THE USE OF ASPHALT IN ENVIRONMENTALLY ACCEPTABLE EMBANKMENT CONSTRUCTIONS

Two case studies, namely the reconstruction of the banks on the River Lys and the building of new banks on the Brussels Sea Canal near the new sealock at Hingene-Ruisbroek illustrate the use of bituminous materials, such as fibrous open stone asphalt in situ or as prefabricated mattresses, sand asphalt and liquid asphalt in environmentally designed bank protections. Those cases provide us with detailed monitoring and constructive recommendations for further use. The paper deals also with the design, the production and application techniques for those bituminous materials as well as with the interactions of them with the bio-engineering techniques such as prefabricated wetland plants with bio-degradable base materials. As a conclusion, this new type of bank protection, using bituminous materials for hydraulic engineering in combinations with the most recent development in biological engineering, is a further step towards the integration of environment and infrastructure. (A) For the covering abstract see IRRD 885061.

• Corporate Authors:

  European Asphalt Pavement Association

  P.O. Box 175
  3620 AD Breukelen,   Netherlands 

  EUROBITUME (EUROPEAN BITUMEN ASSOCIATION)

  PLACE MADOU 1, TOUR MADOU, 25TH FLOOR
  BRUSSELS,   Belgium  1030
• Authors:
  • GOETINCK, R
  • EISKENS, F
• Conference:
  • EURASPHALT & EUROBITUME CONGRESS, STRASBOURG, 7-10 MAY 1996. VOLUME 1. PAPER E&E.3.029
• Publication Date: 1996

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 15 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bitumen; Conferences; Embankments; Environment; Fibers; Landscaping; Mix design; Sand
• ITRD Terms: 4963: Bitumen; 8525: Conference; 2801: Embankment; 2455: Environment; 4557: Fibre; 2887: Landscaping; 4714: Mix design; 4105: Sand
• Subject Areas: Construction; Data and Information Technology;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00731746
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Feb 27 1997 12:00AM