Road construction materials

Author: Wu Biqing
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Publish Date: 2006-10-01
Features: This book is part of the Modern Transportation Series Textbooks for the New Century, primarily introducing the basic composition, properties, technical standards, and applications of materials such as aggregate materials, lime, cement and stabilized soil, cement concrete and mortar, asphalt and asphalt mixtures, building steel, and wood. At the end of the book, there are commonly used tests for road construction materials. Written in accordance with the latest promulgated national codes and industry standards, it covers the objectives and scope of material tests, instruments and sample preparation, test procedures, test records, calculations and result organization, and analysis. Each chapter includes a summary, review questions, and exercises. This book can serve as a teaching material for undergraduate and graduate students in civil engineering at universities and colleges, as well as for distance education programs in highway and bridge engineering. It can also be used as a reference for engineering technicians engaged in highway construction and testing.