Highways

ISBN-13: 9780750650908 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 570 str.

Colm A. O'Flaherty; Coleman A. O'Flaherty

Opis

A comprehensive textbook on all aspects of road engineering. This edition, written by a team of experts in the field, teams up with Transport Planning and Traffic Engineering to become a successor to Colm A. O'Flaherty's Highway Engineering set. The content has been expanded and updated throughout to take into account developments in the subject.

Spis treści

Road location
Ground investigations
Plans, specifications and contracts
Soils for roadworks
Materials used in road pavements
Soil-stabilised pavements
Surface drainage for roads
Sub-surface moisture control for road pavements
Introduction to pavement design
Earthworks and unbound bases for pavements
Premixed bituminous-bound courses: Standard materials
Design and construction of hot-mix bituminous surfacings and roadbases
Concrete pavement construction
Current British design practice in relation to bituminous and concrete pavements
Analytical design of flexible pavements
Analysis of Stresses in Rigid Concrete Slabs
Basic road maintenance operations
Wet Skid Resistance
Design and usage of surface treatments
Structural maintenance of roads

O autorze

Coleman A. O'Flaherty