CODE OF PRACTICE FOR THE INSTALLATION OF VERTICAL CAPILLARY SCREENS TO PREVENT THE EDGE EFFECT UNDER PAVEMENTS

CODE DE BONNE PRATIQUE POUR LA REALISATION D'ECRANS CAPILLAIRES VERTICAUX CONTRE L'EFFET DE BORD SOUS LES CHAUSSEES

A description is given of the edge effect, its consequences and possible mtehods of preventing it. A vertical capillary screen is proposed as an effective means of prevention. Various recommendations are put forward for the design, installation, operation and maintenance of the screen. (TRRL)

• Corporate Authors:

  Road Research Centre, Belgium

  Boulevard de la Woluwe 42
  B-1200 Brussels,   Belgium 
• Publication Date: 1981

Language

• French

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 74 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Building; Capillarity; Design; Facilities; Installation; Pavements; Screens
• Uncontrolled Terms: Edges
• ITRD Terms: 5901: Capillarity; 5509: Edge effect; 3623: Laying; 3847: Maintenance; 5920: Moisture content; 2955: Pavement; 9149: Prevention; 2929: Sand drain; 177: Specifications; 9087: Vertical
• Subject Areas: Construction; Design; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00389898
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Centre de Recherches Routieres (CRR)
• Report/Paper Numbers: R48/81 Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 30 1984 12:00AM