ROAD RECONSTRUCTION WITH PS-HARDFOAM: THEORY AND PRACTICE. WORKING DAYS ON ROAD ENGINEERING 1990, PROCEEDINGS OF A CONFERENCE HELD IN EDE, THE NETHERLANDS, MAY 9-10, 1990. PART 2

WEGRECONSTRUCTIE MET PS-HARDSCHUIM: THEORIE EN PRAKTIJK

PS-hardfoam (expanded polystyrene) can be used, to reduce/avoid settlement during road (re-) construction. The advantages of this material are the simple processing due to its small weight in volume, its durability and its frost resistance. In this article the design procedure and the execution of the application of PS-hardfoam are treated. The execution is described on the basis of a road reconstruction in the town of Vinkeveen, The Netherlands. The production process, the quality requirements and the material characteristics of PS-hardfoam are also illustrated. The design procedure can be divided into four stages: (1) draw up of a program of requirements (data on soil conditions, the construction, cables and pipes and the applying materials are some of the things that come up for discussion here); (2) balance or settlement calculations; (3) assessment of the durability of the construction; (4) the definite design. The article ends with six statements, which summarize the advantages/disadvantages of the application of PS-hardfoam in road (re-) construction. For the covering abstract of the conference see IRRD 836802. (TRRL)

• Corporate Authors:

  CROW

  GALVANISTRAAT 1
  EDE,   Netherlands  NL 6716 AE
• Authors:
  • Boogert, A
• Publication Date: 1990

Language

• Dutch

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 461-471
• Serial:
  • Publication of: CROW
  • Publisher: CROW

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Design; Durability; Expanded materials; Frost susceptibility; Lightweight materials; Manufacturing; Polystyrene; Properties of materials; Quality control; Road construction; Settlement (Structures); Styrenes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Quality
• Geographic Terms: Netherlands
• Subject Areas: Construction; Design; Geotechnology; Highways; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00617157
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: No. 37-II
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 30 1991 12:00AM