Reflective Cracking in Pavements State of the Art and Design Recommendations

This book forms the Proceedings of the Second International RILEM Conference held in Liege in March 1993. It follows the successful first conference held in 1989 and focusses on two main topics: the current state of the art of reflective cracking in highway and other pavements, and design recommendations for field applications. As well as more than 50 international contributions on individual projects, a series of keynote papers are included.

Preface. Part 1: Keynote papers: General introduction, conclusions of 1989 conference, future prospects - J M Rigo. Evaluation of pavement structure - A Molenaar; Retarding measures - M G Colombier; Laboratory simulations and modelling - L Francken; Geotextile use in overlays - F P Jaecklin; Part 2: Design models; semirigid pavement design, crack modelling, traffic loading, asphalt overlay/fabric systems, crack repair. Part 3: Assessment methods; laboratory apparatus, synthetic reinforcement, crack characteristics, dynamic testing, thermorheological properties, multilayered pavements, cement bound roadbases, fabric specification, new test methods. Part 4: Retarding measures: pre-cracking of underlays, microsurfacing, geosynthetic and polypropylene overlays, geogrids and compaction, MURMOS, ship seal surfacing, jute fibre geotextiles, precoated felts. Part 5: Case histories: France, UK, Luxembourg, Japan, Belgium, China, Australia, Austria, Spain, Netherlands, Greece, Index.

J.M. Rigo, R. Degeimbre, L. Francken