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Concrete Wheel Tracks – The Ecological and Economic Alternative in Rural Road Construction

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The changes in the landscape happened during the last 40 years due to human activity have produced a slow change of mind. Therefore it is no wonder that also for road construction nature is taken more into account. The Concrete wheel track is a compromise. Firstly it prevents from covering...

6th International Symposium on Concrete Roads 1990 Madrid Spain

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Session Paper Indexes, Opening Addresses, General Reports, Oral Contributions and Closings from the 6th International Symposium on Concrete Roads 1990 Madrid Spain

The Use of Urban Solid Waste Slags in Soil Cement and Cement Bound Granular Materials

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Researchers and Technicians have ascertained that the use of ppropriate substitution materials in cement stabilizations and nixtures during the construction of road-base, sub-base and oundation layers allows to simultaneously fulfill technical-tructural, economical and environmental-ecological require-nents,~s an alternative by-product, Urban Solid Waste Ashes and:lags have been tested in a laboratory in...

Some Theoretical and Practical Aspects of the Use of Fly Ash in Lean Concrete

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Until a few years ago, interest in the incorporation of fly ash into lean concrete was rather limited. A study conducted in the laboratory has demonstrated some of the advantages of the technique and shown that the optimum dosage is of the order of5 %. In Belgium, mixtures of this...

Lime-Cement Stabilization of Wet Cohesive Soils

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When treated with lime, wet cohesive soils granulate and be-ome more workable, thus allowing easier subsequent incor-oration of cement.'he effects of pregranulation with lime on various aspects ofement stabilization were investigated: compaction. CBR bear-19 capacity, strength values, durability, the effects of differentariables such as density and moulding moisture content. Theitter...

Economic Analysis of Cement Fly Ash Bound Materials

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In order to design a cement bound mixture for use in base/sub-base pavement layers, it isusually re-quired to obtain a certain minimun strength value.Ifonly one type of binder isused, the problem hasonly one restriction and one variable, so, one onlysolution. However, if more binders are added tothe mixture, asit happens...

Reuse of Crushed Concrete as a Road Base Material

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Aggregates from crushed road concrete were tried in 7 test sections, and 84 samples from some lOcrushing plants were :ested in the laboratory. lt has been shown that aggregates suitable for re-use in sub-Jases or road bases can be produced not only in fixed plants butalso by small mobile crushers,...

Pavements with Industrial By-Products Technological Environmental and Constructive Aspects

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Recyclingmaterials and industrial by-products are suitable for building purposes if the constructions made of them adequately withstand all loads occuring during the scheduled period of utilization and if they do not affect the environment unac-ceptably. Therefore the evaluation of recycling-and secondary materials must cover both the cons-tructional and the ecological...

Ways of Reducing Tire-Noise on Concrete Pavements Experience and Tests in Austria

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Tire-road noise can be reduced considerably by providing a suitable surface geometry. According to the new Austrian specifications pa-vers must be fitted with a longitudinal smootherto eliminate any transverse waves produced by thebeams of the paver. In order to obtain a noise-reducing surface a longitudinal texture (e.g.. a burlap drag)...

Low-Noise Surfacing on Concrete Roads

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he Utrecht-Amersfoort motorway (A28) was constructed with onreinforced, lightly brushed cement concrete with dowels. r1easurements taken in 1987 indicated that the level of noise nconvenience to the surrounding area exceeded the legally per-ritted standard. In 1988 a 3,500 m stretch of the road was firstround until it was even, then...

Noise Reducing Concrete Surface. a Model For Assessment

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me of the attributes required from a pavement is a noise redu-ing effect. But an optimization of this attribute without con-idering other important requirements as stability and pos-ibilities for patching, reinstatement and environmentaliaintenance is contrary to all national economic principles. Inact it is the road user who is running the...

Porous Urban Pavements in Cement Concrete

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Questions regarding the environment are being particularly felt in certain countries, and noise con-trol requirements have led to the development ofthin free draining materials able to limit tirepavement contact noise.We shallbe dealingherenotwith a thin free draining pavement structure, butwith a porous concrete pavement of 40 cm thick-ness. Theoretical studies have...