Advances on Testing and Experimentation in Civil Engineering

Advances on Testing and Experimentation in Civil Engineering
Author: Carlos Chastre
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 382
Release: 2022-08-17
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3031058755

The book presents the recent advances on testing and experimentation in civil engineering, especially in the branches of geotechnics, transportation, hydraulics, and natural resources. It includes advances in physical modelling, monitoring techniques, data acquisition and analysis, and provides an invaluable contribution for the installation of new civil engineering experimental facilities. The first part of the book covers the latest advances in testing and experimentation in key domains of geotechnics: soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering, rock mechanics and rock engineering, and engineering geology. Some of the topics covered include new developments in topographic survey acquisition for applied mapping and in situ geotechnical investigations; laboratory and in situ tests to estimate the relevant parameters needed to model the behaviour of rock masses and land structures; monitoring and inspection techniques designed for offshore wind foundations. The second part of the book highlights the relevance of testing and monitoring in transportation. Full-scale accelerated pavement testing, and instrumentation becomes even more important nowadays when, for sustainability purposes, non-traditional materials are used in road and airfield pavements. Innovation in testing and monitoring pavements and railway tracks is also developed in this part of the book. Intelligent traffic systems are the new traffic management paradigm, and an overview of new solutions is addressed here. Finally, in the third part of the book, trends in the field and laboratory measurements and corresponding data analysis are presented according to the different hydraulic domains addressed in this publication, namely maritime hydraulics, surface water and river hydraulics and urban water.

The Roles of Accelerated Pavement Testing in Pavement Sustainability

The Roles of Accelerated Pavement Testing in Pavement Sustainability
Author: José P. Aguiar-Moya
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 877
Release: 2016-09-15
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3319427970

This compendium gathers the latest advances in the area of Accelerated Pavement Testing (APT), a means of testing full-scale pavement construction in an accelerated manner for structural deterioration in a very short term. Compiling novel research results presented at the 5th International Conference on Accelerated Pavement Testing, San Jose, Costa Rica, the volume serves as a timely and highly relevant resource for materials scientists and engineers interested in determining the performance of a pavement structure during its service life (10+ years) in a few weeks or months.

Recent Developments in Pavement Engineering

Recent Developments in Pavement Engineering
Author: Sherif Badawy
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 170
Release: 2019-11-01
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3030341968

This book brings together scientific experts in different areas that contribute to the design, analysis, and performance of sustainable pavements. This book also contributes to transportation engineering challenges and solutions, evaluate the state of the art, identify the shortcomings and opportunities for research, and promote the interaction with the industry. In particular, scientific topics that are addressed in this book include the use of different waste and recycled materials to improve pavement performance, pavement maintenance and rehabilitation, urban heat island due to transportation infrastructure and its mitigation techniques, machine learning applications in the prediction of pavement distresses, and analysis of pavement overlay.

Pavement and Asset Management

Pavement and Asset Management
Author: Maurizio Crispino
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 847
Release: 2019-02-21
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0429559720

Pavement and Asset Management contains contributions from the World Conference on Pavement and Asset Management (WCPAM 2017, Baveno, Italy, 12-16 June 2017). For the first time, the European Pavement and Asset Management Conference (EPAM) and the International Conference on Managing Pavement Assets (ICMPA) were joining forces for a global event that aimed not only at academics and researchers, but also at practitioners, engineers and technicians dealing with everyday tasks and responsibilities related to transport infrastructures pavement and asset management. Pavement and Asset Management covers a wide range of topics, from emerging research to engineering practice, and is grouped under the following themes: - Data quality and monitoring - Economics, political and environmental management, strategies - Deterioration models - Key performance indicators - PMS-case studies - Design and materials - M&R treatments - LCA & LCCA - Risk and safety - Bridge and tunnel management - Smart infrastructure and IT Pavement and Asset Management will be valuable to academics and professionals interested and/or involved in issues related to transport infrastructures pavement and asset management.

Roads and Airports Pavement Surface Characteristics

Roads and Airports Pavement Surface Characteristics
Author: Maurizio Crispino
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 1066
Release: 2023-06-05
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1000954900

Roads and Airports Pavement Surface Characteristics contains the papers presented at the 9th International Symposium on Pavement Surface Characteristics (SURF 2022, Milan, Italy, 12-14 September 2022). The symposium was jointly organized by the Italian company that manages Italy’s National Roads (ANAS –Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane Group), the World Road Association (PIARC) and Politecnico di Milano. The contributions aim to improve the quality of pavement surface characteristics while accomplishing efficiency, safety, sustainability, and addressing new generation mobility needs. The book covers topics from emerging research to engineering practice, and is divided in the following sections: Advanced and performing construction methods and equipment Next generation mobility Data monitoring and performance assessment Surface features and performances| Maintenance and preservation treatments Pavement management Economic and political strategies Safety and risk issues Minimizing road impacts Sustainability and performances issues about materials and design Pavements surfaces and urban heat islands Weather conditions impact Airport pavements Roads and Airports Pavement Surface Characteristics is of interest to academics, engineers and professionals in the fields of pavement engineering, transport infrastructure, and related disciplines.

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

Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways and Airfields

Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways and Airfields
Author: Andreas Loizos
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 364
Release: 2017-07-20
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1351585797

Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways and Airfields includes the contributions to the 10th International Conference on the Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways and Airfields (BCRRA 2017, 28-30 June 2017, Athens, Greece). The papers cover aspects related to materials, laboratory testing, design, construction, maintenance and management systems of transport infrastructure, and focus on roads, railways and airfields. Additional aspects that concern new materials and characterization, alternative rehabilitation techniques, technological advances as well as pavement and railway track substructure sustainability are included. The contributions discuss new concepts and innovative solutions, and are concentrated but not limited on the following topics: · Unbound aggregate materials and soil properties · Bound materials characteritics, mechanical properties and testing · Effect of traffic loading · In-situ measurements techniques and monitoring · Structural evaluation · Pavement serviceability condition · Rehabilitation and maintenance issues · Geophysical assessment · Stabilization and reinforcement · Performance modeling · Environmental challenges · Life cycle assessment and sustainability Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways and Airfields is essential reading for academics and professionals involved or interested in transport infrastructure systems, in particular roads, railways and airfields.