Highway Materials: Soils and Concretes, Fourth Edition

Using practical levels of mathematics, language, and theory, this text provides a clear, concise, user-friendly introduction to 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.

If you're looking for a book that covers every aspect of highway material for bot the U.S. and Canada, you need this practical guide!

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