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KEYWAY FAILURE [1 record]

Record 1 2002-08-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Construction
CONT

Other contributors to joint deterioration [in concrete highways and streets] include poor joint sealant maintenance, improper installation or poor maintenance of metal or plastic inserts, high reinforcing steel, subbase-pumping, dowel-socketing, and keyway failure. These are design or construction errors that create locally weak areas that spall easily.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Construction des voies de circulation
OBS

Des tirants d'acier ou barres de liaison, de 75 à 90 cm de longueur et espacés de 0,75 m centre à centre, tiennent les voies ensemble. En plus des tirants placés au centre de la dalle, une rainure ou une clef assure le transfert des charges d'une dalle à l'autre, dans le cas de la construction successive de deux voies adjacentes.

OBS

Conception des chaussées [...] Les systèmes de transfert de charge. [...] Les deux systèmes classiques sont : les goujons; les joints à rainure et languette.

Spanish

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