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In order to harmonize FWD condition surveys on concretee pavements in the Netherlands, CROW's committee UEC1 has developed an structural evaluation procedure for jointed concrete airfield pavements. The committee has developed procedures for in-situ testing and models for determining of the mechanical pavement properties based on FWD measurements. With respect...

The pavement of the apron on Brussels National Airport, which was constructed in the early sixties, was forming cracks. Given that fragments of concrete could in time be a danger to the aircraft engines, a thorough renovation of the apron was imperative. The distinctive feature of the site is that...

This paper describes a method for routinely evaluating airfield pavement surface roughness from an aircraft ride quality perspective. The method is designed to be as compatible as practical with existing pavement management system data collection and reporting processes. Ride quality has always been recognized as a major factor in a...

This report details the reconstruction of 12,500 m 2 of 7.5*7.5*0.4m concrete slabs on the Madrid-Barajas airpoi't apron, using high performance and rapid setting concrete (HPRSC). HPRSC is an ideal concrete for this type of repairs, given that within six hours of placing the slab is able to bear its...

The air operation in Ushuaia is of such difficulty that landing in the runway of the old Sea and air Base at Ushuaia was considered quite a challenge by the pilots that operated there. Several accidents occurred, amongst them one that destroyed a Boeing B-737 and another in which a...

A New Geometry of Airport Concrete Pavements

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...

This paper describes design solutions of the concrete pavements from Macau International Airport, including runway, taxiways and apron. Aspects about the execution and results from quality control are also presented, within the scope of activities made by LECM (Macau Civil Engineering Laboratory) in this project, as a quality assurance agent...

ratios between 1.0 and 1.25 to achieve the proper performance of the slabs designed. It is clear that thickness of slabs has to be properly designed according to the operations foreseen for the term of use. In the case of rehabilitations by way of overlapped layer, this has rendered a...

Spain can boast of having a very large concrete pavement area, amounting to more than 90 percent in over 35 civil airfields and 5 military air bases. Technical details, construction methods and performance of these pavements are analysed, together with their evolution in the latest projects which have started in...

Many researches on prestressed concrete (PC) pavements have been conducted. The applicability of a class Ill PC slab, in which cracking at the bottom of the slab is permitted, was confirmed for airport pavements. A new type of PC precast slab pavement with new jointing systems was developed. A new...

The airport of LiOge in Belgium has been the subject of major works for several yearjSince the country was regionalized a few years ago, the Wlloon Region has invested over 1,5 milliard Bel g ian francs. Several new buildings have already been constructed.rThe most spectacular wor, however,lTs the enlargement of...