Defining the Gap Associated with Compacting and Proving Granular Layers and Fills for Airport Pavement Construction

Hudson Anstee; Greg White

doi:10.1061/9780784484357.001

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Defining the Gap Associated with Compacting and Proving Granular Layers and Fills for Airport Pavement Construction

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Defining the Gap Associated with Compacting and Proving Granular Layers and Fills for Airport Pavement Construction

Hudson Anstee and Greg White

Proceedings of International Conference on Transportation and Development 2022: Volume V: Pavements, pp.1-12

International Conference on Transportation and Development, 2022 (Seattle, United States, 31-May-2022 - 03-Jun-2022)

American Society of Civil Engineers

2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784484357.001

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Unlike other countries, Australia continues to construct flexible aircraft pavements with thin asphalt surfaces over multiple layers of fine crushed rock base and sub-base. Furthermore, many Australian airports are in coastal areas where marine clays dominate the naturally occurring soils and commonly incorporate hydraulically placed deep sand fills. Flexible Australian aircraft pavement performance depends on the ability to compact and prove the crushed rock and sand fill layers. This was historically done with macro rollers and supercompactors; however, in recent years the availability and performance of these rollers has decreased. This has created a gap in the ability to prove these granular materials, which has been exacerbated by aircraft tyre pressure and wheel loads increasing. A suitable method of addressing this gap must be determined to ensure thin asphalt pavements can continue to be constructed for Australian airports.

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Title: Defining the Gap Associated with Compacting and Proving Granular Layers and Fills for Airport Pavement Construction
Authors: Hudson Anstee (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Science, Technology and Engineering
Greg White (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Science, Technology and Engineering
Contributors: Heng Wei (Editor) - University of Cincinnati
Publication details: Proceedings of International Conference on Transportation and Development 2022: Volume V: Pavements, pp.1-12
Conference details: International Conference on Transportation and Development, 2022 (Seattle, United States, 31-May-2022 - 03-Jun-2022)
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
DOI: 10.1061/9780784484357.001
Organisation Unit: School of Science, Technology and Engineering; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99678896702621
Output Type: Conference paper

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