Conf. Paper (EUPAVE)

Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA) evaluates the economic performance of alternative pavement investments. Currently, practitioners treat input parameters as static, deterministic values, which although computationally simpler, will hide the implicit uncertainty underlying the analysis. Over the past decade, an emphasis has been placed upon accounting for uncertainty by treating input...

Premature deterioration of sawn joints has been reported in some cold climate regions in the USA. This paper reviews the multiple mechanisms have been found to contribute to the deterioration. Laboratory and field investigations have shown that freezing and thawing of saturated concreted is a dominant factor. Magnesium and calcium...

A number of concrete surfaced roads in the UK have been in service for over 30 years. In some cases, the original surface laitance applied to these carriageways is becoming worn, leading to reductions in texture and skid resistance, a combination that has been shown to have a negative effect...

The use of RCC is now well established for industrial pavements, and is spreading in North America and recently in Europe for transportation pavement with high mechanical performances requirements such as Tram or Bus platforms. Cost advantage and mechanical performances are two undeniable benefits of this technology. The development of...

The article states that a relative traffic accident risk depends on the values of skid resistance and its durability, which are both influenced by the texturing of Concrete pavements (CP). From the very beginning of the CP construction in the Czech Republic, transverse tining was used for surface texturing. The...

The paper reports the results of an experimental study aimed at designing cement bound granular mixtures for pavement foundations, made exclusively with marginal materials, namely electric arc furnace steel slags, ladle furnace slags, waste foundry sands, glass wastes and coal ashes, used with different proportions. The laboratory investigation has been...

The constantly rising traffic volume is leading to high mechanical stress of the pavements. As a result, the requirements of maintenance, refurbishment and renewal are increasing. In contrast to this, financial resources are decreasing constantly. Moreover, the increasing traffic noise emissions are experienced as growing stress. New, highly sustainable and...

Since the middle of 90s in Hungary the permanent deformations of semi-rigid asphalt pavements have become a major problem due to increasing traffic and changing climate conditions. It has been a particular challenge concerning the M0 motorway around Budapest exposed to the most serious heavy vehicle traffic. The preceding test...

Roller Compacted Concrete (RCC) is a no slump concrete that is placed by an asphalt paver and compacted with vibratory rollers similar to asphalt pavement construction. RCC has long history of good performance as a pavement for ports, container yards, and manufacturing plants. This paper will summarize a recent survey...

Bordeaux, Clermont-Ferrand, Caen, Grenoble, Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Montpellier, Nancy, Nantes, Nice, Orléans, Rouen, Saint-Étienne, Strasbourg, Paris…. Which city hasn’t developed – or is about to develop – its own network of public transport on dedicated lanes? Users warmly welcome this mode of public transport, typical of urban renewal projects for...

Among various construction activities, related to concrete pavement technologies, an important role is reserved to industrial floors; these structures, in many cases, present the same technical problems of road pavements. Characteristics, construction techniques, exercise conditions, maintenance and control of industrial pavements, in effect, are very similar to the ones usually...

For more than ten years tramway structures in Flanders have been built in concrete, particularly those which are subject to traffic loading by trams and city buses. As there has never been a standardized design, a wide range of different solutions have been tried, either in jointed concrete slabs with...