Pavement Analysis and Design

Description

• KENPAVE Windows program—Based on the mechanistic-empirical method; written using Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0; combines the flexible and rigid pavements into a single package together with the addition of new input programs and computer graphics.

  • Demonstrates to students how theory can be put into practice, and gives them a better understanding of the pavement design process.

  • Serves as a useful tool for the structural design of raft foundations—an important subject in geotechnical engineering.

• Revised material on the AASHTO overlay design method.

  • Reflects the AASHTO design guide which was revised in 1993.

• Added developments and information throughout—i.e., a new method based on the Mohr-Coulomb failure criterion; and new comparisons between KENLAYER and the latest Windows version of MICH-PAVE.

  • Keeps the book and students current, and broadens the scope of knowledge contained in both.

• Three additional appendices—Superpave; Pavement Management System; and Preview of 2002 Design Guide.

  • Provides students with the most current information available while new publications by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials are being approved and implemented.

• KENPAVE Windows program—Based on the mechanistic-empirical method; written using Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0; combines the flexible and rigid pavements into a single package together with the addition of new input programs and computer graphics.

  • Demonstrates to students how theory can be put into practice, and gives them a better understanding of the pavement design process.

  • Serves as a useful tool for the structural design of raft foundations—an important subject in geotechnical engineering.

• Added developments and information throughout—i.e., a new method based on the Mohr-Coulomb failure criterion; and new comparisons between KENLAYER and the latest Windows version of MICH-PAVE.

  • Keeps the book and students current, and broadens the scope of knowledge contained in both.

• Three additional appendices—Superpave; Pavement Management System; and Preview of 2002 Design Guide.

  • Provides students with the most current information available while new publications by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials are being approved and implemented.

• Numerous examples and homework problems—Accompanied, when possible, by a figure to explain the example or problem visually.

  • Offers students the opportunity to test their knowledge of learned concepts.

• Emphasis on mechanistic-empirical design method.

  • Presents students with the fundamental background for a full understanding of this method—used by the Asphalt Institute, the Portland Cement Association, and the forthcoming AASHTO Pavement Design Guide.

• Comparison between manual and computer solutions.

  • Allows students to see that the solutions obtained from the equations and charts check very closely with the computer solutions.

• Chapter-end summaries.

  • Refreshes students with all the important points covered in each chapter before moving on to the next one.

 1. Introduction.

 2. Stresses and Strains in Flexible Pavements.

 3. KENLAYER Computer Program.

 4. Stresses and Deflections in Rigid Pavements.

 5. KENSLABS Computer Program.

 6. Traffic Loading and Volume.

 7. Material Characterization.

 8. Drainage Design.

 9. Pavement Performance.

10. Reliability.

11. Flexible Pavement Design.

12. Rigid Pavement Design.

13. Design of Overlays.

Appendix A. Theory of Viscoelasticity.

Appendix B. Theory of Elastic Layer Systems.

Appendix C. KENPAVE Software.

Appendix D. An Introduction to Superpave.

Appendix E. Pavement Management Systems.

Appendix F. A Preview of 2002 Pavement Design Guide.

Appendix G. List of Symbols.

Appendix H. References.

For one/two-semester, undergraduate/graduate courses in Pavement Design.

This up-to-date text covers both theoretical and practical aspects of pavement analysis and design. It includes some of the latest developments in the field, and some very useful computer software—developed by the author—with detailed instructions.

Focusing on mechanistic-empirical design procedures, this volume presents a comprehensive exploration of the structural analysis and design of highway pavements.

Although the current Pavement Design Guide adopted by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) is mainly empirical, a new guide based on mechanistic-empirical procedures will be published and implemented in the very near future. This book will provide the fundamental background to a full understanding of these sophisticated procedures.

The accompanying CD contains a Windows software called KENPAVE, which can be run on any personal computer with Windows 95 or higher. In addition to several input and graphics programs, KENPAVE consists of two well-known computer programs for pavement analysis and design:

• The KENLAYER program for flexible pavements can be applied to a multilayered system under stationary or moving multiple wheel loads with each layer being linear elastic, nonlinear elastic, or viscoelastic.
• The KENSLABS program for rigid pavements can be applied to multiple slabs fully or partially supported on a liquid, solid, or layered foundation with moment or shear transfer across joints.

Both programs can perform damage analysis by dividing a year into a number of periods, each subjected to different combinations of singleand multiple-axle loads.

Structural and geotechnical engineers can also benefit from this book by applying KENPAVE to the design of raft foundations. In addition to vertical loads, the foundation slab can be subjected to moments in two directions, such as those imposed by retaining walls, and the contours of positive and negative moments can be plotted. This information will be useful to determine the length and amount of reinforcements required.

For one/two-semester, undergraduate/graduate courses in Pavement Design.

This text covers both theoretical and practical aspects of pavement analysis and design. It includes some of the latest developments in the field, and some very useful computer software—developed by the author—with detailed instructions.