Internationally, much attention is given to causes, prevention, and rehabilitation of cracking in concrete, flexible, and composite pavements. The Sixth RILEM

International Conference on Cracking in Pavements (Chicago, June 16-18, 2008) provided a forum for discussion of recent developments and research results.

This book is a collection of papers from the Conference, and includes contributions on a variety of topics:

- Modeling of the initiation and propagation of pavement cracking

- Top-down and bottom-up fatigue cracking mechanisms

- Laboratory testing techniques and evaluation effectiveness

- Construction approaches and their relation to crack development

- Crack surveys and nondestructive evaluation

- In-situ experimental studies: field construction and rehabilitation techniques to inhibit pavement cracking

- Performance of crack preventative techniques and pavement service life prediction

- Interlay system effectiveness

- Pavement cracking evaluation using accelerated pavement testing

- Hot-mix asphalt overlay characterization

- Pavement interface modeling and testing

- Laboratory and field model validation

- Low-temperature cracking mechanisms and field studies

- Cracking in semi-rigid and stabilized pavement layers

- Analytical and experimental investigations of concrete joints

- White topping performance

Pavement Cracking: Mechanisms, Modeling, Detection, Testing, and Case Histories is particularly of interest to academics, researchers, and

practitioners involved in pavement mechanics and performance.