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PAVEMENT THICKNESS [10 records]

Record 1 2018-11-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Design
  • Road Construction Equipment
DEF

[A pavement that consists of] an upper thin bituminous layer(10 mm to 40 mm thickness) over one or more unbound granular layers on top of a well compacted soil subgrade.

CONT

Thin asphalt layer (TAL) pavements are widely used in low volume road networks worldwide of scarcely populated areas.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conception des voies de circulation
  • Matériel de constr. (Voies de circulation)

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Construction
OBS

pavement thickness : term proposed by the World Road Association.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Construction des voies de circulation
OBS

épaisseur de chaussée : terme proposé par l'Association mondiale de la route.

Spanish

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Record 3 2013-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Construction Materials
DEF

A short stretch of pavement constructed when opening a job site, so as to define a reference value for a given criterion(e. g. percentage of voids, thickness).

OBS

reference area: term and definition proposed by the World Road Association.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériaux de constr. (Voies de circulation)
DEF

Court tronçon de chaussée réalisé en début de chantier pour définir une population de référence pour un critère donné (p. ex. pourcentage de vides, épaisseur).

OBS

planche de référence : terme et définition proposés par l'Association mondiale de la route.

Spanish

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Record 4 2013-01-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Construction
DEF

A pavement structure in which the total thickness is bounded by two mandatory levels, for example the upper level of a gravity rainwater collector under the structure, and housing threshold levels at the surface.

OBS

restricted thickness pavement : term and definition proposed by the World Road Association.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Construction des voies de circulation
DEF

Structure de chaussée dont l'épaisseur totale est bornée par deux cotes de nivellement obligatoires comme par exemple la cote supérieure d'un collecteur d'eau pluviale gravitaire sous la structure et la cote des seuils d'habitation en surface.

OBS

chaussée à épaisseur imposée : terme et définition proposés par l'Association mondiale de la route.

Spanish

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Record 5 2012-10-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Construction
  • Airport Runways and Areas
DEF

The combination of sub-base, base course, and surface course placed on a subgrade to support the traffic load and distribute it to the subgrade.

CONT

A thickness design procedure applicable to a pavement system consisting of a cement-stabilized layer resting on a subgrade and protected by a thin asphalt surface layer is described.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Construction des voies de circulation
  • Pistes et aires d'aéroport
DEF

Structure placée sur la couche de forme et ayant pour fonction de répartir la charge qui y est appliquée et d'empêcher l'abrasion ou la détérioration.

OBS

La superstructure peut comprendre une couche de fondation, une couche de base ou une couche d'usure.

OBS

superstructure : terme et définition uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de terminologie du génie.

Spanish

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Record 6 2006-11-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Construction
DEF

A pavement with a bituminous surfacing and one or more courses that are treated with cementitious binders and which make a significant structural contribution(or courses treated with hydrocarbon binders and which by their stiffness or thickness cannot be considered as structurally flexible).

OBS

semirigid pavement: term and definition proposed by the World Road Association.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Construction des voies de circulation
DEF

Chaussée à couche de surface hydrocarbonée reposant sur une ou plusieurs couches traitées aux liants hydrauliques jouant un rôle structurel déterminant (ou couches traitées aux liants hydrocarbonés qui par leur rigidité ou épaisseur ne peuvent être considérées structurellement comme souples).

OBS

chaussée semi-rigide : terme et définition proposés par l'Association mondiale de la Route.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Construcción de carreteras
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Record 7 1989-09-29

English

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

Applications of asphaltic materials to any type of road or pavement surface, with or without a cover of mineral aggregate, that produce an increase in thickness of less than 1 in.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériaux de constr. (Voies de circulation)
  • Construction des voies de circulation
  • Entretien des routes
OBS

Rapport annuel 1971/72, p. 32 (Expansion économique et régionale).

Spanish

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Record 8 1987-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Construction
  • Airport Runways and Areas
CONT

Equivalent granular thickness is a term applied to flexible pavement structures, and is the basis for comparing pavements constructed with different thicknesses of materials having different load distribution characteristics. The equivalent granular thickness is computed through the use of the granular equivalency factors for pavement construction materials....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Construction des voies de circulation
  • Pistes et aires d'aéroport
CONT

Le terme "épaisseur équivalente" est utilisé en parlant des chaussées souples; il désigne le paramètre qui sert de base pour comparer des chaussées ayant des épaisseurs différentes de matériaux dont les caractéristiques de distribution de charge sont différentes. L'épaisseur équivalente est calculée en utilisant les coefficients d'équivalence (...) pour les matériaux de construction des chaussées.

Spanish

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Record 9 1987-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tolerances and Modular Co-ordination (Construction)
CONT

To resolve practical design and evaluation problems, a range of equivalency factors appropriate to the relative strengths of indigenous construction materials is adopted to convert between theoretical model reference construction depths and actual pavement thickness.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Calcul, tolérances et modulation (Construction)

Spanish

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Record 10 1987-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance
  • Airport Runways and Areas
CONT

It is the United Kingdom practice to design for unlimited operational use by a given aircraft taking into account the loading resulting from interaction of adjacent landing gear wheel assemblies where applicable. The aircraft is designated "the design aircraft" for the pavement.

CONT

The design aircraft should be selected on the basis of the one requiring the greatest pavement thickness.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aérotechnique et maintenance
  • Pistes et aires d'aéroport

Spanish

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