Sustainability

With more concrete pavements being constructed over soft soil foundations, the use of coal combustion products, such as furnace (bottom) ash, to provide bridging of soft areas and reduced construction risk by being able to be placed insitu in wet weather, becomes more critical. The use of such materials in...

Abrasion resistance and impermeability are vital in road concrete. In this experimental study the compressive strength, abrasion resistance and transport properties of the road concrete were investigated. In order to study transport properties, water sorptivity and depth of penetration of water under pressure were taken into consideration. For this purpose,...

Presently in most European countries the quality of cold recycling mixtures in pavement rehabilitation is proven by achieving required strength values (indirect tensile strength or compressive strength) and eventually by values of stiffness modulus (IT-CY test method). This empirical approach of quality assessment is quite simple, relatively fast in performance...

In recent years, several high-profile road tunnel fires have taken place across Europe. These fires inevitably led to important structural damages and even loss of lives. In all of these tunnels, national mandatory safety regulations were implemented. Nevertheless, disasters could not be averted. Apart from a deep knowledge of safety...

Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA) evaluates the economic performance of alternative pavement investments. Currently, practitioners treat input parameters as static, deterministic values, which although computationally simpler, will hide the implicit uncertainty underlying the analysis. Over the past decade, an emphasis has been placed upon accounting for uncertainty by treating input...

The ratio of cement concrete pavements has increased in the Hungarian motorway network in the last decade, and it has appeared also in the local road network. There are 15 cement concrete pavement sections with different type in Hungary. Maintenance agencies need a simple methodology for calculating surface deterioration of...

The authors present the sustainable pavement design solutions applied on 106 km long section of A2 toll motorway in Poland. For this largest infrastructure project, realized in the frame of Public-Private Partnerships (PPP), the concession model, where the concessionaire has to be paid by public part for the accessibility of...

The demand to use recycled aggregates in concrete is getting more important. However, to obtain a sustainable road, it is necessary to construct durable pavements and therefore to use concrete of good and reliable quality. The use of recycled aggregates will give environmental advantages but could lead to excessive shrinkage...

The use of demolished concrete as recycled aggregate in new concrete is a promising solution within the context of sustainable development. However, this application is still limited in the construction sector due to the lack of knowledge. In that context, Ifsttar (France) and the French industry's major players have finished...

The use of RCC is now well established for industrial pavements, and is spreading in North America and recently in Europe for transportation pavement with high mechanical performances requirements such as Tram or Bus platforms. Cost advantage and mechanical performances are two undeniable benefits of this technology. The development of...

Fly-ash is a pozzolanic material, so it can contribute to various properties, such as strength development at mature age. The strength development at early age, however, is significantly slow and may negatively affect traffic service. Early strength may be improved when limestone filler is mixed in fly-ash concrete. In addition,...

Exposed aggregate cement concrete (EACC) road pavements are used on a large portion of the Austrian federal motorway network due to their durability and reduced noise emission. The standardized types with 8 and 11 mm chipping sizes have been characterized due to their noise emission and are subject to approval...