Abstract: Increasing overweight truck traffic, as evident by a rapid increase of permits issued for such traffic in Texas, tends to accelerate the deterioration of pavement structural integrity. However, it is less known to what ...

Abstract: Higher allowable axle loads of multiaxle trucks produce severe pavement damage, which leads to raising the budget to rehabilitate deteriorated sections. To minimize expected damage, it is necessary to design pavement to ...

Abstract: Expansive soil is one of the most common causes of pavement distress. Expansive soils undergo changes in volume due to moisture fluctuations from seasonal variations. These changes are reflected in the stability and ...

Abstract: Construction of underground box structures that underpass existing infrastructures or facilities at shallow depths is being widely conducted in urban areas in order to avoid the interference of existing structures without ...