
3. Composite pavement techniques
3.1 BAC/GB3 composite pavement
3.1.1 What is a Continuous Reinforced Concrete on Bituminous Gravel composite pavement?
This is a two-layer structure:
BAC Continuous Reinforced Concrete cladding;
a GB3 bitumen gravel sub-base.
It is laid on a support platform with a bearing capacity equal to or greater than PF3 (120 < EV2 ≤ 200 MPa). As there are no transverse shrinkage joints, the concrete pavement...
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Bibliography
Other works
Guide technique " Chaussées Béton ". SETRA/LCPC, 1997.
Technical guide "Concrete traffic circles", IDRRIM, 2015.
Technical guide "Composite cement concrete pavements. Tome 1: Structures neuves en BAC collé sur GB". T 65, CIMBETON Technical Collection.
Traffic circles. Sustainable solutions in cement concrete, CIMBETON Technical Collection. Reference...
Site references
Charente (16) – Rassats-Favrauds bypass (RN 141). Reportage Revue Routes n° 66, December 1998, CIMBETON.
Moselle (57) – Bébing-Imling bypass (RN 4). Report in Revue Routes n° 79, March 2002, CIMBETON.
Meurthe-et-Moselle (54) – Composite structures for the Maizières bypass. Report in Routes magazine n° 70, December 1999, CIMBETON.
Deux-Sèvres (79)...
Standards and norms
- Dimensionnement des chaussées - Norme NF P 98 086 - Mai 2019
- "Concrete pavements – Part 3: Specifications for dowels for use in concrete pavements." - Norme NF EN 13877-3 - Avril 2005
- Concrete – Specification, performance, production and compliance - Norme NF EN 206/CN - Décembre 2014
- Cement concrete pavements – Execution and controls - Norme NF P 98 170 - Septembre 2018
- Bituminous mixes...
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