Material and Cost Solutions Used for Construction of Upper Layers of the Road Pavement Structures

Abstract:

Availability and variety of materials and technologies used for construction of roads allows for searching for solutions which are the best and optimal in the economical range. The article presents the analysis of various design solutions (susceptible, semi-rigid, and rigid pavements) depending on material and cost solutions. In case of susceptible and semi-rigid pavements the first layer subjected to direct influence of traffic and weather conditions is the grindable layer. It may be made from various mineral and asphalt mixtures: stone mastic asphalt (SMA), asphalt concrete (AC), porous asphalt (PA), asphalt concrete for very thin layers (BBTM), and mastic asphalt (MA). The costs of realization of 4 cm of the grindable layer vary from 40.37 PLN to 50.65 PLN (1 PLN = 0.26 USD) depending on used mixture. Another layer in the susceptible and semi-rigid pavements is the binding layer, and the realization cost per 1m² of the binding layer e.g. of type B is from 53.46 PLN to 71.37 PLN depending on used mixture and traffic category. The materials used for realization of the binding layer are the mineral and asphalt mixtures, in particular the asphalt concrete of three recommended graining - AC 11, AC 16, and AC 22. The material and cost optimization of the typical solutions of the pavement design, taking all layers into consideration, allowed for determining the “economical” solutions not only for a given traffic category, but also for a given type. Savings in case of the same design types are from approximately 11 PLN to over 12 PLN for the susceptible and semi-rigid design, and from 0.39 PLN to 0.49 PLN in case of realization of 1 m² of the rigid design.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 878)
• Pages: 224-228
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.878.224
• Online since: February 2018
• Authors: Ewa Ołdakowska*
• Keywords: Costs, Material, Pavement Structure

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