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PAVEMENT ENGINEER [2 records]

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Record 1 2007-04-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Construction
CONT

... the Unified system is superior in detecting properties of soils which affect airport pavement performance. The primary purpose in determining the soil classification is to enable the engineer to predict probable field behaviour of soils... the initial division of soils is based on the separation of coarse and fine-grained soils and highly organic soils... A separate division of highly organic soils is established for materials which are not generally suitable for construction purposes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Construction des voies de circulation
CONT

[...] le système unifié permet de mieux détecter les propriétés des sols qui influent sur les performances des chaussées d'aéroports. L'objectif principal de la classification des sols est de prédire leur comportement [...] la classification initiale comprend trois groupes : sols à gros grains, sols à grains fins et sols à forte teneur en matières organiques [...] Le groupe des «sols à forte teneur en matières organiques» correspond à des matériaux qui ne se prêtent généralement pas à la construction.

Spanish

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Record 2 1996-05-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Construction
DEF

A road pavement having a firm foundation of large stone fragments, and a smooth hard-rolled surface of small stones.

OBS

Telford.(after Thomas Telford, civil engineer) being or relating to a road pavement having a surface of small stone rolled hard and smooth and distinguished from macadam road by its firm foundation of large stones with fragments of stone wedged tightly in the interstices.

Key term(s)
  • telford
  • telford road

French

Domaine(s)
  • Construction des voies de circulation

Spanish

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