LCPC

accelerated pavement testing

LCPC-- Nantes machines « FABAC »

LCPC
LCPC-- Nantes carroussel (Format project
LCPC project,, New testing
testing))

Cracking in Pavement
2 Fabac Machines -> Asphalt and/or
and/or concrete pavements

Dimension length:9.80 m
width:2.50m
heigth:3.30m
Weight: 15 Tons
Power : 45 kw

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4 trains de roulement (jumelages ou roues simples) Chaîne d'entraînement

montés sur les 2 chaînes
Chassis fixe

Moteur
électrique
Vérin fixe
pneuma-
tique Barbotin

Chaussée Parallélogramme déformable support des

équipements mobiles

Loadingconditions :
2 m longueur de chaussée
• standard twinned wheels 32,5 circulée
kN/wheel
• or single wheel :42 kN/wheel,
• speed : 3.6 km/h
• no lateral wandering
• length of road trafficked = 2 meters

A. Chabot RILEM TC-

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 Area for Score fest -maximum
length 20 meter, width 3 meters
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 Sergio Pérez PhD (2003
(2003--2006)

8 cm BC5

9,5 cm GB3
PF3

Pouteau PhD (2000

(2000--2004)

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LCPC--Nantes carroussel
LCPC

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 Format Project: Full Optimised Road Maintenance
start date:01-01-02 duration: 36 months Date of issue: 31-12-04

Country
17 Partners
t Belgian Road Reearch Centre (BRRC) B
t Laboratorio Nacional de Engenharia Civil (LNEC) P
t COLAS SA F
t Autopistas Delmare Nostrum SA (AUMAR) E
t United State Federal Highway Administration, Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Cebter (FHWA) US
t Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chaussées (LCPC) F
t Universitaet Karlsruhe (Unikarl-ISE) D
t Transport Research Laboraory (TRL) UK
t Laboratory of Trafic Facilities, Federal Institute of Technology (LAVOC) CH
t Road Directorate, Danish Road Institute (DRI) DK
t Zavod za gradbenistvo Slovenije-Slovenian National Building Civil Engineering Institute (ZAG) SI
t Technical Research Centre of Finland (VTT) FIN
t Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI) S
t Institut fur Strassenbau Strassenerhaltung, Technical Univ Vienna (ISTU) AT
t Asfalttiliittoo Ry (Finnish Asphalt Association) FIN
t Centro de Estudios y Experimentation de Obras Publicas (CEDEX) ES
t Kozlekedestudomanyi Intezet Rt (KTI Rt) HU

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Format Project WP3 – experiment with Lcpc’s ALT

General lay-out

Ring C used for

FORMAT experience
(sept.–dec. 2003)

3 test sites. The 3rd one is isolated

from external water table and
equiped with a pumping station

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 Format Project WP3 – experiment with Lcpc’s ALT :
water table control system of ring C
10,41 m

3m

Adjustable watertable by
pumping

External radius 23 m
Internal radius
12.4 m
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Format Project WP3 – experiment with Lcpc’s ALT

RD stage 1 before application of maintenance treatment
Sector1 Sector2 Sector3 Sector4 Sector5
22.50m 22.50m 22.50m 22.50m 30m

5 cm (reference)
5 cm 8 cm 8 cm 6 cm
20 cm 20cm 20cm 20cm 8 cm

15cm 20cm
20cm 30cm

Theoretical live duration (millions loading)

0.18 0.30 0.75 1.25 1.50
BC bituminous concrete UGA untreated graded aggregates Soil
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(65 to2005,
100TRB,
Mpa Washington
accordingDC water level)
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BiC binder course
 Format Project WP3 – experiment with Lcpc’
Lcpc’s ALT
Time schedule

Road May 2003 1.5x106 4 flexible structures + 1 bituminous

Directorate to Sept. standard loads reference structure n°5.
experiment 2003 High bearing capacity (low water table
stage1 level)

FORMAT October 1.0x106 2 overlay techniques over the the

experiment 2003 to standard loads bituminous reference structure n°5.
Dec. 2003 High bearing capacity (low water table
level)

Road January 1.5x106 4 flexible structure + 1 bituminous

Directorate 2004 to standard loads reference structure.
experiment May 2004 Low bearing capacity (high water table
stage2 level)

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Format Project WP3 – experiment with Lcpc’s ALT

maintenance treatment tested on sector 5
15m 15m

Cracked bituminous layer (1.5x106 standard loads)

Conventional bituminous Very thin bituminous overlay 2.5

overlay 4 cm thick cm thick incorporating geogrid

Suggested alternative (?)

10m 10m 10m

Very thin bituminous

Conventional Very thin
overlay 2.5 cm
bituminous overlay bituminous overlay
incorporating geogrid
4 cm thick without geogrid
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 Format Project WP3 – experiment with Lcpc’s ALT
Innovative maintenane treatment VTAC + Geogrid

Geogrid CIDEX 50/20 manufactured

by « 6D solution » France

Glas fiber grid 40mm x 30mm

283g/m2

non woven polyester fibre 17g/m2

CIDEX 50/20 :
Ultimate strength : 50 kN/ m
Ultimate strain : less than 4%

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Format Project WP3 – experiment with Lcpc’s ALT

Innovative maintenane treatment VTAC + Geogrid

Application of Geogrid over the

bituminous tack-coat, before the
bituminous overlay placing

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 Format Project WP3 – experiment with Lcpc’s ALT
1- Before the maintenance roadwork : Structure survey
- Cartograhy of crackings (pictures)
- Evaluation of severity of cracking (cores)
- Evaluation of structural capacity of pavement (benkelman and fwd)

2- During the maintenance roadwork :

- Laboratory tests on formulation
- Pictures …

3- After the overlays application:

- Evaluation of structural capacity of pavement with overlays (benkelman and fwd)

4- During the test :

evolution of :
- Cartography of cracking (pictures)
- Rutting
- Roughness, Sand patch, Penduleum (skid resistance)
- Drainability
- Temperatures and raining
- Ravelling, noise (?)

5- After the test:

- Cores on cracks , trenches
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Results

2005 Report

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 Conclusions

For the Rilem TC

TC--CAP, it can be used:
used:

-Fabac data (available

(available in 2005)

- Carroussel Format project data in (available

(available
in a 2005 report)

-> New project for 2006 : carrousel experience

with 182
182-- PEB Rilem bituminous material (0
(0--6)
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