Pavement Design

This comprehensive textbook on pavement engineering provides a clear and thorough understanding of the fundamental principles of pavement design. The book also includes the latest methods/techniques on pavement materials testing, design and evaluation and uses the latest code provisions and design methods of pavements recommended by the Indian Roads Congress (IRC) and Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), which makes it suitable even for an elective or a postgraduate programme in civil engineering. Included in the book are discussions on vehicle pavement interaction, investigations by falling weight deflectometer (FWD) and heavy vehicle simulator (HVS), and design aspects of low volume and rural roads, and surface and subsurface drainage considerations for pavements. Innovative developments in pavement technology such as pre-stressed concrete pavements and the use of geotextiles in pavement engineering are also covered. Solved examples of varied types are included throughout the book and so are exercises at the end of all chapters, which readers will find well suited for reviewing the concepts learnt.