HIGHWAY PAVEMENT DESIGN IN FROST AREAS IN SWEDEN
AFTER A SHORT INTRODUCTION ABOUT THE CLIMATIC AND GEOLOGIC CONDITIONS IN SWEDEN, THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE SOILS INTO GROUPS DIFFERING IN SUSCEPTIBILITY TO FROST IS DESCRIBED. THE FUNDAMENTAL METHODS FOR PROTECTING ROADS AGAINST HARMFUL EFFECTS OF SOIL FREEZING ARE SUMMARIZED. THE BEARING CAPACITY IN THE SPRING BREAK-UP VARIES FROM YEAR TO YEAR. CONSEQUENTLY, A SPECIAL BEARING VALUE CANNOT BE DETERMINED THAT CAN BE USED FOR HIGHWAY PAVEMENT DESIGNING. THIS MUST BE FOUNDED ON NON-VARYING FACTORS, ESPECIALLY THE TYPE OF THE SUBSOIL. A TABLE IS GIVEN FOR PAVEMENT DESIGN FOR ROADS WITH TRAFFIC OF MORE THAN 1,000 HEAVY VEHICLES DAILY. FINALLY, SPECIAL FROST DAMAGES, FROST CRACKS, WHICH ARE QUITE COMMON IN THE NORTHERN PARTS OF SWEDEN, ARE DESCRIBED. /AUTHOR/
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Authors:
- Rengmark, Folke
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Discussers:
- MacFarlane, I C
- Brownridge, F C
- Ramsey, William J
- Rengmark, Folke
- Publication Date: 1963
Media Info
- Media Type: Print
- Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: pp 137-157
- Monograph Title: Pavement design in frost areas ll. Design Considerations
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Serial:
- Highway Research Record
- Issue Number: 33
- Publisher: Highway Research Board
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Bearing capacity; Cracking; Frost damage; Frost susceptible soil; Pavement design; Pavements; Soil types; Subsoil; Traffic
- Uncontrolled Terms: Soil classification
- Geographic Terms: Sweden
- Old TRIS Terms: Bearing capacities; Highway pavement
- Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Pavements;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00205297
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: Sep 29 1994 12:00AM