FLEXIBLE PAVEMENT DESIGN 2. A NEW MOTORWAY PAVEMENT WITH A MIXED GRANULAR ROAD BASE CONTAINING BLAST FURNACE SLAG

THE PAVEMENT STRUCTURE ADOPTED IN RECENT YEARS FOR 1R1 MOTORWAYS IS AS FOLLOWS, 20 CM OF GRANULAR MIXTURE, 20 CM OF CEMENT MIXTURE, 15 CM OF BITUMINOUS BASE MIXTURE, 6 CM OF BINDER COURSE AND 3 CM OF WEARING COURSE, IN AN OVERALL THICKNESS 64 CM. THE NEW PAVEMENT STRUCTURE, TO BE USED WHERE THE SUBGRADE IS OF GOOD BEARING CAPACITY, HAS A TOTAL THICKNESS OF 51 CM COMPRISED OF 35 CM OF GRANULAR MIXTURE CONTAINING BLAST FURNACE SLAG, 10 CM OF BITUMINOUS BASE, AND 6 CM OF OPEN-TEXTURED BITUMINOUS WEARING COURSE TABLES AND GRAPHS GIVE THE RESULTS OF DEFLECTION AND DEFORMATION MEASUREMENT CARRIED OUT ON A TEST SECTION OF THE NEW PAVEMENT, WHICH SHOWED A PERFORMANCE EQUAL TO THAT OF THE CONVENTIONAL STRUCTURE. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Societa Autostrade

  Via Antonio Nibby 10
  00161 Rome,   Italy 
• Authors:
  • Camomilla, G C
  • Fraschetti, F M
• Publication Date: 1972-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 8-18
• Serial:
  • AUTOSTRADE
  • Volume: 14
  • Issue Number: 7

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Deflection; Deformation; Flexible pavements; Performance; Roads
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00206168
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 16 1973 12:00AM