CONCRETE ROAD PAVEMENTS IN SOUTH AFRICA - THEIR DEVELOPMENT, USE AND RELEVANCE TO AUSTRALIA

As part of its national roads system the Republic of South Africa has completed or has under construction some 200 km of dual carriageway, unreinforced, concrete road pavement and further construction is planned. After evaluating concrete pavements in Europe, Great Britain and North America during the 1960s, South Africa has modelled its own development of concrete roads on Californian practice, also based on unreinforced concrete pavements. Using modern construction and jointing techniques, South Africa engineers have achieved very high standards with these pavements. In the light of South African experience as observed on a recent study tour, and taking into account the considerable similarity of soil and climatic conditions in South Africa and California, to much of Australia, the success of these concrete pavements warrants serious consideration as a concrete pavement alternative by engineers in Australia who have traditionally selected reinforced concrete pavements. (TRRL)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Papers from the Tenth Biennial Conference, Concrete Institute of Australia, Adelaide, 1981.
• Corporate Authors:

  CONCRETE INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA

  PO BOX 848
  SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES  Australia  1585
• Authors:
  • HODGKINSON, J R
• Publication Date: 1981

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: 8 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Climate; Concrete pavements; Conferences; Pavement design; Rigid pavements; Road construction; Soils; State of the art studies; Texture; Unreinforced concrete
• Geographic Terms: Australia; South Africa
• ITRD Terms: 8006: Australia; 8525: Conference; 3055: Pavement design; 2964: Rigid pavement; 3665: Road construction; 8103: South Africa; 3053: Surface texture
• Subject Areas: Design; Geotechnology; Highways; Materials; Pavements; Planning and Forecasting; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways; I32: Concrete; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00362168
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ITRD, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Aug 30 1982 12:00AM