Special Issue of Indian Geotechnical Journal: Transportation Geotechnics

摘要

Construction of road pavements poses many challenges to a design engineer as the roads should function well in all weather conditions during their design life with low maintenance requirements. Many of the road corridors need to be constructed through problematic soils such as swampy lands or through highly expansive soils. The construction and maintenance of roads in such challenging conditions requires good understanding of the ground conditions and use of appropriate technologies for long lasting roads with minimal maintenance requirements. Another major challenge faced in the road projects is the limited availability of good quality raw materials like granular soils, aggregate, etc.