Optimum use of pavement condition indicators in pavement management

Despite the significant progress made in the past
three decades towards a comprehensive understanding
of the processes and phenomena related to pavement
deterioration and performance, it is freely admitted
that a considerable gap in engineering knowledge
will continue to persist well into the 21st century.

Understanding pavement performance is a complex
mission because pavement performance is controlled
by many factors. Many studies have been conducted to
answer a simple twofold question; how pavement
performs and why it performs in this manner? This
big question took the road agencies tens of years of
research and investigations to answer and still no
remedy answers have been found yet. This situation
is true due to the fact that pavement is not a
homogenous system or material that behaves in the
same way at different locations. This book tries to
answer some of these questions.

Autorentext

Received his BSc and MSc. degrees in Transportation Engineering from JUST University, Jordan. He received his PhD degree from Curtin University of Technology-Australia. Dr Shiyab worked for Civil Aviation Authority of Jordan, RTA-Dubai-UAE and PMS-FUGRO Sydney-Australia. Dr. Shiyab is working as a transport specialist for ARRB Group Ltd.

Klappentext

Despite the significant progress made in the past three decades towards a comprehensive understanding of the processes and phenomena related to pavement deterioration and performance, it is freely admitted that a considerable gap in engineering knowledge will continue to persist well into the 21st century. Understanding pavement performance is a complex mission because pavement performance is controlled by many factors. Many studies have been conducted to answer a simple twofold question; how pavement performs and why it performs in this manner? This big question took the road agencies tens of years of research and investigations to answer and still no remedy answers have been found yet. This situation is true due to the fact that pavement is not a homogenous system or material that behaves in the same way at different locations. This book tries to answer some of these questions.