Asphalt and Subgrade Pavement Design
Modern Road Materials, Construction Technology, and Durability Analysis for Transportation InfrastructureBy Femi Adeyemi
Length15h 4m
About this audiobook
A road fails where the design, the mixture and the roller meet, so this book covers all three.
Asphalt and Subgrade Pavement Design is a complete, practice-oriented guide to modern road materials, construction technology and durability analysis. It begins at the ground beneath the road, showing you how to classify and stabilise a subgrade, interpret California bearing ratio and resilient modulus results, and design drainage that keeps water out of the structure. From there it moves upward through aggregates and unbound layers, performance-graded binders, volumetric mixture design, and the performance tests that reveal rutting, fatigue, moisture damage and thermal cracking before they appear on the road.
Construction chapters follow the material from plant to pavement: production, warm-mix technology, segregation control, joints, rolling patterns and density acceptance. The book then shows how to size a structure by both empirical and mechanistic-empirical methods, compute equivalent axle loads, interpret deflection testing, identify distresses in the field, and design recycling, preservation and overlay treatments. Concrete pavements, traffic loading and load spectra, and pavement management complete the picture, giving engineers and students a single reference that connects soil, mix, construction and structural performance.
What you will learn:
• Classify and stabilise subgrade soils, and interpret CBR and resilient modulus results
• Design drainage and frost protection that keep water out of the pavement structure
• Select performance-graded asphalt binders for a given climate and traffic level
• Run a volumetric mixture design and test for rutting, fatigue, moisture damage and thermal cracking
• Manage plant production, warm-mix technology, segregation, joints, rolling patterns and density acceptance
• Size flexible pavements by empirical and mechanistic-empirical methods
• Compute equivalent axle loads and interpret deflection testing
• Identify pavement distresses in the field and plan recycling, preservation and overlay treatments
• Apply pavement management principles to maintenance and rehabilitation decisions
Written for highway and materials engineers, technicians and civil engineering students, this book is equally suited to practising professionals who need a current reference on pavement design and construction, and to students building a foundation in transportation infrastructure.
Audiobook details
GenreTechnology
Length15 hrs 4 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 28, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Asphalt and Subgrade Pavement Design
2Foreword
3Preface
4About This Book
5Chapter 1: Pavement Systems and Performance
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61.1 The Road as a Layered Structure
71.2 Flexible, Rigid and Composite Behavior Compared
81.3 Design Life and Performance Measures
91.4 Traffic, Environment and Failure Modes
101.5 Whole-Life Cost and Sustainability
11Chapter 2: Subgrade Soils and Strength Characterisation
122.1 Soil Classification for Pavement Support
132.2 Moisture-Density Relationships and Compaction
142.3 California Bearing Ratio Testing
152.4 Resilient Modulus Testing and Correlation
162.5 Variability and Selection of Support Value
17Chapter 3: Subgrade Preparation, Stabilisation, Drainage and Frost
183.1 Subgrade Preparation and Compaction Control
193.2 Lime Stabilisation of Fine-Grained Soils
203.3 Cement Stabilisation and Mechanical Modification
213.4 Subsurface Drainage Design
223.5 Frost Heave and Thaw Weakening
23Chapter 4: Aggregates and Unbound Layers
244.1 Gradation and Blending
254.2 Shape, Angularity and Texture
264.3 Abrasion, Soundness and Cleanliness
274.4 Base and Subbase Compaction and Permeability
28Chapter 5: Asphalt Binders and Performance Grading
295.1 Binder Composition and Consistency
305.2 Dynamic Shear and Bending Beam Rheometry
315.3 Ageing Simulation and Conditioning
325.4 Grade Selection by Climate and Traffic
335.5 Modified Binders
34Chapter 6: Asphalt Mixture Design
356.1 Marshall and Gyratory Compaction Methods
366.2 Volumetric Properties and Optimum Binder Content
376.3 Mix Type Selection and Specification Framework
386.4 Recycled Binder Contribution
39Chapter 7: Mixture Performance and Durability Testing
407.1 Rutting and Flow Number Testing
417.2 Fatigue and Stiffness Testing
427.3 Moisture Susceptibility
437.4 Low-Temperature Cracking and Ageing
447.5 Raveling and Surface Durability
45Chapter 8: Plant Production, Paving and Compaction
468.1 Batch and Drum Plant Operation
478.2 Warm-Mix Technologies
488.3 Haul, Placement and Segregation Control
498.4 Joint Construction and Rolling Patterns
508.5 Density Acceptance and Quality Control
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