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TRANSVERSE CRACK [2 records]

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Record 1 2003-10-10

English

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

Interconnected cracks forming a series of large blocks, usually with sharp corners and angles.

DEF

Horizontal separation of a pavement overlay.

OBS

[It] may be the result of thermal expansion/contraction, material failure, or cure.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Entretien des routes
  • Bétonnage
CONT

Comme leur nom l'indique, les fissures de retrait se produisent généralement lors du durcissement et du séchage du béton. Ces fissures peuvent favoriser l'infiltration d'eau.

CONT

Les joints transversaux [...] comprennent les joints de retrait, ou joints de retrait-flexion, sortes de rainures ménagées à la partie supérieure des dalles pour y localiser les fissures éventuelles de retrait ou de flexion.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Mantenimiento de carreteras
  • Hormigonado
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Record 2 2000-01-31

English

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

Crack or break approximately at right angles to the pavement centerline.

CONT

Transverse cracks will occur at intervals of about 4.5 to 7.5 m. in an unjointed highway pavement, with a longitudinal crack spacing that would vary somewhat depending on concrete properties and climatic conditions.

OBS

transverse cracks are further subdivided into full (across both lanes of two-lane road), half (across only one lane), and partial (across less than three-quarters lane width).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Entretien des routes
  • Bétonnage
DEF

Fissure [...] perpendiculaire à la route [qui] la traverse complètement ou en partie.

CONT

Des joints sont pratiqués dans un revêtement en béton pour contrôler la fissuration transversale et longitudinale dues aux changements de volume du béton et à l'effet combiné des contraintes et des charges.

CONT

[Le glissement] commence par une fissuration diagonale au droit du passage des roues et se poursuit par des fissures paraboliques.

OBS

[Les fissures transversales] sont notées généralement à intervalles irréguliers; mais dans certains cas, pour une cause encore imprécise, elles se forment à intervalles très réguliers.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Mantenimiento de carreteras
  • Hormigonado
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