CONCRETE PAVEMENTS AT THE MUNICH AIRPORT: DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND PERFORMANCE

This paper describes how a new airport was built in Munich, Germany between the years 1985 and 1992. Two 60-m wide and 4,000-m long runways, as well as all taxiways and aprons were given a two-layer, non-reinforced concrete pavement with doweled transverse joints (i.e., jointed plain concrete pavement, JPCP), using the slipform construction technique. The aircraft movement areas in concrete have stood the test of time extremely well. Some 20-million passengers having used the airport in 2000, therefore a second terminal and a second apron are needed. The apron will be constructed also using the "Munich construction method", which has been made the model for other German airports too. The only modification concerns joint filling: polysulfide-based compounds will replace bituminous joint fillers in the aircraft parking areas where the aircraft are refueled.

• Corporate Authors:

  International Society for Concrete Pavements

  Texas Transportation Institute, CE/TTI Bldg, Rm 503E, TAMU 3135
  College Station, TX  United States  77842-3135
• Authors:
  • Springenschmid, R
  • Hessler, R
  • Fleischer, W
• Conference:
  • Seventh International Conference on Concrete Pavements. The Use of Concrete in Developing Long-Lasting Pavement Solutions for the 21st Century.
  • Location: Orlando, Florida
  • Date: 2001-9-9 to 2001-9-13
• Publication Date: 2001

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 763-774
• Serial:
  • Volume: 2

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aircraft operations; Airport runways; Concrete pavements; Dowels (Fasteners); Joint fillers; Joints; Layer coefficient (Pavements); Loads; Polysulfides; Sealing (Technology)
• Geographic Terms: Munich (Germany)
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Highways; Materials; Pavements; Terminals and Facilities; I32: Concrete;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00823454
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: International Society for Concrete Pavements
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 1 2002 12:00AM