Water in Road Structures: Movement, Drainage & Effects [Paperback]

• Only book world-wide addressing this topic.
• The principal output of the European co-operative Action on Water Movements in Road Pavements & Embankments .
• Provides unique guidance on assessing water condition and its affects on road performance.
• Provides unique guidance on assessing and ameliorating contaminant movement in pavement groundwater.
• Written by leading experts in Europe.

This book examines water in pavement. Coverage includes basic theory, where the water comes from, how it may (or may not) be drained, the effect of temperature on the movement, and the impact that water content has on pavement material and subgrade behavior.

Background This book is the most obvious outcome of the COST 351, WATMOVE project (see www. watmove. org). For most readers these terms probably mean little so some explanation is called for. In 2001/2002 a small group led by Kent Gustafson of the Swedish Road and Traf c Institute (VTI) made a proposal to the European programme on Co-operation in Science and Technology (COST). They proposed that a pan-European team be set up to study the issue of Water Movements in Road Pavements and Embankments (acronym = WATMOVE). The COST organisation agreed the proposal and the study formally began in December 2003 with the s- port of COST. Due to ill-health, Kent was not able to lead the project and I was asked by the Management Committee to chair the project team. Scope of the Book This book is NOT about Water and Roads, nor on Water on Roads. There are other books which deal with surface water drainage in great detail and there are other source materials that deal with the impact of roads on water in the general environment. To cover every aspect of the interaction between water aló,