Testing and Characterization of Asphalt Materials and Pavement Structures
Testing and Characterization of Asphalt Materials and Pavement Structures

Author: Kun Zhang

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2018-07-11

Total Pages: 179

ISBN-13: 3319957899

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This book presents new studies dealing with the attempts made by the scientists and practitioners to address contemporary issues in pavement engineering such as aging and modification of asphalt binders, performance evaluation of warm mix asphalt, and mechanical-based pavement structure analysis, etc.. Asphalt binder and mixture have been widely used to construct flexible pavements. Mechanical and Chemical characterizations of asphalt materials and integration of these properties into pavement structures and distresses analysis are of great importance to design a sustainable flexible pavement. This book includes discusses and new results dealing with these issues. Papers were selected from the 5th GeoChina International Conference 2018 – Civil Infrastructures Confronting Severe Weathers and Climate Changes: From Failure to Sustainability, held on July 23 to 25, 2018 in HangZhou, China.

An Overview of Available and Developing Highway Vehicle Electronic Technologies
An Overview of Available and Developing Highway Vehicle Electronic Technologies

Author: Jouko A. Parviainen

Publisher: [Downsview] : Transportation Technology and Energy Branch, Ontario Ministry of Transportation

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13:

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Review of the state-of-the-art of automatic fleet monitoring, vehicular monitoring/control and travel support systems, and a brief update on navigation systems. The report covers automatic vehicle identification, classification, location, monitoring, weigh-in-motion and image processing systems. Functional diagrams and lists of known equipment suppliers are included, as are application examples. Discussion on market perspectives cover recent technology developments and survey results indicating customer preferences on vehicle electronics.

Pavement Engineering
Pavement Engineering

Author: Rajib B. Mallick

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2013-03-27

Total Pages: 697

ISBN-13: 1439870357

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Pavements are engineered structures essential to transportation, commerce and trade, and everyday life. In order for them to perform as expected, they must be designed, constructed, maintained, and managed properly. Providing a comprehensive overview of the subject, Pavement Engineering: Principles and Practice, Second Edition covers a wide range of topics in asphalt and concrete pavements, from soil preparation to structural design and construction. This new edition includes updates in all chapters and two new chapters on emerging topics that are becoming universally important: engineering of sustainable pavements and environmental mitigation in transportation projects. It also contains new examples and new figures with more informative schematics as well as helpful photographs. The text describes the significance of standards and examines traffic, drainage, concrete mixes, asphalt binders, distress and performance in concrete and asphalt pavements, and pavement maintenance and rehabilitation. It also contains a chapter on airport pavements and discusses nondestructive tests for pavement engineering using nuclear, deflection-based, electromagnetic, and seismic equipment. The authors explore key concepts and techniques for economic analysis and computing life-cycle cost, instrumentation for acquiring test data, and specialty applications of asphalt and concrete. The Second Edition includes more relevant issues and recently developed techniques and guidelines for practical problems, such as selection of pavement type, effect of vehicle tires, and use of smart sensors in rollers and software for drainage analysis. This book presents in-depth, state-of-the-art knowledge in a range of relevant topics in pavement engineering, with numerous examples and figures and comprehensive references to online resources for literature and software. It provides a good understanding of construction practices essential for new engineers and materials processing and construction needed for solving numerous problems.

Performance Controlled System-intelligent Transportation Infrastructure Data Models
Performance Controlled System-intelligent Transportation Infrastructure Data Models

Author: Sarath C. Joshua

Publisher:

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13:

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His study concerned the development and use of cost models for forecasting future year operation and maintenance (O & M) costs associated with Intelligent Transportation Infrastructure (ITI) in Arizona. This infrastructure consists of both urban and rural applications of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) elements. The urban systems consisted of Phoenix and Tucson Freeway Management Systems. The rural applications were Road Weather Information Systems (RWIS), variable message signs, etc. A primary source of cost data used in the development of the models was the Performance Controlled System (PECOS) that the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) utilizes to monitor all highway maintenance activities.

Understanding Traffic Systems
Understanding Traffic Systems

Author: Michael A.P. Taylor

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-03-02

Total Pages: 404

ISBN-13: 1351876856

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Road traffic and its impacts affect all aspects of modern life, leisure and industry, with safety, congestion and pollution being of greatest public concern. Transport planning increasingly emphasises travel demand management (TDM) and traffic calming - aided by dynamic, lower cost data from Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) - to enable real time monitoring, control and traveller information. This second edition of a highly successful work has been fully updated since its first publication in 1996 to reflect developments in technology available to the traffic analyst and in the social, ecological and economic environment. New sections are included on shockwaves, data capture without surveys, traffic incidents, delay estimation, off-line use of on-line data, environmental sensitivity, and controlled crash tests. The authors introduce and demonstrate techniques with which the analyst, engineer or planner can examine traffic problems. The underlying theme is that proper understanding of traffic systems performance and traffic problems can only come from the intelligent processing, refinement, appraisal and evaluation of traffic data. Arranged in five parts, the book offers an integrated approach to tackling road traffic problems: ¢ How to gain information and understanding about traffic ¢ The theories of traffic flow ¢ The principles of good survey planning and management ¢ Specific types of traffic studies ¢ Analytical techniques for transforming raw data into useful information. Understanding Traffic Systems provides cogent insights into the techniques of traffic data collection and analysis, the application of traffic theory and the role of data in analysis and decision making. Its breadth and use of examples from several countries make it a useful reference text for students and researchers, as well as an essential tool for practising traffic engineers and planners.