Traffic and Pavement Engineering

ISBN-13: 9780367500108 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 560 str.

Ghazi G. Al-Khateeb (Associate Professor

Opis

Traffic and Pavement Engineering presents the latest engineering concepts, techniques, practices, principles, standard procedures, and models that are applied and used to design and evaluate traffic systems, road pavement structures, and alternative transportation systems to ultimately achieve greater safety, sustainability, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness. It provides in-depth coverage of the major areas of transportation engineering and includes a broad range of practical problems and solutions, related to theory, concepts, practice, and applications. Solutions for each problem follow step-by-step procedures that include the theory and the derivation of the formulas and computations where applicable. Additionally, numerical methods, linear algebraic methods, and least squares regression techniques are presented to assist in problem solving. Features: Presents coverage of major areas in transportation engineering: traffic engineering, and pavement materials, analysis, and design. Provides solutions to numerous practical problems in traffic and pavement engineering including terminology, theory, practice, computation, and design. Offers downloadable and user-friendly MS Excel spreadsheets as well as numerical methods and optimization tools and techniques. Includes several practical case studies throughout. Utilizes a unique approach in presenting the different topics of transportation engineering. Traffic and Pavement Engineering will help academics and professionals alike to find practical solutions across the broad spectrum of traffic and pavement engineering issues.

Spis treści

PART I Traffic Engineering Chapter 1 Terminology, Concepts, and Theory Chapter 2 Characteristics of Driver, Vehicle, and Roadway Chapter 3 Traffic Flow Theory and Models Chapter 4 Highway Capacity and Level of Service Chapter 5 Intersection Design, Operation, and Control Multiple-Choice Questions and Answers for Chapter 1: Terminology, Concepts, and Theory PART II Pavement Materials, Analysis, and Design Chapter 6 Terminology Chapter 7 Important Properties of Subgrade, Subbase, and Base Materials Chapter 8 Superpave Aggregate Properties and Criteria Chapter 9 Superpave Asphalt Binder Properties and Specifications Chapter 10 Superpave Gyratory Compaction Chapter 11 Superpave Mixture Design Method Chapter 12 Volumetric Analysis of Asphalt Mixtures (Marshall and Superpave) Chapter 13 Design and Analysis of Asphalt Pavements Chapter 14 Design and Analysis of Rigid Pavements