MAINTENANCE PROBLEMS IN HIGH RAINFALL AREAS

The author outlines the causes of the structural failures of pavements: effect of moving loads, stripping of surface course materials, and changes in the subgrade. The components of the drainage system are described together with the maintenance stages of the system: road surface maintenance, maintenance of approach drains and side drains, and maintenance operations. (TRRL)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Seminar on Maintenance and Drainage Aspects of Road Pavements, Bangalore, July 1-4, 1982. Theme 5: Maintenance Problems in Special Environments, EG High Altitude Areas, High Rainfall Areas and Desert Areas.
• Corporate Authors:

  Indian Roads Congress

  Jamnagar House, Shahjahan Road
  New Delhi,   India  110 011
• Authors:
  • Tiwari, A R
• Publication Date: 1982

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 15-17
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Indian Roads Congress
  • Publisher: Indian Roads Congress

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Developing countries; Drainage; Failure; Highways; Maintenance; Maintenance practices; Pavement maintenance; Pavements; Rain; Rainfall; Stripping (Pavements); Subgrade (Pavements); Surface course (Pavements); Surface drainage; Tropics
• Old TRIS Terms: Highway drainage
• ITRD Terms: 8525: Conference; 150: Developing countries; 2937: Drainage; 5520: Failure; 2755: Highway; 3847: Maintenance; 2955: Pavement; 2507: Rain; 2513: Tropics
• Subject Areas: Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Maintenance and Preservation; Pavements; I26: Water Run-off - Freeze-thaw; I61: Equipment and Maintenance Methods;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00379158
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Report/Paper Numbers: ANALYTIC
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 30 1983 12:00AM