Description
Book SynopsisAt first glance, roads seem like the simplest possible geotechnical structures. However, analysis of these structures runs up against complexities related to the intense stresses experienced by road surfaces, their intense interaction with climate, and the complicated behavior of the materials used in road construction.
Modern mechanistic approaches to road design provide the tools capable of developing new technical solutions. However, use of these approaches requires deep understanding of the behavior of constituent materials and their interaction with water and heat which has recently been acquired thanks to advances in geotechnical engineering. The author comprehensively describes and explains these advances and their use in road engineering in the two-volume set Geotechnics of Roads, compiling information that had hitherto only been available in numerous research papers.
Geotechnics of Roads: Fundamentals presents stresses and strains in road struc
Table of Contents
Distribution of stresses and strains in roads. Unsaturated soil mechanics applied to road materials. Compaction. Embankments. Mechanical behavior of road materials. Climate effects. Non-destructive evaluation and inverse methods. Bibliography.
