DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF AIRCRAFT PAVEMENTS IN UNUSUAL CONDITIONS

THIS PAPER DEALS WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF AIRFIELD PAVEMENTS OVER DEEP DEPOSITS OF SOFT, COMPRESSIBLE SOILS AND OVER SUBGRADES COMPOSED OF EXPANSIVE SOILS AND SOILS VARYING IN ENGINEERING PROPERTIES AND DISTRIBUTION. SOME OF THE PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES ARE DESCRIBED AND ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES OF SOLUTIONS ADOPTED IN THE PAST ARE QUOTED FOR SOME OF THE AIRFIELD PROJECTS WITH WHICH THE AUTHORS HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED. /TRRL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • PP 103-8
• Authors:
  • Spencer, F W
  • Holt, J K
• Conference:
  • Inst Civil Engineers Proc, London /UK/
• Publication Date: 1971

Language

• English

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airport runways; Construction; Engineering soils; Geotechnical engineering; Subbase (Pavements); Subgrade (Pavements); Swelling soils; Unstable soil
• Uncontrolled Terms: Subbase
• Subject Areas: Construction; Geotechnology; Highways; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00205681
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 28 1972 12:00AM