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Highways

Autor C. A. O'Flaherty
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 19 dec 2001
Designed to be teamed up with "Transport Planning and Traffic Engineering", this book covers road location and plans, roadwork materials, surface and subsurface moisture control, pavement design and construction, thickness design of bituminous and concrete pavements, and road maintenance and rehabilitation.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780750650908
ISBN-10: 0750650907
Pagini: 570
Ilustrații: black & white illustrations
Dimensiuni: 174 x 246 x 31 mm
Greutate: 0.98 kg
Ediția:Revizuită
Editura: CRC Press
Colecția CRC Press

Public țintă

Undergraduate and postgraduate students of civil engineering. Junior qualified engineers and technicians

Cuprins

Introduction: An historical overview of the development of the road
C. A. O'Flaherty

Chapter 1 Road location
C. A. O'Flaherty

1.1 Complexity of the location process 1.2 Overview of the location process 1.3 Location surveys in non-built-up locales 1.4 Road location in built-up area 1.5 Locating water crossings 1.6 Aerial photography 1.7 Other remote sensing techniques 1.8 References

Chapter 2 Ground investigations
C. A. O'Flaherty

2.1 Investigation aims 2.2 Sequencing of the investigation 2.3 Subsurface exploration methods 2.4 Preparing the main report 2.5 References

Chapter 3 Plans, specifications and contracts
A. Boyle

3.1 Classical steps in preparing a program for a major road; An overview 3.2 Documentation of a major road improvement project 3.3 The European dimension 3.4 References

Chapter 4 Soils for roadworks
C. A. O'Flaherty

4.1 Soil formation and types of soil 4.2 Soil profiles 4.3 Soil particles 4.4 Soil water 4.5 Soil phase relationships 4.6 Frost action in soils 4.7 Identification and description of soils in the field 4.8 Soil classification 4.9 Basic soil tests 4.10 References

Chapter 5 Materials used in road pavements
M. J. Brennan and C. A. O'Flaherty

5.1 Penetration-grade refinery bitumens 5.2 Natural asphalts 5.3 Cutback bitumens 5.4 Bitumen emulsions 5.5 Road tars and tar-bitumens 5.6 Modified bitumens 5.7 Cements 5.8 Limes 5.9 Conventional aggregates 5.10 Secondary aggregates 5.11 References

Chapter 6 Soil-stabilised pavements
C. A. O'Flaherty

6.1 Why stabilise soils? 6.2 Mechanical stabilisation 6.3 Cement stabilisation 6.4 Lime stabilisation 6.5 Construction of cement- and lime-treated courses in pavements 6.6 Bituminous stabilisation 6.7 References

Chapter 7 Surface drainage for roads
C. A. O'Flaherty

7.1 Importance of surface drainage 7.2 Types and uses of surface drains 7.3 Estimating the surface run-off 7.4 Draining the carriageway 7.5 References

Chapter 8 Sub-surface moisture control for road pavements
C. A. O'Flaherty

8.1 Why sub-surface moisture control is so important 8.2 Protecting the road pavement and foundation 8.3 Designing and laying conventional longitudinal subdrains 8.4 French drains 8.5 Geotextiles in drains 8.6 References

Chapter 9 Introduction to pavement design
C. A. O'Flaherty

9.1 Evolution of the road pavement 9.2 The component layers of a road pavement 9.3 Some basic considerations affecting pavement design 9.4 Flexible pavement design methods 9.5 Rigid pavement design considerations 9.6 References

Chapter 10 Earthworks and unbound bases for pavements
C. A. O'Flaherty

10.1 Establishing the horizontal and vertical alignments 10.2 Earthworks quantities 10.3 Balancing earthworks quantities 10.4 Excavation and earthmoving equipment 10.5 Compaction specifications 10.6 Compaction equipment for earthworks 10.7 Constructing embankments on soft soils 10.8 Materials used in embankments 10.9 Preparing the subgrade 10.10 Unbound capping and subbase layers 10.11 Unbound roadbases 10.12 References

Chapter 11 Premixed bituminous-bound courses: Standard materials
M. J. Brennan and C. A. O'Flaherty

11.1 Advantages and disadvantages of standard material specifications 11.2 Harmonisation of European standards 11.3 Mechanisms by which asphalts and coated macadams distribute traffic stresses 11.4 Standard material specifications currently used in the United Kingdom 11.5 Possible future wearing course standard materials 11.6 References

Chapter 12 Design and construction of hot-mix bituminous
surfacings and roadbases
S. E. Zoorob

12.1 Why design bituminous paving mixtures? 12.2 Standard 'recipe' approach 12.3 Engineering design approach 12.4 Outline of procedure for analysing a compacted paving mixture 12.5 Terms used in bituminous mix design 12.6 Marshall method of mix design 12.7 Advanced mix design methods 12.8 Construction methods fot hot-mix hot-laid bituminous materials 12.9 References

Chapter 13 Concrete pavement construction
C. A. O'Flaherty

13.1 Steps in the construction process 13.2 Preparing the foundation 13.3 Placing the forms for conventional paving trains 13.4 Joint assemblies and reinforcement 13.5 Preparing the concrete 13.6 Placing and finishing the concrete 13.7 Texturing of running surfaces 13.8 Curing the concrete 13.9 Other pavements with concrete 13.10 References

Chapter 14 Current British design practice in relation to
bituminous and concrete pavements
C. A. O'Flaherty

14.1 Introduction 14.2 Foundation design 14.3 Traffic assessment 14.4 Thickness design of flexible and rigid pavements 14.5 References

Chapter 15 Analytical design of flexible pavements
J. McElvaney and M. S. Snaith

15.1 Introduction 15.2 Pavement design period and design loading 15.3 Structural analysis of layered elastic systems 15.4 Design criteria used in analytical methods 15.5 Pavement material and subgrade properties required for structural analysis 15.6 Layer characterisation for purposes of structural analysis 15.7 Damage computatations and performance models 15.8 Concluding comments 15.9 References

Chapter 16



Chapter 17 Basic road maintenance operations
J. E. Oliver

17.1 Importance of maintenance 17.2 Scope of road maintenance 17.3 Maintenance management systems 17.4 Maintenance rating systems for bituminous roads 17.5 Maintenance rating systems for concrete roads 17.6 Maintenance of bituminous roads 17.7 Maintenance of concrete roads 17.8 Maintenance of unsurfaced soil-aggregate roads 17.9 Maintenance of other roadway features 17.10 Winter maintenance operations 17.11 External influences on maintenance operations 17.12 Future directions of road maintenance 17.13 References

Chapter 18



Chapter 19 Design and usage of surface treatments
H. A. Khalid

19.1 Surface treatment types and purposes 19.2 Surface dressings recommended in Road Note 39 19.3 Factors affecting the use of surface dressing systems 19.4 Theory underlying the design of surface dressing 19.5 Applying surface dressing and avoiding failure 19.6 Slurry seals 19.7 Thin surface treatments 19.8 References

Chapter 20 Structural maintenance of roads
D. McMullen and M. S. Snaith

20.1Introduction 20.2 Concept of pavement strengthening 20.3 Structural assessment procedure 20.4 Use of deflection measurements 20.5 Use of deflection-life relationships 20.6 Overlay design methods for flexible pavements 20.7 Overlay design methods for concrete pavements 20.8 References


Descriere

Highways is a comprehensive textbook on all aspects of road engineering. This expanded and thoroughly updated fourth edition covers road location and plans, roadwork materials, surface and subsurface moisture control, pavement design and construction, thickness design of bituminous and concrete pavements, and road maintenance and rehabilitation. This new edition, written by a team of acknowledged experts in the field, fits alongside Transport Planning and Traffic Engineering as essential reading for students of civil engineering.