PIARC XVII WORLD ROAD CONGRESS, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, OCTOBER 8-15 1983. TECHNICAL COMMITTEE REPORT ON ROAD BRIDGES

The committee discussed the following: waterproofing and surfacing (stresses induced in waterproofing and surfacing, design of the waterproofing/surfacing complex, laying of the waterproofing, laying of the surfacing, behaviour); expansion joints (design, types of joint, selection, installation, performance and maintenance, trends); bridge bearings (state of the art: bridge bearings used in different countries, mechanical properties of recent types of bearings, requirements for bridge bearings, experiences with bridge bearings in service); bridge inspection and testing equipment (access, survey checks, special investigtions); transition between road and bridge (settlement and consolidation, partial failure of embankment and countermeasures, abnormal behaviour of abutment and countermeasures, other problems). (TRRL)

  • Corporate Authors:

    Permanent International Association of Road Congr

    2 Boulevard de la Tour Maubourg
    F-75007 Paris,   France 
  • Publication Date: 1983

Media Info

  • Features: Figures; References; Tables;
  • Pagination: 55 p.

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 00390257
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
  • Report/Paper Numbers: Monograph
  • Files: ITRD, TRIS
  • Created Date: Dec 30 1984 12:00AM