APPLICATION OF GUSSASPHALT IN THE MAINTENANCE AND PRESERVATION OF ROADS IN THE GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC

ANWENDUNG VON GUSSASPHALT BEI DER STRASSENINSTANDHALTUNG UND -ERHALTUNG IN DER DDR

ALTHOUGH GUSSASPHALT CAN BE PREPARED IN EVERY BITUMEN MIXING PLANT, ITS WORKING PERFORMANCE AFTER SUCH PREPARATION SINKS TO ONE HALF OF THAT FOR ROLLED ASPHALT, DUE PARTICULARLY TO THE HIGH FILLER CONTENT AND THE NECESSITY FOR A BOILING PROCESS IN THE MIXING PROCEDURE. GUSSASPHALT LOSES IN ITS CONSTRUCTION PERFORMANCE AGAINST ROLLED ASPHALT EVEN MORE, SINCE IT REQUIRES FOUR TIMES AS LONG TO LAY. THE QUALITIES OF GUSSASPHALT MAKE IT PARTICULARLY SUITABLE FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF ROADS IN BAD WEATHER. BESIDES THE APPLICATION TO STATE-, REGIONAL- AND DISTRICT-ROADS, GUSSASPHALT IS PREFERRED FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF TOWN STREETS, WHERE BECAUSE OF THE NUMEROUS ENCLOSURES IT IS OFTEN THE ONLY POSSIBILITY FOR ROUTINE MEASURES. AMONGST THE EQUIPMENT FOR GUSSASPHALT CONSTRUCTION NOT ONLY THE MIXING PLANT BUT ALSO THE TRANSPORT AND LAYING MACHINES PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE. IN SPITE OF THE HIGH QUALITY OF GUSSASPHALT AS A ROAD MATERIAL CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS APPLY TO ITS USE, PARTICULARLY BECAUSE OF ITS HIGH TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL COST, WHICH ONLY JUSTIFY ITS USE FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES SUCH AS PATCHING WORK TO BITUMINOUS SURFACES IN THE WINTER MONTHS.

• Corporate Authors:

  Transpress VEB Verlag fuer Verkehrswesen

  Franzoesische Strasse 13/14, Postfach 1235
  108 Berlin,   Germany 
• Authors:
  • RAUHUT, H
  • SCHMIDT, H
• Publication Date: 1975-12

Language

• German

Media Info

• Pagination: 506-10
• Serial:
  • Strasse
  • Volume: 15
  • Issue Number: 12

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefit cost analysis; Costs; Equipment; Gussasphalt; Highways; Maintenance; Manufactures; Mixing plants; Repairing; Urban areas
• Uncontrolled Terms: Laying
• ITRD Terms: 224: Cost; 226: Cost benefit analysis; 3674: Equipment; 4979: Gussasphalt; 2755: Highway; 3623: Laying; 3847: Maintenance; 3647: Manufacture; 3648: Mixing plant; 3635: Repair; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; I31: Bituminous Binders and Materials; I61: Equipment and Maintenance Methods;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01306279
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Forschungsgesellschaft für Straßen- und Verkehrswesen (FGSV)
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Nov 21 2010 10:45AM