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New structural design software is presented that deals with flexible, composite and rigid structures. The pavement design is based on a trial-and-error process involving the use of the linear elastic multilayer model for flexible and composite pavements (Burmister's theory) and the strength of materials (Pasternak’s theory) for the rigid ones.

Belgium is made up of 3 regions: the Region of Flanders, the Walloon Region and the Brussels Capital Region. Managing and maintaining the national trunk roads is a regional matter and therefore also carried out in Belgium by three different administrative authorities. Each of these administrative authorities has drawn up...

surfaces, which is a product developed by the BRRC (Belgian Road Research Centre) and Febelcem (Federation of the Belgian Cement Industry), it became clear that it would be necessary to conduct onsite validation in the area of rigid roads. In particular, the various hypotheses regarding the effectiveness and durability of...

From the point of view of construction performances concrete qualities are well known, durability, high elasticity modulus and workability, for instance, stand for them among many others. But it is also well known that unfortunately, not all of its properties are on the positive side. Cracking, by a variety of...

The ‘Drève de Lorraine’ in Brussels is an old forestry road connecting the highway to the south part of Brussels. It has been built in 1925, using concrete slabs of 15 cm thick lying directly on the natural ground. After 78 years of good services, this road has been rehabilitated...

In the present study, alkali silica reactivity (ASR) in airfield runways (pavements) is reported based on investigation of two US airports. The study includes in-field detection of ASR distress features followed by detailed laboratory investigation of cores collected from strategic locations. This two-tire approach was found to be most effective...

In Belgium, most of the actual road works deal with rehabilitation, maintenance and repair. For the Road and Traffic Administrations, the limitation of the traffic disturbance is one of the major challenges. Thanks to the technique of rapidly hardening concrete, known as ‘fast-track concrete paving’, cement concrete pavements are repaired...

How do you undertake the repair of a jointed concrete carriageway on one of the busiest motorways in Europe, particularly when a large proportion of the joints have failed and the slabs are floating on a sea of Gault Clay. With differential settlements so severe that there was genuine concern...

During recent years studies have reported the crises involving deficiency or deterioration of a considerable portion of the Nation infrastructure. Many concrete structures need repair and strengthening for several reasons, such as expired design life, changes in functionality, damage caused by mechanical actions and environmental effects, more stringent design requirements,...

Testing the behaviour of different pavement materials under repeated application of loads has been recognized as very essential to predict the performance of pavements. Most of the methodologies /equipments used to carry out such tests involve huge sums of money both in terms of initial investment and recurring expenditure. Also,...

Don't we all loath them – traffic jams. Irrespective of how we are affected by them, either directly as a user of traffic infrastructure or as a construction worker involved with its upkeep or indirectly as a conscious citizen aware of their economical impact, we all wish they could be...

As a result of Urban Travel Plans implemented in major cities, public transport is being favoured as a convenient means of travel and mobility by all. Platforms (road- and trackbeds) designed for public transport must offer quality from the technical standpoint in order to handle channelled loads or the insertion...