Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- Introduction -- Distribution of the temperature field in a pavement structure -- Analysis of load stress for pavement structure -- General damage characteristics for asphalt pavement -- The mechanism of initial damage for asphalt pavement -- The structural behavior equation for asphalt pavement -- The structure behavior of overlaid asphalt pavements -- LCCA-based design method for asphalt pavement -- Predictions of rutting on asphalt pavements -- The bridge principle : universal pavement behavior equations -- Shear strength strength measurements for asphalt mixture -- Integrated pavement structural and material design -- Asphalt mix homogeneity -- The precise design of asphalt pavement.

'Structural Behavior of Asphalt Pavements' provides engineers and researchers with a detailed guide to the structural behavioural dynamics of asphalt pavement including: pavement temperature distribution, mechanistic response of pavement structure under the application of heavy vehicles, distress mechanism of pavement, and pavement deterioration performance and dynamic equations.