Pothole Practices Guidebook: Proactive Prevention and Patching

Pothole Practices Guidebook: Proactive Prevention and Patching
Author: Dave Bergner
Publisher: APWA Press
Total Pages: 78
Release: 2024-11-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1606751697

Even with best practices and standards, asphalt pavements will inevitably deteriorate due to traffic, environmental effects, and aging of materials. Preserving and extending their useful life requires a comprehensive preventive maintenance program and timely, effective, and efficient repairs. This easy-to-use guidebook provides an overview of how potholes form, pothole repair methods and materials, and preventive measures.

Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways and Airfields, Two Volume Set

Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways and Airfields, Two Volume Set
Author: Erol Tutumluer
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 1562
Release: 2009-06-15
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0203865286

Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways and Airfields focuses on issues pertaining to the bearing capacity of highway and airfield pavements and railroad track structures and provided a forum to promote efficient design, construction and maintenance of the transportation infrastructure. The collection of papers from the Eighth International Conference

Pavement Management for Airports, Roads, and Parking Lots

Pavement Management for Airports, Roads, and Parking Lots
Author: M.Y. Shahin
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 450
Release: 1994-08-31
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780412992018

Emphasizing sound, cost-effective management rather than emergency repairs, this comprehensive volume offers practical guidelines on evaluating and managing pavements for airports, roads, and parking lots. The author focuses on the implementation and maintenance of successful management strategies for both network and project levels, with repair techniques also described . Detailed chapters: 1) outline step-by-step procedures for project and network level pavement management 2) illustrate effective cost analysis and budget planning for pavement maintenance 3) guide the reader in the selection and use of non-destructive deflection, roughness measurement, and friction measurement equipment 4) present state-of-the-art pavement rehabilitation and condition prediction techniques 5) demonstrates the Pavement Condition Index (PCI) procedure for airfields and surfaced and unsurfaced roads. Extensive appendices serve as a field manual for identifying all types of pavement distress and their causes, and hundred of photographs facilitate accurate pavement evaluation. Civil and pavement engineers will find complete information on pavement inspection, evaluation, and management in this indispensable reference.

Pavement Management

Pavement Management
Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board
Publisher:
Total Pages: 316
Release: 1991
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: