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New Edition! MS-4: The Asphalt Handbook

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MS-4 is the Asphalt Institute's comprehensive manual on the use of asphalt. For 70 years, it has served the asphalt industry as the primary reference manual for contractors, engineers, consultants, specifiers and user agencies.

The Asphalt Institute now offers the 7th Edition of this essential asphalt publication. This new, expanded edition of over 700 pages of text and illustrations showcases the advances in asphalt technology that have evolved since the 1989 edition of MS-4.

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Users of the new MS-4 will learn how to use the latest technologies to address a variety of modern pavement challenges, including durability, heavy loads, high traffic volumes, noise, smoothness and safety to meet the demands of today's driving public.

The new MS-4 continues to offer chapters on types of asphalts, mix designs, mixing facilities, paving, compaction, surface treatments, recycling technologies, maintenance methods, rehabilitation and structural design. But now, this best-selling, all-in-one desk reference for asphalt highlights the latest technology.

New topics covered include:

•  Superpave Asphalt Binder
•  Superpave Mix Design
•  Stone Matrix Asphalt
•  Open Graded Friction Courses
•  Quality Control & Acceptance
•  Pavement Management
•  Rehabilitation of Concrete Pavements with HMA

New enhanced chapters include:

Petroleum Asphalt
- Asphalt Modification & Additives
- PG Grades
- Safety Guidelines

Mineral Aggregates
- RAP
- Mixture Additives

Order your copy of the new MS-4 today!
MS-4 The Asphalt Handbook
ISBN 1-934154-27-X
$120.00

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Call: (859) 288-4960




Thickness Design
- Mechanistic-Empirical Methods
- Perpetual Pavements
- Comparison of Design Methodologies

 
And you will notice a new look for the new MS-4. The 7th Edition features an updated design and two-color layout, new graphics and photos, state-of-the-practice illustrations and charts, and a new topical/keyword index. Each chapter also includes a detailed reference list for more information when needed.
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