The Design and Performance of Road Pavements

By David Croney

Build first-rate road pavements in a fraction of the time! You'll design longer-lasting, more cost-effective road pavements faster and within your budget--every time--when you have this guide at your fingertips. This plain-English problem-solver is the first tool to combine the latest analytical design techniques with the results of more than 60 years of real-world pavement studies. Its foolproof design system is guaranteed to take the sweat out of designing, specifying and building new road pavements--and maintaining current ones. Put this hands-on pavement consultant to work and get the instant know-how to: perform everyday design tasks faster than ever; validate your designs with real-world pavement test results; complete your projects on time and within tight budgets; meet current standards and specs: AASHTO, ASTM, PSA and others; identify flaws in your designs before construction begins; stengthen existing roads for increased safety and longer life; solve tough day-to-day problems--from measuring skid resistance to reducing pavement deformation; and much, much more.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0077074084
• ISBN13: 9780077074081
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
• Length: 592 Pages
• Weight: 2.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 7.8" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

Engineers of pavement design would benefit this book

This third edition of Design and Performance of Road Pavements intends to serve as a comprehensive reference guide on all aspects of pavement design. Its six parts consist of a general introduction, basic pavement design data, specification and properties of pavement materials, pavement performance studies, pavement design procedures, and surface characteristics of pavements. Some useful features are current standards and specifications from AASHTO, ASTM, and PSA; life cycle forecasting for both flexible and concrete pavements, and comparisons of U.S. and European standards and specifications. Discussions on the latest developments in pavement design and materials are included. Even though bibliographic references are provided for each chapter, the three and a half page indexing at the end of the book is not well done. Not only the technical jargons such as thermal warping stress, rut depth, and subgrade strength are nowhere to be found, the frequently quoted ASTM and PSA are also not available. As a result this book is hardly a user-friendly reference guide. Despite the incomplete indexing, Design and Performance of Road Pavements is recommended for purchase.