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Widajat, Djoko. "Predicting the performance of basaltic aggregate for use in unbound road base and sub base layers." Thesis, University of Ulster, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.365923.

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Nunn, M. E. "Development of bituminous pavement design in the UK and related research." Thesis, University of Ulster, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.311515.

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Coffey, Jarrad P. "An investigation into opportunities for improvement of surface mine haul road functional design, construction and maintenance." Thesis, Curtin University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2089.

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Haul road pavement condition has long been considered as having a significant influence on the efficiency of haulage in surface mining. However limited literature exists relating wearing course condition with performance, resulting in mine operators not maximising the potential value of their haul road assets. This project focuses on defining current issues associated with the functional performance of haul roads, through a case study involving three iron ore mines in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Consequently attempts are then made to relate material properties to performance so th

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Bekele, Abiy. "Implementation of the AASHTO pavement design procedures into MULTI-PAVE." Thesis, KTH, Transportvetenskap, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-44064.

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This thesis implements the empirical pavement design procedures for flexible as well as rigid pavement by American Association of State Highways and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) into two MATLAB modules of MULTI-PAVE. MULTI-PAVE was developed as a teaching tool that performs pavement thickness design for multiple design procedures using a common input file and a common output format. The AASHTO components were developed in accordance with the 1993 AASHTO Pavement Design Guide, and verified against the original design method. The thicknesses of the Asphalt Concrete, Base Course and Sub-base

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Elsaghir, Sayed Ali Ahmad. "Context sensitive design of provincial road Galliera SP4." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2014. http://amslaurea.unibo.it/6759/.

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In the past centuries and before the invention of automobile, roads consisted mainly of unpaved paths connecting only few cities. Later, in the beginning of the twentieth century, the automobile was introduced and a new type of the transportation system was born. Therefore, it was necessary to change the condition of roads to fit with the automobiles. With the spread and the development of the automobiles, roads also have developed and increased all over the world. That caused negative effects on the environment and humans’ life quality. Thus, highways associations and communities had to take

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Ayat, Maher. "Pavement and alignment design of a new rural road in the province of Bologna." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2014. http://amslaurea.unibo.it/6508/.

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This thesis aims to give a general view of pavement types all over the world, by showing the different characteristics of each one and its different life steps starting from construction, passing by maintenance and arriving until recycling phase. The flexible pavement took the main part of this work because it has been used in the last part of this thesis to design a project of a rural road. This project is located in the province of Bologna-Italy (‘Comune di Argelato’, 26 km in the north of Bologna), and has 5677, 81 m of length. A pavement design was made using the program BISAR 3.0 and a fa

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Ng'anjo, Peter. "Research into the properties of lateritic gravels and their impact on pavement design." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/51897.

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Thesis (M.Ing.)--Stellenbosch University, 2000.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Laterites are used extensively in the tropics as road building materials in unbound base, sub-base layers and in surface layers. However, most base course specifications usually require the provision of crushed and graded stone or stabilized base and often exclude the general use of as-dug laterites or other naturally occurring gravels. Various field studies in the past have clearly indicated that many lateritic gravel deposits can be used successfully as base course materials in roads carrying low to medium traffic wit

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Stephenson, Gregory John. "Use of stone mastic asphalt mixtures in road pavement maintenance and construction." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2002.

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Zhang, Zhiming. "An Integrated System for Road Condition and Weigh-in-Motion Measurements using In-Pavement Strain Sensors." Diss., North Dakota State University, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10365/25819.

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The United States has the world?s largest road network with over 4.1 million miles of roads supporting more than 260 million of registered automobiles including around 11 million of heavy trucks. Such a large road network challenges the road and traffic management systems such as condition assessment and traffic monitoring. To assess the road conditions and track the traffic, currently, multiple facilities are required simultaneously. For instance, vehicle-based image techniques are available for pavements? mechanical behavior detection such as cracks, high-speed vehicle-based profilers are us

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CHOORACKAL, AVIRACHAN ELDHO. "MIX DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT OF SELF-COMPACTING CEMENT-BOUND MIXTURES FOR PAVEMENT FOUNDATIONS OF ROAD TUNNELS." Doctoral thesis, Politecnico di Torino, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/11583/2829685.

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ETZI, ANDREINA. "Granite By-Products for inverted pavement technique." Doctoral thesis, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11584/266695.

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As mentioned by Sardinia Region: ''Sustainable Development is what satisfies present's needs without shattering those of future generations, thanks to smart use of environmental resources and without waists''. This research aims to use a current resource available in high quantities in Sardinia to optimize the uses of the extracted materials and not to take just advantage of the Region. The mining activity in Sardinia, which is very important since ‘60s, during these years, has produced huge amounts of granite by-products. The ornamental use of granite is an important money source for Sa

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Siripun, Komsun. "Characterisations of base course materials in Western Australia pavements." Thesis, Curtin University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/960.

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Western Australia (WA) has a road network of approximately 177,700 km, including a 17,800 km stage highway system (Main Roads Western Australia 2009). This infrastructure supports a population of only about two million, and road funds always have to be carefully considered when allocated to highway authorities or other organisations. Pavement design is a process intended to find the most economical combination of suitable materials and layer thicknesses for construction. The pavement must have a carefully-specified unbound granular base to further reduce construction costs, and must be surface

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Khalifeh, Ihssan. "Internship in pavement construction: analyzation of hot bituminous mixtures design, formulation, placement and quality control." Master's thesis, Universidade de Aveiro, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/21945.

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Mestrado em Engenharia Civil<br>Este trabalho prático baseia-se em observações realizadas sobre a execução de pavimentos rodoviários, a realizar por uma das empresas portuguesas especializadas nesta área de construção. O trabalho inclui três fases essenciais da indústria rodoviária, nomeadamente: design e produção de misturas betuminosas a quente, aplicação de misturas (construção de pavimentos) e controlo de qualidade. Cada fase é discutida em detalhe para fornecer o melhor entendimento possível sobre este tópico de acordo com a inspeção do local. Assim, permite dar uma boa compreensão

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Quintero, Natalia M. "Validation of the Enhanced Integrated Climatic Model (EICM) for the Ohio SHRP Test Road at U.S. 23." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1195142855.

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Helmersson, Elin, and Tim Nestéus. "Dimensionering av vägens bärlager : Hur påverkar asfaltbetongblandningen och hur effektiv är svensk dimensioneringsmetod?" Thesis, KTH, Byggteknik och design, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-142367.

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Det här arbetet handlar om asfaltbetongblandningar och hur variationen av dessa vid projektering påverkar vägarnas dimensionering i överbyggnaden mer specifikt bärlagret. Arbetet är baserat på litteraturstudier av den senaste teorin kring dimensionering av asfaltbetongblandningar i väglager samt tillhörande kravskrifter både från svenska och amerikanska myndigheter. Den inledande delen i examensarbetet omfattar bakgrunden till vägdimensionering. Inledningsvis behandlas materialet asfaltbetong och derss egenskaper för att sedan gå vidare till allmänt om vägar, hur de utformas, vägens funktionel

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Pérez, Rosales Germán Rodrigo, and Mendoza Kengy Edinson Andagua. "Evaluación de las técnicas de diseño de pavimentos básicos para la conservación vial del tramo V de la carretera Acobamba – Puente Alcomachay en el Departamento de Huancavelica." Bachelor's thesis, Universidad Ricardo Palma, 2015. http://cybertesis.urp.edu.pe/handle/urp/1349.

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El presente trabajo de investigación, tiene un diseño de investigación (cuantitativo-cualitativo) que enfoca el problema de utilizar diferentes técnicas de diseño de pavimentos para un efecto económico e innovador para la conservación vial del tramo V de la carretera Acobamba – Puente Alcomachay en el Departamento de Huancavelica, que nos llevó a formular el objetivo de determinar la técnica de diseño de pavimento más económica: AASHTO 93 y NAASRA (antes AUSTROADS), desarrollando parámetros geotécnicos y de transitabilidad, obteniendo como resultado que: la técnica NAASRA, para las condicione

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Thom, Nicholas. "Design of road foundations." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 1988. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/10281/.

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Research has been conducted into the fundamental mechanical properties of a granular material. This has involved the use of both a repeated load triaxial apparatus and a new hollow cylinder apparatus, which has required development and modification. Building on the foundation of earlier research at Nottingham, models have been developed which predict the stress-strain behaviour of a dry granular material under any combination of applied stresses. This includes repeatable elastic behaviour and the development of irrecoverable plastic strain. The accuracy of these models has been tested as far a

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Dalla, Valle Paola. "Reliability in pavement design." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2015. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/28999/.

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This research presents a methodology that accounts for variability of key pavement design input variables and variations due to lack-of-fit of the design models and assesses effects on pavement performance (fatigue and deformation life). Variability is described by statistical terms such as mean and standard deviation and by its probability density distribution. The subject of reliability in pavement design has pushed many highway organisations around the world to review their design methodologies to evaluate the effect of variations in materials on pavement performance. This research has rein

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Löfsjögård, Malin. "Functional properties of concrete roads : development of an optimisation model and studies on road lighting design and joint performance." Stockholm [Sweden] : Royal Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Structural Engineering, 2003. http://www.lib.kth.se/Sammanfattningar/lofsjogard031212.pdf.

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Teague, Frederick Thomas. "Characterization of road materials and environmental conditions for the analysis and design of flexible pavements in Hong Kong." Thesis, Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1999. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B21451473.

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Lacalle, Jiménez Helena Isabel. "Airfield pavement design with cold recycled materials." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2017. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/44286/.

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The UK has adopted the concept of sustainable development and the construction industry is playing a key role in improving the efficient use of materials. The aim is to minimise the waste generated and maximise quantities of materials reused or recycled, minimising raw material consumption. Using Reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) is a rehabilitation technique which involves recycling materials from asphalt layers that have already been in service. This reduces the use of new bitumen and aggregates and avoids disposal. However, UK pavements constructed prior to 1980 or surfaced in the late 1980’

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Loach, Simon C. "Repeated loading of fine grained soils for pavement design." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 1987. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/13693/.

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The primary aim of this research was to investigate the behaviour of a clay subjected to a loading regime similar to that experienced by a road subgrade under traffic loading in Great Britain. The material used was Keuper Marl. The samples were anisotropically consolidated in a triaxial apparatus from a slurry which allowed careful control over the stress history and produced uniform samples. The samples were fully instrumented and the apparatus was capable of applying repeated axial and radial stresses. The test programme was designed to investigate the resilient and permanent response of the

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Brito, Lelio. "Design methods for low volume roads." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2011. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/12081/.

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This thesis is concerned with producing a simple method to design low volume roads (LVR) by means of a rationale which accounts for permanent deformation development in granular layers. Rutting is regarded as the main distress mode in unsealed and thinly sealed pavements. Hence, it is desirable that it be analytically approached rather than empirically, as in most design methods. The overall aim of this PhD thesis was to look into the behaviour of in-service roads and from a newly developed process, to advance, in a systematic manner, the elements required to produce a simple mechanistic desig

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Gillett, Simon D. "Accuracy in mechanistic pavement design consequent upon unbound material testing." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2002. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/12226/.

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As part of a European Union funded research study (the "SCIENCE" project) performed between 1990 and 1993, granular road construction material and subgrade soil specimens were tested in the four participating laboratories of the project: Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil Portugal University of Nottingham United Kingdom Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chaussées France Delft University of Technology The Netherlands The author was based the first of these and visited the other participating laboratories, performing the majority of the work described. Inaccuracies in repeated load triaxial

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Wang, Juan. "Shakedown analysis and design of flexible road pavements under moving surface loads." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2011. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/12836/.

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Flexible road pavements often fail due to excessive rutting. as a result of cumulative vertical permanent deformation under repeated traffic loads. The currently used analytical approach to flexible pavement design evaluates the pavement life in terms of critical elastic strain at the top of the subgrade. Hence, the plastic pavement behaviour is not properly considered. Shakedown analysis can take into account the material plasticity and guarantee structure stability under repeated loads. It provides a more rational design criterion for flexible road pavements. Finite element analyses using th

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Little, Peter H. "The design of unsurfaced roads using geosynthetics." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 1993. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/13141/.

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Current available methods for the design of unpaved roads, with and without geosynthetics, were used for sixteen full-scale test sections which were constructed at the Bothkennar Soft Clay Site, Airth, Scotland. The full-scale trials consisted of twelve pavements including geosynthetics and four control pavements incorporating two types of aggregate and two design life expectancies. The test pavements were instrumented to monitor the transient stress and strain distribution, permanent strain distribution, geosynthetic temperature and ground water level during the trafficking operation. Traffic

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Juspi, Sumyaty. "Experimental validation of the shakedown concept for pavement analysis and design." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2007. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/12864/.

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The shakedown concept has been widely applied in structural and mechanical engineering numerical models. The concept is related to the response of a structure to load repetitions in a resilient manner without further permanent deformation. More than 40 wheel tracking tests were conducted with various wheel load levels for each test to check the validity of the shakedown concept in the pavement foundation. Six different types of soils with different characteristics were used in the wheel tracking tests. These were a silt (from gravel pit washings), a silty-clay (Mercia Mudstone, referred to her

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Purvis, Jeremy. "Sensitivity analysis of pavement thickness design software for local roads in Iowa." Thesis, University of Iowa, 2013. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/2611.

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The main objectives of this research are to: 1) identify the most critical design input parameters, and 2) determine the minimum pavement thickness. To minimize the life-cycle cost of building and maintaining pavements, it is critical to determine the most appropriate pavement material and thickness for a given traffic level, subgrade condition and environmental factor. The AASHTO 1993 guide for design of pavement structure is most commonly used by states for designing pavement thickness for low-volume roads. Statewide urban design an

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Wong, Harry Kam Woon. "The effect of bridge approach slabs on pavement deformation." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 1991. https://hdl.handle.net/2123/26379.

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Because there is a difference in stiffness between a bridge deck and the materials used in the approach embankment, trafﬁc loading will cause the pavement to deform relative to the bridge deck and form a ‘bump’ at the end of the bridge. This causes drivers’ discomfort and accelerated damage to the pavement. The use of concrete approach slabs constructed so as to slope down from the bridge deck beneath the pavement has been proposed as a means of alleviating this problem. In this thesis, experimental and theoretical work have been carried out to investigate the behaviour of approach slabs un

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Noureldin, Ehab Magdy Salah. "Analysis on Structural Modeling for Recycled Asphalt Pavement used as a Base Layer." Diss., North Dakota State University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10365/25320.

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Reusing RAP in the base layer became a common practice in the last decade. However, some crucial issues must be resolved to succeed in using RAP satisfying the standard specifications as a base layer. The most important unknown factor is the mechanistic behavior of RAP. This question may be satisfied by understanding the role of RAP in terms of whether it just behaves as a black rock or has a stabilizing effect with traditional aggregates used for base layer. The first stage of this study is modeling the structural behavior of RAP via prediction MR. This stage then comprises comparing the pred

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Jiménez, del Barco Carrión Ana. "Design and characterisation of reclaimed asphalt mixtures with biobinders." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2017. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/47582/.

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Most pavements around the world are built with asphalt mixtures. Traditional asphalt mixtures are composed of aggregates and bitumen. Current concern about environmental issues and scarcity of these raw materials has motivated the search for different recycled and renewable resources to be used in pavement engineering. Regarding recycling, the use of Reclaimed Asphalt (RA) materials is nowadays a common and valued practice. However, there still exist some concern about its performance when used in high amounts (>30%) due to its aged state. In terms of renewable resources, the relatively new co

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Ebels, Lucas-Jan. "Characterisation of material properties and behaviour of cold bituminous mixtures for road pavements." Thesis, Link to the online version, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10019/828.

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Liu, Shu. "Application of shakedown theory in the structural design of bituminous pavements." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2016. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/35577/.

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Excessive rutting, one of the major distress modes of bituminous pavements, is mainly caused by the accumulation of load-induced permanent deformation. However, current pavement design approaches against the excessive rutting are mainly developed using the theory of elasticity. Recently, a new pavement design approach based on the shakedown concept has attracted lots of attention because it can consider plastic properties of pavement materials. However, most of the existing shakedown solutions were developed for pavement foundations composed of granular materials and soils. Very limited work h

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Milne, Terence Ian. "Towards a performance related seal design method for Bitumen and modified road seal binders." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/856.

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Thesis(PhD (Civil Engineering))-- University of Stellenbosch, 2004.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Bitumen based road surfacing seals and asphalt wearing courses have been used by society's Engineers "to counter the damage to the existing unsurfaced roadways by the newly developed automobile with its rubber driving wheels" since the early 1900's. Early experiments were conducted with both tar and bitumen to find a suitable material to alleviate the situation, and ongoing research has been carried out through the past century and into the new millennium, throughout the world, examining improvements, fro

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Ojum, Chibuzor Kingsley. "The design and optimisation of cold asphalt emulsion mixtures." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2015. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/30812/.

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Road structures are important to the survival of nations. As the cost for the rehabilitation and maintenance of highways soars, civil engineers and administrators face the ever present difficulty of meeting current resurfacing and rehabilitation needs. The deterioration of road structures under growing traffic weight and volume is occurring faster than agencies envisaged coupled with increasingly scarce and expensive new materials required. It is now apparent that for planning, design and construction for road structures, the most efficient and cost effective processes, materials and practices

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Smith, Brad Steven. "Design and Construction of Pavements in Cold Regions: State of the Practice." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2006. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd1654.pdf.

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Koranteng-Yorke, John Bernard. "A proposed framework for asphaltic concrete pavement design for tropical soils : case study of Ghana." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2012. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/3776/.

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Fundamental differences exist in soil types formed under temperate and tropical climatic conditions. Consequently, their use for road pavement design will require different approaches and standards. The absence of a systematic approach in addressing tropical pavement design requirements and the use of temperate design standards for tropical countries has led to early failure of road pavements in Ghana and other tropical countries. However, few studies have been carried out on developing standards based on field studies to determine key design parameters to address challenges of tropical paveme

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Nanagiri, Yamini Varma. "Development of a rational method of designing hot mix asphalt (HMA) for low volume roads." Link to electronic thesis, 2005. http://www.wpi.edu/Pubs/ETD/Available/etd-01055-115823/.

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Butt, Ali Azhar. "Life Cycle Assessment of Asphalt Roads : Decision Support at the Project Level." Doctoral thesis, KTH, Väg- och banteknik, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-156016.

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Transport infrastructures such as roads are assets for the society as they not only ensure mobility but also strengthen society’s economy. Considerable amount of energy and materials, that include bitumen, aggregates and asphalt, are required to build and maintain roads. Improper utilization of energy and/or use of materials may lead to more waste and higher costs. The impact on the environment cannot be neglected either. Life cycle assessment (LCA) as a method can be used to assess the environmental impacts of a road system over its entire life time. Studying the life cycle perspective of roa

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Sadek, Husam. "Mechanistic-based characterisation of fatigue resistance of alternative mix designs." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 2015. http://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/2035601/.

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The population and economy in the State of Qatar have been increasing significantly in the past 10 years. Accordingly, traffic loading has also increased rapidly, which merits consideration of the design and construction of long-lasting pavement structures that require minimal maintenance. This study started with an investigation of the feasibility and performance of the current asphalt pavement materials and structures being used in the country. This investigation utilised the analysis approach implemented in the Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide (M-E PDG) software. The results evid

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Minto, James Martin. "Towards a rational design of gravel media water treatment filters : MRI investigation of the spatial heterogeneity in pollutant particle accumulation." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2014. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/5711/.

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Gravel filters are potentially a low cost, low maintenance water treatment solution. They require no mechanical or electrical parts and can operate without the addition of chemicals or the need for close supervision. As such, they are an appropriate technology for treating road runoff as a component of Sustainable urban Drainage Systems (SuDS) and as an initial stage of drinking water treatment in rural areas. However, the processes by which pollutant particles are removed in gravel filters are poorly understood and practical experience shows that many filters fail long before their expected d

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Astolfi, Armando. "SURFACE AND MECHANISTIC PROPERTIES OF RECYCLED BITUMINOUS MIXTURES." Doctoral thesis, Università degli Studi di Palermo, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10447/365683.

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Problem Often, when the characteristics of a bituminous mixture are analised, there are major differences between in-lab and in-situ results. This is due to the fact that the procedures and techniques implemented during the design phase (in lab) may be different from those used on site. Then, is very important to be able to predict the main properties of a mixture particularly when innovative materials are used. For example, when crumb rubber is used, phisical and volumetric properties of mixes may change over time, in particular due to the swelling phenomenon that it alt

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Yang, Wei-Jr, and 楊為智. "The Design of Automatic Road Pavement Detection System." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/zb8ua7.

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碩士<br>國立臺北科技大學<br>電機工程系所<br>102<br>Travelling by road is the most used source of conveyance for people. It is considered the most convenient way for many people, although people have complained regarding their conditions and accidents caused by rough roads. The main reasons for the uneven road pavement are the unscheduled construction or excavation of pipeline or the age of road containing potholes. The conditions of the road pavements are directly effecting the comfort of the driver, maintenance of the car on the whole the quality of driving. Currently the manual process is being used for the

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De, Beer Morris. "Aspects of the design and behaviour of road structures incorporating lightly cementitious layers." Thesis, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/26753.

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Mapikitla, David. "Development of pavement management systems for road network maintenance." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10352/119.

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Thesis. (M. Tech. (Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Dept. of Civil Engineering))--Vaal University of Technology, 2011<br>In the past thirty years there has been a rapid deterioration of the road network in South Africa. As an attempt to address this challenge, a study was conducted on R34 between Vrede and Bothmas Pass Border. The aim of the study was to develop a pavement management system for road network maintenance to serve as a decision support tool to assist to improve the efficiency of making decisions, provide feedback as to the consequences of these decisions, ensure consistency

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AnhDuc, Mai, and 梅安篤. "Evaluating the Performance of Geogrid Reinforced Secondary Road Using Mechanical-Empirical Pavement Design Guide." Thesis, 2012. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/69053075104055540639.

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碩士<br>國立成功大學<br>土木工程學系碩博士班<br>100<br>In the past decade, numerous studies have shown that incorporating geogrid in the pavement could effectively improve the pavement performance. Pavement performance is usually measured in terms of individual pavement distress such as rutting, crack, etc. The major benefit of using geogrid in the flexible pavement is to improve its rutting performance as the result of the reinforcement function of geogrid. Mechanical-Empirical Pavement Design Guide (M-E PDG) developed under the National Corporative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) is a powerful tool to analys

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Northmore, Andrew. "Canadian Solar Road Panel Design: A Structural and Environmental Analysis." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/8247.

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Solar road panels are a technology that have the ability to revolutionize the way that roads are built and how electricity is generated. Strong incentives towards sustainable solutions in both of these fields have led to the design of innovative, multifaceted solutions, of which solar road panels are one of the most recent entrants. This research presents some initial analysis into the design of solar road panels from the perspective of Canadian pavement engineering. The hypothesis of this research was as follows: A specially designed modular panel can be constructed to withstand the struct

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Almeida, Arminda Maria Marques. "A methodological framework for pavement damage estimation considering simulated axle load spectra." Doctoral thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/26240.

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Tese de doutoramento em Engenharia Civil, na especialidade de Urbanismo, Ordenamento do Território e Transportes, apresentada ao Departamento de Engenharia Civil da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra<br>Despite being crucial to the economic and social development of any country or region, road freight transport is one of the players responsible for environmental impact of transport increasing in the last decades. In order to minimise these impacts, heavy vehicles have been evolving. Consequently, road pavement design must keep up with it since a road pavement is desi

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Kuo, Yao-chen. "Highway earthwork and pavement production rates for construction time estimation." Thesis, 2004. http://www.lib.utexas.edu/etd/d/2004/kuoy81347/kuoy81347.pdf#page=3.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2004.<br>Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-334). Also available online via the University of Texas Libraries website (http://www.lib.utexas.edu/).

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Wei, Chia-Hui, and 魏嘉慧. "Assessment of Permeable Pavement Design Methods on Urban Roads." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/18677391801742077017.

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碩士<br>國立中央大學<br>土木工程學系<br>101<br>When we collected other country’s permeable pavement design processes and methods, our research decided to follow the Japan’s system. In this system, our design process permeable pavement considered about Taiwan's climate and environmental factors. And then we compared with AI and AASHTO design methods which was famous in Taiwan. By exploring the layers of pavement materials flooding intensity decay rate, and simulating various cases of flooding in KENLAYER mechanical analysis, We could compare the response variable and the useful life of the translation diffe

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