FLEXIBLE PAVEMENT BEHAVIOUR UNDER TROPICAL CONDITIONS: A CASE STUDY IN MALAYSIA

A large sum of money has been spent to maintain the road pavement in a serviceable condition. In order to economize on maintenance cost, efforts are being taken to understand the pavement behaviour under Malaysian climatic conditions and to address the pavement problem according to the modes of distress. The common causes of pavement distress in this country are cracking caused by reflection, cracking from the exisitng pavement, and age hardening of the bituminous surfacings. Rutting is not a major problem except in highly stressed areas. Some early findings from the research work are presented in this paper.

• Corporate Authors:

  Minnesota Department of Transportation

  395 John Ireland Boulevard
  St Paul, MN  United States  55155
• Authors:
  • Hameed, A M
  • Mustafa, M S
  • Hasim, S
  • Dewa, L
• Conference:
  • 4th International Conference, Bearing Capacity of Roads and Airfields
  • Location: Minneapolis, MN
  • Date: 1994-8-17 to 1994-8-21
• Publication Date: 1994

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 1195-1207
• Serial:
  • Volume: 2

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Bituminous materials; Climate; Concrete hardening; Cracking; Defects; Evaluation; Flexible pavements; Hardness; Maintenance management; Pavement distress; Pavements; Reflection cracking; Rutting; Surface treating; Tropics
• Uncontrolled Terms: Maintenance costs; Pavement conditions
• Geographic Terms: Malaysia
• Old TRIS Terms: Bituminous surfacing
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Materials; Pavements; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways; I31: Bituminous Binders and Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00730560
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Feb 3 1997 12:00AM