A MODIFIED DESIGN FOR SURFACE DRAINAGE OF DESERT ROADS

PROBLEMI DI MANUTENZIONE DEI PONTI STRADALI

Conventional methods of providing kerb and open drain channels for surface drainage of embanked roads has proved inefficient and inoperative in desert areas because of wind-blown sand deposits along the kerbs and in the drain channels. This paper describes the elimination of kerbs and the provision of bell-mouthed open drains (referred to as spillways) which enable surface water to flow rapidly and to wash down the drain any sand deposits. (a) (TRRL)

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  Oxford 0X3 0BW,   England 
• Authors:
  • Ismail, H M
• Publication Date: 1980-5

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References;
• Pagination: p. 18-20
• Serial:
  • Highway Engineer
  • Volume: 27
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: Whitehall Press Limited
  • ISSN: 0306-6452

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Deserts; Developing countries; Ditches; Drainage; Drainage practices; Equipment; Erosion; Highways; Sand; Sand drains; Spillways; Surface drainage; Surfaces
• Old TRIS Terms: Channel (Road drainage); Highway drainage
• ITRD Terms: 2502: Desert; 150: Developing countries; 2937: Drainage; 3674: Equipment; 5275: Erosion; 2949: Gutter; 2755: Highway; 4105: Sand; 6438: Surface
• Subject Areas: Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; I26: Water Run-off - Freeze-thaw;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00322162
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Report/Paper Numbers: ANALYTIC
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: May 21 1981 12:00AM