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STEP FAULTING [1 record]

Record 1 2006-11-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Maintenance
  • Road Construction
DEF

A gradually developing and sometimes permanently and irreversibly established difference in level between the edges of transverse joints in a concrete pavement.

OBS

slab stepping: term and definition proposed by the World Road Association.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Entretien des routes
  • Construction des voies de circulation
DEF

Dénivellation progressive qui, dans certaines circonstances, s'établit de façon permanente et irréversible entre les bords des joints transversaux d'un revêtement en béton.

CONT

Décalage ou marche d'escalier. Cette dénivellation entre deux dalles successives ou entre deux parties d'une dalle fissurée indique un mauvais transfert de charge entre deux dalles, un manque de support de la fondation ou un gonflement par le gel de l'eau accumulé sous la dalle.

OBS

marche d'escalier : terme et définition proposés par l'Association mondiale de la Route.

Spanish

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