Drainage Systems of Roads and Bridge Structures: Methodology

Drenazni systemy vozovek a mostnich objektu: Metodika

The methodology contains recommendations and requirements for designing, performing and maintenance of drainage systems on roads and bridge structures. Since the issue of drainage systems have not been dealt with in detail before, the methodology broadens the general part of the issue of drainage and therefore a section is included which describes the movement of water in road and the method to provide drainage in the designing stage. The reason to include the part dealing with the method of water drainage out of the road is the importance of the drainage itself, but also the handling with rain water and importance to leave the rain water where it fell. Therefore, soaking is preferred to rain water draining, which reduces the requirements for the capacity of drainage piping and for the capacity of industrial water treatment plants. The designs need to respect (changing) legislation framework of the issue related to the management of rain water from roads. Road drainage systems is not a clear term. Regarding the complexity of the issue, this work describes broader concept of the term. The basic information related to the above mentioned solution are accompanied with some specific elements of drainage systems, which are either dealt with by a separate regulation or standard (e.g. drain permeable asphalt), or still require detailed work (e.g. porous asphalt, geocomposite drainage). The work contains particularly the detailed analysis of the underground drainage system. The drainage elements in bridges particularly include measures for draining concrete bridge deck insulation, or drainage behind the support or drainage of buttresses; the drainage system of bridges itself is not a subject of this regulation (it is described in TP 107). Apart from design requirements for drainage systems, recommendations related to the performance and maintenance of drainage systems following the inspections and monitoring are included.

• Corporate Authors:

  Transport Research Centre (CDV)

  Líšeňská 33a
  Brno,   Czech Republic  CZ-636 00
• Authors:
  • ZEDNIK, P
  • MATULA, R
  • Zavrel, T
• Publication Date: 2013

Language

• English
• Czech

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 52 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridges; Construction; Drainage; Groundwater; Highways; Maintenance; Methodology; Road construction; Seepage
• Geographic Terms: Czech Republic
• ITRD Terms: 3455: Bridge; 3655: Construction; 8158: Czech Republic; 2937: Drainage; 4383: Ground water; 2755: Highway; 3847: Maintenance; 9102: Method; 3665: Road construction; 4315: Seepage
• Subject Areas: I52: Construction of Pavements and Surfacings;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01530058
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Centre (CDV)
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Jul 3 2014 2:35PM