figure 8.11

8.3. Asphalt stiffness

8.3.1 Predicting asphalt stiffness

8.3.2 Measuring asphalt stiffness

Figure 8.12

8.3.3 Typical stiffness values

Table 8.1

Figure 8.13

8.4. Fracture and fatigue of asphalt

8.4.1 Low-temperature fracture

8.4.2 Fatigue damage

8.4.3 Tests for fatigue of asphalt

Figure 8.14.

8.4.4 Development of a fatigue characteristic.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on December 9, 2015).

ISBN:

1-62870-428-4

0-7277-5854-3

OCLC:

960760010