Airfield and highway pavements; proceedings.0784408386 Airfield and highway pavements; proceedings. ASCE ASCE abbr. American Society of Civil Engineers International Airfield and Highway Pavement Specialty Conference (2006: Atlanta, Ga.) Ed. by Imad L. Al-Qadi. Am. Society of Civil Engineers 2006 1047 pages $180.00 Paperback TL725 From the proceedings of the Transportation and Development Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers “ASCE” redirects here. For the Nigerian stock exchange, see Abuja Securities and Commodities Exchange. The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) is a professional body founded in 1852 to represent members of the civil engineering profession worldwide. International Airfield and Highway Specialty Conference, held in Atlanta in April and May of 2006, this collection of 87 papers covers developments in airport and highway pavement design, modeling, and emerging technologies. It includes papers and case studies on field evaluation studies; rehabilitation rehabilitation: see physical therapy. techniques; modeling and analysis techniques; airfield and highway flexible rigid pavement design; pavement evaluation--for example, the utilization of a falling weight deflectometer A falling weight deflectometer, FWD or F for short, is a testing device used by civil engineers to evaluate the physical properties of a pavement. This could include (but is not limited to) highways, local roads, airport runways and railway tracks. , roughness measurements, and ground penetration radar; subgrade sub·grade n. The level layer of rock or earth upon which the foundation of a road or railway is laid. stabilization techniques; pavement material design and characterization; pavement management systems; construction approaches and quality control and assurance; and field instrumentation. Both author and subject indexes are provided. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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