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8 Road Engineering Ⅱ: Road Subgrade and Pavement Engineering 路基路面工程 Pavement Types 道路类型 1 、Introduction 1、前言 Hard surfaced pavements, which make up about 60 percent of U.S. roads and 70 percent of Washington State roads are typically categorized into flexible and rigid pavements: 占美国60%和占华盛顿70%的公路的坚硬路面都可以划分为柔性路面和刚性路面。 Flexible pavements are those which are surfaced with bituminous (or asphalt) materials (see Figure 8-1). These types of pavements are called “flexible” since the total pavement structure “bends” or “deflects” due to traffic loads. A flexible pavement structure is generally compo