Conf. Paper (EUPAVE)

In extensive examinations several measuring methods and parameters were tested and compared, in order to evaluate the effectiveness of different curing compounds and methods. Starting with basic tests concerning the time-dependent water-loss of concrete and the optimal application time of curing compounds, a simple test using a litmus-paper was developed....

A new concept of concrete pavement have been imagined and tested in France since 1998. It consists in a base layer of continuously reinforced concrete, bonded with a foundation layer of asphalt concrete. The stiffness of the asphalt material and its bonding with the concrete layer contribute to rigidify the...

Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, HIPERPAV (HIgh PERformance concrete PAVing) is a software tool capable of predicting the early-age behavior of concrete pavements. HIPERPAV successfully integrates materials, pavement design, climate, and construction operations into an easy to use Windows-based software package. Using a systems approach,...

The long service life of cement concrete roads, as well as the new objectives of contracting authorities taking into account significant extensions in hypotheses on the design service life of roads, streets and runways, oblige the technical civil engineering community to plan much more than in the past for the...

Shonan Ohashi Bridge that is on Route 134 is a steel box girder bridge of 530m in length. Six years ago, fatigue cracks were found at the welding tips of bottom deck plates. After the full inspection of the asphalt pavement and steel deck bridge, it was found that the...

The Walloon motorway is the east-west axis in the southern part of Belgium linking the north of France to the southwest of Germany. It was built in the beginning of the 1970’s as a part of the Belgian motorway development program. The design traffic was about 10.000 vehicles a day...

Temperature changes within concrete pavements are transient. Therefore the temperature characteristics along pavement thickness are not linear and have to be split into constant, linear and equilibrium parts for further investigations. The linear temperature gradients are causing additional loading on concrete slabs, which if not considered will influence the long-term...

Continuously reinforced concrete pavement (CRCP) has been constructed on major highways in several countries since the 1940’s. A large majority of these pavements have carried very heavy truck traffic but required low maintenance. Some have experienced problems due to inadequate design, support, and construction. This paper focuses on factors that...

This article gives an overview of the work that has been done so far to transform the N49 Antwerp- Knokke into highway E34. The work involved fits in with the major overhaul of the N49 between Antwerp and Knokke as far as the E34 motorway. According to the Flanders Regional...

Recent years have witnessed the significant development of public surface transport systems: in our cities: tramways, systems on tyres, right-of-way bus corridors, etc. This phenomenon is a response to the high stakes involved for mobility and communication in urban areas. These projects have seen the emergence of new problematics related...

A Removable Urban Pavement (RUP) is a pavement that can be open and closed rapidly, with light facility, for an easy access to underground networks. It has the same difference with a conventional road as a window compared to a solid wall. No such a pavement seems to have ever...

Multicriteria aid to decision-making is a set of theories and methods designed to assist decisionmakers in selecting one out of several possible alternatives while considering various points of view or “criteria”. In managing their assets, road managers are often faced with the difficult choice of type of surfacing to suit...