UID:
almahu_9949386185602882
Format:
1 online resource (xiii, 300 pages)
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9781000228342
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1000228347
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9781003056300
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100305630X
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9781000228465
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1000228460
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9781000228403
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1000228401
Content:
"Paving Our Ways is the only comprehensive history of the world's pavements, from the earliest human settlements to the present day. It traces the human and social aspects of pavement development and use for general readers, with detailed technical background for students of transport engineering or engineering history and sociology"--
Note:
〈P〉〈STRONG〉Contents〈/STRONG〉〈/P〉〈I〉〈P〉Preface: What is a road pavement? 〈/I〉ix〈/P〉〈I〉〈P〉Authors 〈/I〉xiii〈/P〉〈B〉〈P〉1 How pavements are affected by traffic and weather 1〈/P〉〈P〉2 Early pavements in Egypt, Mesopotamia, Crete and Greece 7〈/P〉〈P〉3 Making pavements using local materials and simple equipment 13〈/P〉〈P〉4 The essential paving properties of soil, sand and stones 27〈/P〉〈P〉5 Paving ways through swamps and bogs 37〈/P〉〈P〉6 Roman pavements -- a major advance in pavement quality and extent 43〈/P〉〈P〉7 Pavement management processes from medieval Europe 51〈/P〉〈P〉8 Trésaguet and Telford lead a pavement renaissance in France and England 59〈/P〉〈P〉9 McAdam invents a major new pavement using broken stones 67〈/P〉〈P〉10 Using masonry methods to produce pavements for heavy traffic 87〈/B〉〈/P〉〈B〉〈P〉11 The essential paving properties of bitumen, asphalt and cement 99〈/P〉〈P〉12 Three unique pavement engineers -- Metcalf, McAdam and Mountain 105〈/P〉〈P〉13 The first asphalt pavements, produced in 19th-century France and England 113〈/P〉〈P〉14 A new form of pavement using thin, sprayed bituminous surfacings 131〈/P〉〈P〉15 Asphalt paving produced to carry 20th-century truck traffic 137〈/P〉〈P〉16 The design of asphalt pavements -- a predominantly American initiative 151〈/P〉〈P〉17 The 20th-century development of concrete pavements 165〈/P〉〈P〉18 Chemical and physical means of modifying local materials for paving 175〈/P〉〈P〉19 Devices and methods for measuring and evaluating pavement performance 181〈/P〉〈P〉20 Full-scale testing of pavements to validate designs using local materials 207〈/P〉〈P〉21 Possible future pavements, with an emphasis on recycling 229〈/P〉〈P〉22 How pavements could be funded and operated in future years 235〈/P〉〈/B〉〈I〉〈P〉Timeline 〈/I〉239〈/P〉〈I〉〈P〉Bibliography 〈/I〉253〈/P〉〈I〉〈P〉End Notes 〈/I〉269〈/P〉〈I〉〈P〉Index 〈/I〉291〈/P〉
Additional Edition:
Print version: Lay, M.G. (Maxwell G.). Paving our ways. Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2021 ISBN 9780367520786
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History
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Electronic books.
DOI:
10.1201/9781003056300
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003056300
