PAVEMENT FAILURES DUE TO IMPROPER DRAINAGE
This report outlines the requirements of a highway drainage system and describes the effects of defective surface and sub-surface drainage systems on flexible and rigid pavements. Examples of damages due to improper drainage are given and photographs illustrate some cases of pavement failures in the City of Bangalore. (TRRL)
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Supplemental Notes:
- Seminar on Maintenance and Drainage Aspects of Road Pavements, Bangalore, July 1-4, 1982. Theme 6: Sub-Surface/Surface Drainage Requirements in Plain Terrain for Reduced Pavement Maintenance (Including Case Studies).
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Corporate Authors:
Indian Roads Congress
Jamnagar House, Shahjahan Road
New Delhi, India 110 011 -
Authors:
- VEERAGAVAN, A
- Rajagopal, A S
- Justo, CEG
- Publication Date: 1982
Media Info
- Features: Figures; Photos; References;
- Pagination: p. 95-105
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Serial:
- Publication of: Indian Roads Congress
- Publisher: Indian Roads Congress
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Binders; Bituminous mixtures; Concrete; Conferences; Cracking; Defects; Deflection; Drainage; Failure; Flexible pavements; Loss and damage; Pavement distress; Pavements; Potholes; Rigid pavements; Runoff; Rural areas; Rutting; Stripping (Pavements); Subdrains; Subgrade (Pavements); Surface drainage; Surfacing; Underground structures; Urban areas
- Uncontrolled Terms: Subterranean
- Old TRIS Terms: Highway drainage
- ITRD Terms: 4967: Bituminous mixture; 4755: Concrete; 8525: Conference; 5211: Cracking; 1614: Damage; 5586: Deflection; 2937: Drainage; 5520: Failure; 2955: Pavement; 3073: Pothole; 4329: Run off; 328: Rural area; 3081: Rutting (wheel); 5287: Stripping (binder); 2950: Subgrade; 4372: Subterranean; 2972: Surfacing; 313: Urban area
- Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Pavements; I26: Water Run-off - Freeze-thaw;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00379168
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
- Report/Paper Numbers: ANALYTIC
- Files: ITRD, TRIS
- Created Date: Dec 30 1983 12:00AM