1 Distribution of stresses and strains in roads 1.1 Fundamental relationships and definitions 1.2 Fundamental definitions of elasticity 1.3 Plane strain problems 1.4 Some useful elastostatic solutions for stress distribution 1.5 Anisotropy 1.6 Generalities about the elastic limit 1.7 Contact problems in road engineering 1.
8 Elastodynamic solutions 1.9 Response of a multilayer linear elastic system 1.10 Generalities about tire-road interaction 2 Unsaturated soil mechanics applied to road materials 2.1 Physical principles of unsaturated soils 2.2 Water Retention Curve 2.3 Flow of water and air in unsaturated soils 2.4 Heat transport and thermal properties of unsaturated soils 2.5 Mechanical properties of unsaturated soils 2.
6 Modeling the behavior of unsaturated soils using the Barcelona Basic Model, BBM 3 Compaction 3.1 Mechanical Framework of Soil Compaction 3.2 Stress distributions 3.3 Relationships between soil compaction and stress paths 3.4 Relationships between laboratory and field compaction 3.5 Compaction interpreted in the framework of unsaturated soil mechanics 3.6 Prevision of compaction characteristics for fine grained soils 3.7 Prevision of compaction characteristics for granular soils 3.
8 Compaction controlled by the degree of saturation 4 Embankments 4.1 Embankments on soft soils 4.2 Geosynthetics reinforced embankments 4.3 Volumetric behavior of the fill of the embankment 5 Mechanical behavior of road materials 5.1 Introduction 5.2 From micro to macro mechanics 5.3 Characterization of road materials in the laboratory 5.4 Modeling the mechanical behavior of road materials 5.
5 Geomechanical approach to rank road materials 6 Climate effects 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Heat flow over road structures 6.3 Water flow in road structures 6.4 Thermo Hydro Mechanical modeling applied to pavement structures 6.5 Frost action 7 Non destructive evaluation and inverse methods 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Non destructive evaluation 7.
3 Methods based on electromagnetic waves 7.4 Forward and inverse analysis of road structures 7.5 Continuous Compaction Control and Intelligent Compaction CCC/CI 429.