Even though a bonded overlay has the advanta~es such as lower cose and fewer problems in matching adjacent facilities, ic has not been used widely in Japan. The reason is that bond characteristics in concrete overlays have not been revealed and insufficient bond in con~entional techniques has caused some problems...
Bond characteristics for concrete overlays
Thick concrete overlays in Belgium
The technique of con5tructin~ thick concrete overlays is at present being greatly developed in Belgium. Three periods are to be distinguished in overlay construction in this country: 1960 to 1969: experimental phase in which 210.000 m2 of overlay was constructed; 1970 to 1977: the second phase, in which the results...
Concrete overlay on the regional major road Eersel-Belgium frontier (SI7)
Since 1984 the county of ~oord-Brabant in the. ~etherlands is working out a programme ofconcrete cve r Lay i ng of old concrete pavements. These old pavements were mostly constructed in the 1960's. These roads, constructed on a sandbed,are unab Le to wi ths tand the increased weight and intens...