A Review of Practical Experience Throughout Europe on Deterioration in Fully-Flexible And Semi-Rigid Long-Life Pavements

This article looks at some of the observations that have been made in a number of European countries on the behavior of fully-flexible and semi-rigid pavements. Evidence for the existence of long-life pavements has been collected from expert opinion on deterioration as well as practical measurements from pavements on national networks. Observations on rutting, cracking, deflections and overall performance are presented from the UK, The Netherlands and Hungary. These observations confirm that certain pavements do not deteriorate structurally and hence can have unexpectedly long-lives, i.e. they can be classified as ‘long-life pavements’, thus providing the highway authorities with many potential economic benefits. The European Long-Life Pavements Group (ELLPAG) is seeking to further promote these benefits through the more widespread use of these pavements in Europe and is aiming to develop coordinated research to achieve this; a short description of ELLPAG is provided.

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  • Abstract reprinted with permission from Taylor and Francis.
• Authors:
  • Merrill, D
  • Dommelen, A Van
  • Gaspar, L
• Publication Date: 2006-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 101-109
• Serial:
  • International Journal of Pavement Engineering
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • ISSN: 1029-8436
  • Serial URL: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/10298436.html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cracking; Economics; Evaluation and assessment; Flexible pavements; Pavement design; Pavement maintenance; Perpetual pavements; Rutting; Service life
• Identifier Terms: European Long-Life Pavement Group
• Uncontrolled Terms: Semi flexible pavements
• Geographic Terms: Hungary; Netherlands; United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Design; Economics; Finance; Highways; Materials; Pavements; I10: Economics and Administration; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways; I31: Bituminous Binders and Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01038332
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 29 2006 11:06AM