Umfang:
1 online resource
Ausgabe:
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
Inhalt:
〈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〉
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ISBN 9780367520786
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ISBN 9780367520809
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780367520786
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Electronic books
DOI:
10.1201/9781003056300
