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Record 1 2001-03-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Construction Materials
CONT

The project included a study tour to Germany and the Netherlands to evaluate new opportunities of reducing noise at close hand. The results achieved in the Netherlands with low-noise road pavement known as 2-layer self draining porous asphalt are particularly interesting.

Key term(s)
  • self-draining

French

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

Se dit d'un revêtement routier ou autre suffisamment poreux pour absorber l'eau de pluie et l'évacuer de la surface.

CONT

[...] on utilise le bitume pour construire des autoroutes et des pistes d'aéroports, pour protéger de la corrosion les dessous de voitures et les tuyaux de pipelines, pour créer de nouveaux revêtements auto-drainants pour les courts de tennis et les pistes d'athlétisme.

CONT

Routes [...] Citer les différents types de revêtements (bi-couche, enrobé, béton, auto-drainant) [...]

CONT

[...] un système de pavés autodrainants; [...]

Key term(s)
  • pavé autodrainant
  • revêtement auto-drainant

Spanish

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