TOWARDS FRACTURE MECHANICS-BASED DESIGN OF UNBONDED CONCRETE OVERLAY PAVEMENTS

University of Minnesota Ph.D. dissertation. October 2011. Major: Civil Engineering. Advisor: Roberto Ballarini. 1 computer file (PDF); ix, 105 pages, appendices A-C.

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