Contact pressures produced by container stackings in concrete pavements are very high. Theoretically, slab stresses widely overcome the flexural strength of concrete. However, in real pavements functional conditions are not affected as it is observed. Therefore, what is really happening should be analyzed. A full-scale test was made in summer...
The Development of Concrete Block Paving for Roads and Other Areas, and Methods of Design and Construction
This paper shown a variety of methods available for the design of concrete pavements. Each method of design has benefits and disadvantages but none of the design methods actually model paver pavement accurately when subjected to rolling loads. It is important to consider the bedding sand specification and how it...
Ushuaia’s New International Airport
The highest expression of engineering lies in those works which challenge nature and rise through a modified environment as a proof of human genius and perseverance. Ushuaia's new international is one of those titanic works, located in the Andean geography, next to the Beagle Channel, in the most southern city...
Stiff Concrete Paving on Minor Road Systems – Results of a National Inquiry About Mountain Roads
Our investigation was aimed at obtaining information on the road pavements of several mountain road systems subjected to limited traffic and leading to sheep-farming settlements or woodland areas managed by local mountain consortia (Mountain Communities, CM). Steeper car-track sections were found to be paved in concrete to prevent vehicles from...
Cement Concrete Public Highways Recent Developments in Technical Literature and Applications
In a still recent past, research and innovation in the field of concrete pavements progressed mainly within the field of high volume pavements for roads and airports. This sustained and productive effort remains, giving rise to an expertise well documented in technical publications. Several countries converge in adopting constructive measures,...
The Behavior of Concrete Block Pavements
In 1981 to 1985 and 1993/94 static and dynamic tests on block pavements were carried out on a 1:1 scale at the professorship of Road Construction at the Technical University of Dresden. The pavements were loaded with a plate bearing test equipment (approx. 0.7 N/mm 2) with a static stress...
Swedish Concrete Block Pavements Investigation of State and Performance
Concrete block pavements have a good load carrying capacity and load distribution ability. The concrete block pavement is durable, insensitive to settlements, easy to repair, bright, and aesthetically attractive. It has therefore frequently been used in urban environments. In Sweden, however, concrete block pavements have been less frequent than in...
Roughness Condition and Rule Quality of Bicycle Lanes
The Netherlands are a flat country, where the bicycle is a good alternative for short and midrange transportation. The government tries to encourage the use of a bicycle by improving the bicycle infrastructure, thus trying to reduce movements by car. Bicycle pavements are managed at a local or county level....
Computation of Self-Locking Concrete Block Pavements with Finite Element Analysis
The examined computation procedure for self-locking concrete block pavements is based on the ordinary methods adopted for the computation of flexible and semi-rigid pavements. These methods consider a stress and silaiti distiibutiou uiidei design loads. The analysis considers both the classic, elastic multilayer model, and an axisymmetric, finite element model...
Reconstruction of Bituminous Paved Rural and Urban Roads in the Federal Republic of Germany Using Mix-In-Place Recycling with Cement
Mix-in-Place Recycling with cement stabilization is an economical and environmentally friendly method for the reconstruction of damaged asphalt roads and ways. The most remarkable characteristic of this method is that the entire existing road construction material can be used again for the new road pavement. This essay contains descriptions of...
The Use of Crushed Concrete Aggregate in Concrete for An Industrial Road at Ouffet
In standard specifications 300 of 1994 (CCT 300) issued by the Ministry of the Walloon Region, permission is granted in the chapter dealing with cement concrete surfaces of roads belonging to roads with light traffic, to replace a maximum of 50 % of the granulates with crushed stones. The aim...