CHRISTCHURCH-LYTTELTON TUNNEL ROAD PAVEMENT PERFORMANCE STUDY' THE EXPERIMENTAL ROAD AND ITS INSTRUMENTATION - PART I. PLANNING OF THE RESEARCH

THIS IS AN ACCOUNT OF A FULL-SCALE ROAD EXPERIMENT BEING CONDUCTED JOINTLY BY THE MINISTRY OF WORKS, NEW ZEALAND /ON BEHALF OF THE NEW ZEALAND NATIONAL ROADS BOARD/ AND BY MEMBERS OF THE CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY. THE EXPERIMENT COMPARES THE LOAD SPREADING PROPERTIES OF A NUMBER OF BASECOURSE MATERIALS AND ALSO PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR INVESTIGATING THE PROBLEMS OF INSTRUMENTATION OF TEST ROADS. PART I OF THIS PAPER DEALS WITH THE PLANNING OF THE TEST ROAD, THE REASONS FOR CHOOSING CERTAIN BASECOURSE MATERIALS FOR TESTING, AND THE ADVANTAGES OFFERED BY THIS SITE FOR FULL-SCALE PAVEMENT EXPERIMENTS. IT ALSO DISCUSSES THE FACTORS INVOLVED WHEN UNIVERSITY STAFF AND STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN THE ROAD RESEARCH CARRIED OUT BY A GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Bull No 1, PP 802-807, 2 FIG,
• Corporate Authors:

  National Roads Board /New Zealand

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• Authors:
  • Williman, A
  • MAJOR, N G
• Publication Date: 1965

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Base course (Pavements); Experimental roads; Instrumentation; Load transfer; Planning; Road tests
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pavements; Planning and Forecasting; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00206612
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 30 1994 12:00AM