This is the first ever text-cum-reference book in India on “Bituminous Road Construction”. It includes references to the codes and specifications of the Indian Roads Congress and the Bureau of Indian Standards, besides the international standards such as ASTM and AASHTO.
This book provides a thorough knowledge of bituminous road construction such as bitumen; aggregate; mix design; special mixes, for example, stone matrix asphalt, warm mix asphalt, and ready-made pothole mix; structural design of flexible pavements; asphalt production and construction; distresses in asphalt pavements; maintenance and rehabilitation of asphalt pavements including recycling; and interesting investigations of premature failure of asphalt pavements across the world. It includes numerous simple, practical and illustrative examples, and a large number of photographs for easy comprehension of the subject matter.
This book has been designed to serve as a text for the undergraduate and postgraduate students of Civil Engineering for the courses on: Highway Materials including Testing Laboratory; Asphalt Mix Design; Highway Construction and Maintenance; Highway Pavement Failures; and Design of Flexible Pavements. Since over 95% of highways have bituminous surface, this book is also an ideal reference book for thousands of practicing highway engineers who are engaged in the most ambitious highway construction programme ever in India. Cutting-edge technology on bituminous road construction included in the book helps M.Tech and Ph.D. students in conducting research in this field and prepares them to implement their knowledge in real-life practice.
About the Author
PRITHVI SINGH KANDHAL, Associate Director Emeritus of the National Centre for Asphalt Technology (NCAT), Auburn University, Alabama, USA. He also served as Chief Asphalt Road Engineer of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for 17 years. He has led many highway related national and international organisations.
He has published over 120 technical papers and has co-authored the first ever textbook in the US on asphalt road technology. He has travelled to various countries in Europe, South America, Middle East, China, Vietnam, Japan, Singapore, and Australia to provide training and consulting services in asphalt (bitumen) technology. He has developed many bituminous road construction related standards for the Indian Roads Congress.
In 2011, Professor Kandhal was inducted on the “Wall of Honour” established at the largest asphalt road research centre in the United States. In 2012, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award in Asphalt Road Technology from the International Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists during their annual banquet held in Austin, Texas, USA.
