RESEARCH INTO TRENCH REINSTATEMENT MATERIALS

This paper reviews British Gas Corporation research into trench reinstatement. It starts by referring to studies of traffic loading on buried mains carried out in relation to the recent EEC directive to raise gross vehicle weights and maximum axle loads. One aspect arising from this early work was the lack of information on the performance characteristics of the old established, non-designed, urban roads containing reinstatements. The paper includes details of some initial field trials and simple pieces of equipment designed to assist with the collection of the necessary performance data. The limitations of some of the existing allowable reinstatement materials are discussed along with proposals for possible alternative novel materials. (Author/TRRL)

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  INSTITUTION OF HIGHWAYS & TRANSPORTATION

  6 ENDSLEIGH STREET
  LONDON,   United Kingdom  WC1H 0DZ
• Authors:
  • Owen, R C
  • Howe, M
• Publication Date: 1985-4

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References;
• Pagination: p. 9-14
• Serial:
  • HIGHWAYS & TRANSPORTATION
  • Volume: 32
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: INSTITUTION OF HIGHWAYS & TRANSPORTATION
  • ISSN: 0265-6868

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Axle load force; Backfilling; Building materials; Cement; Crushed rock; Deflection; Equipment; Failure; Field tests; Gases; Governments; Ground settlement; Lean concrete; Loads; Measurement; Measuring instruments; Pipe; Public service; Repairing; Service agencies; Soil stabilization; Specifications; Traffic loads; Trench backfill; Trenches; Underground structures; Vehicle weight; Waste products (Materials)
• Uncontrolled Terms: Trench
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• Old TRIS Terms: Failure lines
• ITRD Terms: 6155: Apparatus (measuring); 4563: By product; 4758: Cement; 4173: Crushed stone; 5586: Deflection; 2801: Embankment; 3674: Equipment; 5702: Excavation pit; 6734: Gas; 4761: Lean concrete; 5567: Load; 6136: Measurement; 3361: Pipe; 391: Services (public); 5792: Settlement; 3689: Soil stabilization; 177: Specifications; 8119: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Design; Freight Transportation; Geotechnology; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Pavements; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways; I51: Earthworks and Soil Drainage; I61: Equipment and Maintenance Methods;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00399410
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 25 2004 2:43AM