EVALUATION OF GEOCOMPOSITE PAVEMENT PANEL DRAINS INSTALLED IN A SAND BACKFILL UNDER REVISED INSTALLATION SPECIFICATION

Prior to 1989, highway edge drains were backfilled with the existing trench material and dynamically compacted with a tamping shoe. The net result was damage to the inner core of the edge drain. In response to these problems the installation specification was revised in 1989 to insure the integrity of the drainage system. The revised method of installation consisted of moving the panel to the shoulder side of the trench and then flushing a sand slurry into the trench for backfill. Flushing the sand eliminates the need for mechanical compaction. Since 1989, two projects have been completed using the revised special note for installation and another is currently under construction. This report discusses the performance of these installations.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.13023/KTC.RR.1990.25
• Record URL:
  • https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/17000/17300/17370/PB2001101145.pdf
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Federal Aid Research Task 46. Published December 1990; revised August 1991.
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Kentucky, Lexington

  Kentucky Transportation Center
  College of Engineering, 176 Raymond Building
  Lexington, KY  United States  40506-0281

  Kentucky Transportation Cabinet

  200 Mero Street
  Frankfort, KY  United States  40622

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Fleckenstein, L J
  • Allen, D L
• Publication Date: 1991-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 8 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Backfilling; Building; Construction; Edge drains; Facilities; Flushing; Installation; Performance evaluations; Sand; Slurry; Specifications
• Uncontrolled Terms: Construction specifications
• Old TRIS Terms: Backfills; Slurries
• Subject Areas: Construction; Design; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Pavements; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways; I52: Construction of Pavements and Surfacings;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00738938
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: University of Kentucky, Lexington
• Report/Paper Numbers: KTC-90-25, Interim Report
• Files: NTL, TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jul 17 1997 12:00AM