Highways

by C. A. O'Flaherty

Overview

Highways' is a comprehensive textbook on all aspects of road engineering. This new edition, written by a team of acknowledged experts in the field, teams up with 'Transport Planning and Traffic Engineering' to become a worthy successor to O'Flaherty's classic 'Highway Engineering' set. This fourth edition covers road location and plans, roadwork ma

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781040056530
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	12/19/2001
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	576
File size:	7 MB

Table of Contents

Road location Ground investigations Plans, specifications and contractsSoils for roadworksMaterials used in road pavementsSoil-stabilised pavementsSurface drainage for roadsSub-surface moisture control for road pavementsIntroduction to pavement designEarthworks and unbound bases for pavementsPremixed bituminous-bound courses: Standard materialsDesign and construction of hot-mix bituminous surfacings and roadbasesConcrete pavement constructionCurrent British design practice in relation to bituminous and concrete pavementsAnalytical design of flexible pavementsAnalysis of Stresses in Rigid Concrete SlabsBasic road maintenance operationsWet Skid ResistanceDesign and usage of surface treatmentsStructural maintenance of roads