Paving Our Ways is the only comprehensive history of the world's pavements, from the earliest human settlements to the present day. It traces the human and social aspects of pavement development and use for general readers, with detailed technical background for students of transport engineering orengineering history and sociology.
Paving Our Ways is the only comprehensive history of the world's pavements, from the earliest human settlements to the present day. It traces the human and social aspects of pavement development and use for general readers, with detailed technical background for students of transport engineering orengineering history and sociology.
Dr Maxwell Lay is an engineering consultant known for his international contributions to road engineering and his acclaimed international road histories. He is a member of the Order of Australia, former Executive Director of the Australian Road Research Board, and past President of the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria and the Australian Automobile Association. He has been awarded the Moisseif Medal of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the Peter Nicol Russell, Warren and Transport Medals of the Institution of Engineers Australia, and the Gold Medal of Roads Australia. He is the author of Handbook of Road Technology (CRC Press, 2019). Dr John Metcalf has worked in pavement materials and engineering at the British Road Research Laboratory, Queen's University in Canada, and the Queensland Main Roads Department. He was Deputy Director of the Australian Road Research Board and later was appointed Chaired Professor of Civil Engineering at Louisiana State University. He was a Fellow of the (UK) Institution of Civil Engineers and the Geological Society of London and a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Australia. Kieran Sharp worked for the Australian Road Research Board (ARRB) as a researcher in the fields of pavements, roads, and transport, and as technical editor, for over 40 years. He was the first member of ARRB to receive an Austroads Achievement Award. He is the Chair of the Technical Committee of the Road Engineering Association of Asia and Australia, a member of the Governing Council, and an Honorary Member. He was awarded the Roads Australia Award for Technical Excellence in 2013.
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Contents Preface: What is a road pavement? ix Authors xiii 1 How pavements are affected by traffic and weather 1 2 Early pavements in Egypt, Mesopotamia, Crete and Greece 7 3 Making pavements using local materials and simple equipment 13 4 The essential paving properties of soil, sand and stones 27 5 Paving ways through swamps and bogs 37 6 Roman pavements - a major advance in pavement quality and extent 43 7 Pavement management processes from medieval Europe 51 8 Trésaguet and Telford lead a pavement renaissance in France and England 59 9 McAdam invents a major new pavement using broken stones 67 10 Using masonry methods to produce pavements for heavy traffic 87 11 The essential paving properties of bitumen, asphalt and cement 99 12 Three unique pavement engineers - Metcalf, McAdam and Mountain 105 13 The first asphalt pavements, produced in 19th-century France and England 113 14 A new form of pavement using thin, sprayed bituminous surfacings 131 15 Asphalt paving produced to carry 20th-century truck traffic 137 16 The design of asphalt pavements - a predominantly American initiative 151 17 The 20th-century development of concrete pavements 165 18 Chemical and physical means of modifying local materials for paving 175 19 Devices and methods for measuring and evaluating pavement performance 181 20 Full-scale testing of pavements to validate designs using local materials 207 21 Possible future pavements, with an emphasis on recycling 229 22 How pavements could be funded and operated in future years 235 Timeline 239 Bibliography 253 End Notes 269 Index 291
Contents Preface: What is a road pavement? ix Authors xiii 1 How pavements are affected by traffic and weather 1 2 Early pavements in Egypt, Mesopotamia, Crete and Greece 7 3 Making pavements using local materials and simple equipment 13 4 The essential paving properties of soil, sand and stones 27 5 Paving ways through swamps and bogs 37 6 Roman pavements - a major advance in pavement quality and extent 43 7 Pavement management processes from medieval Europe 51 8 Trésaguet and Telford lead a pavement renaissance in France and England 59 9 McAdam invents a major new pavement using broken stones 67 10 Using masonry methods to produce pavements for heavy traffic 87 11 The essential paving properties of bitumen, asphalt and cement 99 12 Three unique pavement engineers - Metcalf, McAdam and Mountain 105 13 The first asphalt pavements, produced in 19th-century France and England 113 14 A new form of pavement using thin, sprayed bituminous surfacings 131 15 Asphalt paving produced to carry 20th-century truck traffic 137 16 The design of asphalt pavements - a predominantly American initiative 151 17 The 20th-century development of concrete pavements 165 18 Chemical and physical means of modifying local materials for paving 175 19 Devices and methods for measuring and evaluating pavement performance 181 20 Full-scale testing of pavements to validate designs using local materials 207 21 Possible future pavements, with an emphasis on recycling 229 22 How pavements could be funded and operated in future years 235 Timeline 239 Bibliography 253 End Notes 269 Index 291
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