The Florida Dept. of Transportation is testing a fairly new asphalt paving process that, if implemented, might eventually save some of the nearly $5 billion that the agency spends annually on ...

The asphalt industry is continually looking for ways to improve the performance of the pavement they put down. The process of spray paving initially emerged in the marketplace to help improve bonding ...

Probably safe to say that automated 3D grade-control systems for earthmoving applications are on their way to becoming mainstream technology. It’s technology that can, for example, automatically ...

The asphalt pavement industry has a long history of using recycled materials in asphalt mixtures to achieve engineering, economic, or environmental benefits. One example is reclaimed asphalt pavement ...

Hot mix asphalt mixtures that are properly designed, produced and placed provide a durable, long lasting pavement that requires very little maintenance. However, there are several potentially damaging ...

When considering how cars and trucks generate such a large part of the world's greenhouse gas pollution, it's easy to overlook what lies beneath them. But under all that traffic, there are roads. And ...

Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. Aguilar-Vega, M. 2013. “Structure and Mechanical Properties of Polymers,” chap. 21. In ...