DURABILITY OF ASPHALT ROADS WHEN USED BY MILITARY TRAFFIC

BEWAEHRUNG VON ASPHALTSTRASSEN UNTER MILITAERISCHEM VERKEHR

Excessive wear of a road subjected to military traffic is mainly due to a large proportion of tracked vehicles, since although they exert a lower unit pressure, their peak pressures are higher. Additional wear is induced by the system of steering, which requires one or the other track to be braked when a change in direction is desired. In order to gain experience in the construction methods of asphalt roads for military use, experimental roads were produced in four different types of construction. After two years of usage it was found that all the constructions had worn well and no damage occurred, neither was there any deformation in the various layers. The amount of wear under considerable military traffic remained within acceptable limits. It is of interest that the extremely high temperatures experienced during the summer of 1976 had no particular effect. (TRRL)

• Corporate Authors:

  Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Bitumen-Industrie eV

  Mittelweg 13
  2 Hamburg 13,   Germany 
• Authors:
  • Henn, P
• Publication Date: 1978-5

Language

• German

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 73-75
• Serial:
  • BITUMEN
  • Volume: 40
  • Issue Number: 3

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Asphalt pavements; Braking; Construction management; Deformation; Durability; Evaluation and assessment; Experimental roads; Flexible pavements; Military transportation; Pavements; Repeated loads; Steering; Temperature; Tracked vehicles; Traffic loads; Wear
• ITRD Terms: 1874: Braking; 3666: Construction method; 5595: Deformation; 5910: Durability; 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 2944: Flexible pavement; 5588: Repetitive loading; 1834: Steering (process); 6722: Temperature; 1217: Tracked vehicle; 5293: Wear
• Subject Areas: Construction; Design; Freight Transportation; Highways; Materials; Pavements; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways; I31: Bituminous Binders and Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00315247
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen (BASt)
• Report/Paper Numbers: ANALYTIC
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 6 1981 12:00AM