WEARING COURSES (PAVEMENT DESIGN)
LES COUCHES DE ROULEMENT (DIMENSIONNEMENT)
THE AIM OF THE RESEARCH IS TO OBTAIN BETTER KNOWLEDGE OF THE ROLE AND OPERATION OF WEARING COURSES WITH A VIEW TO CONDUCTING A COHERENT STUDY OF THE DESIGN OF THESE LAYERS. IN 1979, AN ATTEMPT WILL BE MADE: (1) TO CARRY OUT A THEORETICAL STUDY OF PAVEMENT DESIGN BY MEANS OF CALCULATIONS (LCPC); (2) TO MAKE A BIBLIOGRAPHIC SEARCH IN FRANCE AND IN OTHER COUNTRIES (REGIONAL LABORATORY LILLE); (3) TO REVIEW THE NUMBER AND BEHAVIOUR OF WEARING COURSES IN STRENGTHENED AND NEW PAVEMENTS OVER THE WHOLE OF THE COUNTRY (REGIONAL LABORATORIES LILLE, BLOIS, ST BRIEUC, TOULOUSE, LYON); (4) TO MAKE OBSERVATIONS ON EXPERIMENTAL SECTIONS WHERE DIFFERENT TYPES OF SURFACINGS HAVE BEEN LAID (REGIONAL LABORATORIES LILLE, TOULOUSE). EACH STUDY WILL BE LINKED TO OTHER INVESTIGATIONS ALREADY STARTED.
Language
- French
Project
- Status: Active
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Contract Numbers:
ITRD 1-01-44-9
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Sponsor Organizations:
MINISTERE DES TRANSPORTS (MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT)
AVENUE DU PRESIDENT KENNEDY 32
PARIS CEDEX 16, France F-75775MINISTERE DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT ET DU CADRE DE VIE (MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND QUALITY OF LIFE)
BOULEVARD SAINT GERMAIN 244
PARIS CEDEX 16, France F-75775 -
Project Managers:
DELEURENCE, J
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Performing Organizations:
LABORATOIRES DES PONTS ET CHAUSSEES - ROAD AND BRIDGE LABORATORIES
BOULEVARD LEFEBVRE 58
PARIS CEDEX 15, France F-75732 - Start Date: 19790000
- Expected Completion Date: 0
- Actual Completion Date: 0
- Source Data: ITRD F500825
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Behavior; Bibliographies; Experimental roads; Pavement design; Research projects; Structural strengthening; Wearing course (Pavements)
- ITRD Terms: 9001: Behaviour; 8518: Bibliography; 2778: Experimental road; 3055: Pavement design; 8557: Research project; 3096: Strengthening (pavement); 2980: Wearing course
- Subject Areas: Highways; Pavements; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01295905
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Institut Francais des Sciences et Technologies des Transports, de l'Aménagement et des Réseaux (IFSTTAR)
- Contract Numbers: ITRD 1-01-44-9
- Files: ITRD
- Created Date: Nov 21 2010 5:15AM