Performance modeling and evaluation of pavement systems and materials : selected papers from the 2009 GeoHunan International Conference, August 3-6, 2009, Changsha, Hunan, China

Proceedings of 2009 GeoHunan International Conference, Challenges and Recent Advances in Pavement Technologies and Transportation Geotechnics, held in Changsha, Hunan, China, August 3-6, 2009. Hosted by Changsha University of Science and Technology, China. Sponsored by Geo-Institute of ASCE, USA; Asphalt Institute, USA; Central South University, China; Chinese Society of Pavement Engineering, Taiwan; Chongqing Jiaotong University, China; Deep Foundation Institute, USA; Federal Highway Administration, USA; Hunan University, China; International Society for Asphalt Pavements, USA; Jiangsu Transportation Research Institute, China; Korean Institute of Construction Technology, Korea; Korean Society of Road Engineers, Korea; Texas Department of Transportation, USA; Texas Transportation Institute, USA; and Transportation Research Board, USA

This Geotechnical Special Publication contains 24 peer-reviewed papers showcasing recent developments and advancements in geotechnical and pavement engineering and offering insights into future directions for geoengineering in the 21st century.

The topics examined in this collection

hot-mix asphalt constitutive modeling; pavement responses under dynamic loading; moisture damage and permanent deformation in asphalt concrete; asphalt and Portland cement concrete evaluation; and pavement performance assessment.
GSP 195 will be valuable to infrastructure engineers working within transportation and geotechnical facilities with special interest in pavement constitutive modeling, performance, and evaluation.