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Requirements for Pavement Base Layers with Unbound Granular Material Cover

Requirements for Pavement Base Layers with Unbound Granular Material

Open Access
|Oct 2019

Abstract

Pavement structures, layers, and parameters must meet the strict requirements of applicable standards and regulations. The thickness of layers and the choice of materials depend on the factors involved, i.e., the traffic load and climatic factors (changes in temperature, water, rain, snow); they are also dependent on the geological environment at the road construction site and the parameters and properties of the embankment (the subgrade of the pavement). In some cases, the capacity of the existing transport infrastructure is on the edge of sustainability. The increase in the traffic load and the use of lower-class roads by freight transport, together with insufficient maintenance, has resulted in a deterioration of road conditions, thereby causing many deficiencies and failures.

The required serviceability and operational performance of roads can be ensured by the choice of suitable quality materials and technological construction processes. Technologies that are environmentally acceptable and economically efficient should be preferred.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjce-2019-0018 | Journal eISSN: 1338-3973 | Journal ISSN: 1210-3896
Language: English
Page range: 21 - 28
Published on: Oct 4, 2019
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2019 Silvia Cápayová, Zuzana Štefunková, Stanislav Unčík, Andrea Zuzulová, published by Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava
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