Item #: 1242
Author: Harold Atkins
Publisher: Prentice Hall
ISBN:013-099304-2
Format: Paperback
Your Price: $97.95
Great Introduction for the highway construction professional
For introductory courses in Civil Engineering/Construction Technology, including Construction Materials, Highway Construction, and Soil Mechanics courses. The text can also be utilized for basic courses in the areas of soil mechanics and concrete technology.Using practical levels of mathematics, language, and theory, this text provides a clear, concise, user-friendly introduction to the most current civil engineering and highway construction materials. It provides complete coverage of sources, properties, design methods, standards, tests and uses of materials and soils in various types of highway construction. Of particular value to Canadian colleges is the use of Canadian standards and practices in Chapter 7, Portland Cement Concrete.
Highway Materials, Soils & Concrete, 4th Edition - Table of Contents:
- Engineering Properties of Soils
- Soil Investigation
- Compaction
- Aggregates
- Pavement Structure and Design
- Asphalt Pavements and Materials
- Portland Cement Concrete
Units, Symbols, and Abbreviations - Appendix
- Bibliography
- Index