"Geotechnics Of Roads: Advanced Analysis And Modeling | Balkema Reference Books

At first glance roads seem like the simplest possible geotechnical structures. However analysis of these structures runs up against complexities related to the intense stresses experienced by road surfaces their intense interaction with climate and the complicated behavior of the materials used in road construction. Modern mechanistic approaches to road design provide the tools capable of developing new technical solutions. However use of these approaches requires deep understanding of the behavior of constituent materials and their interaction with water and heat which has recently been acquired thanks to advances in geotechnical engineering. The author comprehensively describes and explains these advances and their use in road engineering in the two-volume set Geotechnics of Roads compiling information that had hitherto only been available in numerous research papers. Geotechnics of Roads: Advanced Analysis and Modeling develops 23 extended examples that cover most of the theoretical aspects presented in the book Geotechnics of Roads: Fundamentals. Moreover for most examples Volume 2 describes algorithms for solving complex problems and provides Matlab scripts for their solution. Consequently Volume 2 is a natural complement of the book Geotechnics of Roads: Fundamentals. This unique book will be of value to civil structural and geotechnical engineers worldwide.|Geotechnics of Roads: Advanced Analysis and Modeling | Balkema Reference Books