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COMPOSITE PAVEMENT [3 records]

Record 1 2023-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Roads
  • Road Maintenance
CONT

Debonding between layers that are initially stuck together is an important potential distress mode in multilayered structures. The risk may be the bond between the support and the long-life pavement surface layers... or between the binder course and the wearing course in the case of a two-layer composite surface course. The main cause of debonding is traffic, which can induce debonding... Variations of temperature with depth and time and intrusion of water(or water condensation) between layers can exacerbate the mechanism.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Voies de circulation
  • Entretien des routes
CONT

Le décollement entre les couches qui adhèrent initialement les unes aux autres est un mode de dégradation éventuel important dans les structures multicouches. Le risque peut se situer entre le support et la couche de surface des chaussées à longue durée de vie [...] ou entre la couche de liaison et la couche de roulement dans le cas d'une surface composite à deux couches. La cause principale est la circulation, qui peut induire un décollement [...] Des variations de température en profondeur et dans le temps, ainsi que la pénétration d'eau (ou la condensation d'eau) entre les couches, peuvent aggraver le mécanisme.

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-12-14

English

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

A pavement consisting of both flexible and rigid layers with or without separating granular layers.

CONT

A composite pavement structure is created when an existing pavement structure is overlaid for strengthening or resurfacing purposes.

OBS

composite pavement : term officially approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization(ICAO).

French

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

Chaussée se composant de couches souples et rigides, avec ou sans couches granulaires de séparation.

OBS

chaussée composite; chaussée mixte : termes uniformisés par l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Construcción de carreteras
  • Pistas y áreas del aeropuerto
OBS

pavimento compuesto : término aceptado oficialmente por la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional (OACI).

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Record 3 2003-11-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Maintenance
CONT

The FWD(Falling Weight Deflectometer) is a non-descructive testing device that is used to complete structural testing for pavement rehabilitation projects, research, and pavement structure failure detection. It is used for conventional and deep strength flexible, composite and rigid pavement structures. The FWD is a device capable of applying dynamic loads to the pavement surface, similar in magnitude and duration to that of a single heavy moving wheel load.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Entretien des routes
CONT

Des essais additionnels au déflectomètre à masse tombante ont été effectués [...]

Spanish

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