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Pavement Deterioration and Maintenance Guide

The document discusses the deterioration and maintenance of pavements. It defines pavements as horizontal structures that support road traffic and lists different types including footways, car parks, runways, and port container areas. It notes that pavements experience varying loads from pedestrians, trucks, and aircraft and must be capable of withstanding these loads. The objectives of pavements are to be smooth, structurally sound, drain properly, and easy to repair if disturbed.

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Pavement Deterioration and Maintenance Guide

The document discusses the deterioration and maintenance of pavements. It defines pavements as horizontal structures that support road traffic and lists different types including footways, car parks, runways, and port container areas. It notes that pavements experience varying loads from pedestrians, trucks, and aircraft and must be capable of withstanding these loads. The objectives of pavements are to be smooth, structurally sound, drain properly, and easy to repair if disturbed.

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Deterioration and Maintenance of Pavements

What is a Pavement ?
Road (wheeled) traffic is carried by the pavement, which in engineering terms is a horizontal structure supported by the in-situ natural soil. (Encyclopaedia Britannica)
In the UK pavement is a term colloquially and mistakenly used to refer to the footway or walkway.

A pavement can be a Footway, Pedestrian precinct, Car park, Unpaved road, Rural road, Motorway, Runway, Port container area, Concrete slabs (industrial area or factory), Rail track bed

Load on a pavement can vary


Pedestrian walking:
Low overall load (typical person 60-120kg). High point load (up to 15MPa).

Truck:
Medium overall load (up to 44,000kg in UK). Tyre pressure (up to 0.9MPa).

Aircraft:
High overall load (B747 379,000kg A380 453,000 kg). High point load jet fighter tyre (up to 2.1MPa).

Pavement usage
All pavements are effectively multi-use, A footway must now be capable of resisting vehicle overrun, A pedestrian precinct must take the largest delivery trucks, Airfields have a registered load capacity, e.g. there are very few which can take the A380 (largely due to width rather than weight),

Objectives of a pavement
Smooth, No loose areas, Capable of resisting foreseeable loading, No standing water, Skid resistant, Easily reinstated if disturbed, Self cleansing fabric of construction.

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