Analysis of Pavement Structures

This second edition includes new chapter on numerical implementation (using FEM) of pavement analysis along with topics as mechanical modeling of granular materials, applications of convolution theorems in visco-elasticity, visco-elastic Poisson's ratio, concepts of fracture mechanics in relation to fatigue of asphalt mix and so forth.

List of contents

1. Introduction. 2. Material characterization. 3. Load stress in concrete pavement. 4. Temperature stress in concrete pavement. 5. Load stress in asphalt pavement. 6. Temperature stress in asphalt pavement. 7. Finite element analysis of pavement structures. 8. Pavement design. 9. Miscellaneous topics.

About the author

Animesh Das, Ph.D., is presently working as Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. He received his Ph.D. degree from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. Dr. Das's area of interest is pavement material characterization, pavement analysis, pavement design and pavement maintenance. He has many technical publications in various journals of repute and in conference proceedings. He has co-authored a text book titled Principles of Transportation Engineering published by the Prentice-Hall of India (currently, PHI learning).
He has received a number of awards in recognition to his contribution in the field, including Indian National Academy of Engineers Young Engineer award (2004) and Fulbright-Nehru Senior Research Fellowship (2012-13). Details of his works can be found on his webpage: http://home.iitk.ac.in/¿adas.

Product details

• Authors: Animesh Das, Animesh (Department of Civil Engineering Das
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.01.2025
• EAN: 9781032041575
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3204157-5
• No. of pages: 154
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Structural and environmental engineering; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Civil / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Construction / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Structural, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Civil / Transportation, Civil engineering, surveying & building, Mining Industry, Agribusiness and primary industries, Civil engineering, surveying and building