IMPROVED DRAINAGE AND FROST ACTION CRITERIA FOR NEW JERSEY PAVEMENT DESIGN-VOLUME II EXPERIMENTAL SUBSURFACE DRAINAGE APPLICATIONS

This Volume II report of a three volume series in conjunction with guides, supplements and technical notes, describes a concerted effort to resolve the problems of internal (subsurface) road drainage. Field investigations of the existing conditions of highways indicated a definite need for an effective subsurface drainage system. The fundamental objective of the research was to formulate the design methods and the construction and maintenance procedures for such a drainage system. In this report the results of test track evaluations of reduced scale pavement sections having underdrainage elements are summarized. The field experience of constructing two experimental internally drained highway sections is also given. A long-term monitoring program has been instituted for these trial installations; the monitoring program has been instituted for these trial installations; the monitoring plan and baseline measurements are provided in the report. Finally, from the results of the model tests, field trials and previously reported laboratory investigations, construction requirements for the proposed highway underdrainage system are discussed. (FHWA)

• Corporate Authors:

  New Jersey Department of Transportation

  Division of Research and Demonstration, 1035 Parkway Avenue
  Trenton, NJ  United States  08625

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Kozlov, G S
  • Mottola, V
  • Mehalchick, G
• Publication Date: 1984-1

Media Info

• Pagination: 112 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction; Design; Field tests; Frost action; Laboratory tests; Maintenance; Mathematical models; Monitoring; Pavement design; Subsurface drainage
• Uncontrolled Terms: Design criteria; Models
• Subject Areas: Construction; Design; Geotechnology; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Materials; Pavements; I26: Water Run-off - Freeze-thaw;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00388846
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-NJ-84-012 Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: Study 7740
• Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Sep 28 1984 12:00AM