Conf. Paper (EUPAVE)

The incineration of household refuse in the Federal Republic of Germany yields up to about 3.5 million tonnes of residual waste per year. About 90% of this consists of grate ash and about 10% of fly-ash, the latter mostly being collected in electrostatic precipitators. The grate ash consists chiefly of...

Besides theoretical work, investigations on specimens in the l~boratory and practical tests, in-situ measurements provide the means of assessing and further developing new concrete pavement systems. It emerges that, apart from the behaviour of a c?nc7e~e pavement at an early age (random cracking), s~gn4flcant changes (e.g., sinking, opening of joints....

The principal criteria applicable to the mix design and the properties of lean concrete are: - splitting tensile strength in the region of 1.7 MFa and compressive strength in the region of 15 MPa at 28 days; - good erosion resistance; - lowest possible modulus of deformation; - possibility of...

The engineering properties of a soil-cement mix are adversely influenced by any delay between mixing and compaction. This problem is more serious in hotter climates where the initial setting period is relatively short. As a consequence of this situation, the final product often fails to meet specification requirements. A laboratory...

Concrete pavements have for years been successfully used in airfield construction. The relatively high weight of the landing gear of large aircraft requires pavement thicknesses which are considerably higher than those of concrete roads. The construction of airfield concréte pavements requires appropriate placing techniques. On account of the high loads...

The resu l.cs of a research project are reported in ,which a method for the visual surveying of the condition of concreee roads was developed. In collaboration with three Federal German States, the road maintenance procedure hitherto applied was examined. The furcher investigation comprised the development of data recording sheets...

Industrial by-products have long been used in French road construction. Experience gained over the last twenty years with che extensive use of by-product gravel-sand stabilized with hydraulic binders as a sub-base material, as well as the results of highway engineering practice in neighbouring countries like Germany and Belgi~prompted the LPC...

Civil engineering structures, such as bridges, flyovers and underbridges, are discontinuities in a concrete road. Usually, the concrete pavement has to be cut across and in those cases, such as small underbridges, where the concrete pavement can be laid without any discontinuity, differential settlements between embankment and structure have to...

Cement-bound sub-bases (CaSBs) are constructed ~ithout joints. During and after hardening, cracks may be formed in consequence of drying and/or cooling, even if the sub-base has noc yet been subjected co any traffic load. It would be desirable to have no cracks or only very fine ones (capable of eransmieting...

The report deals with technical and economic improvements resultiRg from the use of a concrete paving train in the construction of concrete roads. The following parameters are investigated: number of trucks needed for the transport of concrete depending on the capacity of the mixing ~lantt the progress rate of the...

The development of the steel fiber reinforced concrete pavements has experienced a big apogee in Spain in the last three years. The object of this work is to display the most important realizations made in the field of roads. harbours, airports, etc., analyzing their characteristics and behaviour. ROADS - Base...

The paper describes the survey and assessment of the structural properties of concrete pavements with the aid of in-situ and non-destructiveloading tests performed with the Dynatest 8000 falling-weight deflectometer (FWD). The following parameters for carriageway slabs with joints are considered: (I) modulus of elasticity of the concrete slabs; (2) modulus...