Customer Reviews

Pavement Analysis and Design

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Overall, the book is helpful. It starts off discussing the general pavement types, design methods, and roads tests. Included in this section are the results of findings which, although not something I consider in everyday design, are items that are interesting enough to promote thought in my designs. All in all, I found almost all the chapters useful as they cover stresses in flexible and rigid pavements, rigid and flexible pavement design, drainage design, pavement performance, as well as a few other issues.

The only downfall are the two chapters covering the authors computer program. Most books have this problem, though, as technology quickly outgrows software, but enough information is given in relation to results of parametric studies to make these chapters worth the time needed to read through them.

All in all, a pretty good purchase.

Even it is not up to date (the new ME-PDG), but it can be a good reference, but it contains detailed historical information and some methodolgies that no longer in use, it is better for undergraduate students.

I recomend it! excelent book. Complete and actual.
I bought it in USA and i was send to Brazil. It arrived in less then one week!

So what I can say about this book? It's simply the best. From very basic to advance pavement design, this book is full of theroetical concerns about the pavement design as well as empirical methods for special pavements. It also includes a software to simulate a road different layers behaviour when loads applied on top. Very useful and, in my opinion, a must-have for those engineers who work in this bussiness.

the book is a good quality and the same as I expected.
thanks form Amazon with the suit services!!

It is a very detailled text-book containing full description of the methods used. It distributes also the KENPAVE software which is the State-of-the-Art software for Pavements. It also cites and criticizes the Westergaard's solution as it has been reconsindered by Ioannides et al. It is absolutely necessary for the engineers occupying with science and practice.

Si algo es evidente en esta producción de Yang H. Huang es que, si bien el texto abarca muchos niveles sobre el tema de los pavimentos, actúa más como el marco teórico del software desarrollado por el autor que como un intento de substituir, o por lo menos actualizar, obras tradicionales en el tema como el libro de Yoder y Witzckac.

El tema expuesto es denso, así como la presentación del texto y el desarrollo de los diferentes ejercicios. Por momentos carece de unidad, especialmente en lo relacionado con la confiabilidad que se presenta como un capítulo independiente cuando sería conveniente ilustrar su aplicación en cada tema.

El libro, no obstante, es muy bueno y no dudo en recomendarlo especialmente a estudiantes de postgrado y consultores en ejercicio. Los estudiantes que se inician en el estudio de los pavimentos pueden encontrar el libro confuso, especialmente en algunos postulados básicos que se han tomado como axiomáticos, por lo cual otro tipo de obras es recomendable antes de acometer la lectura del mismo.

o livro faz uma abordagem de forma racional e científica dos métodos mecanísticos para dimensionamento e análise de pavimentos flexíveis e rígidos, representado um guia para o engenheiro estrutural que pensa em abordar os pavimentos pelo método mecanístico. Ainda é um guia para uso dos softwares kenlayer e kenslabs, fundamentais para análise de tensões e deslocamentos em pavimentos de concreto e asfalto. é o livro de consultas fundamental nessa área, sem a menor dúvida. Uma obra indispensável.