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Road Building in The Tropics

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TRANSPORT RESEARCH LABORATORY Deparment of Teauspart STATE-OF-THE-ART REVIEW 9 ROAD BUILDING IN THE TROPICS by RS Millard Crown Copyright, The view yespresseddin this Reportire not necessarily hose ofthe Department oof Transport © Crown copyright 1993 Applications for reproduction should be mace to MSO First published 1993 ISBN 0 11 551062 1 HINISO publications ar avaiable from: HMSO Putficaions Centre (Mai fax ad telephone orders ly) PO Box 276, Loudon, SWE SDT Telephone orders 71-873 9090 General enguiries 071873 0011 (queuing system in operation for both numbers) Fay orders 071-873 #200 HMSO Bookshops 49 High Holborn, London, WCIY Atti (counter service only) (O7L873 OD11 Tay 71-873 8200 288 Broad Steet, Bieinghavn, M21 021-645 STAD Fax 021-685 6510 Southey House 33 Wine Sieect, tristol, SE 200 (272 26306 Fax 0272 294515 9-21 Princess Stee, Manchester, MGT BAS (61-834 7201 Fax O61-833 0635 1G Arthur Sleee, Hellas, 1 SGD. 232 238451 Fax 0232 23540) 11 Lothian Road, Edinburgh, E113 9AZ, (31-228 4181 Fax 031-229 2738 TIMSO's Ace od Agents (soe Yellow Pages) ‘aed throueh pod booksellre This book is intended For engineting stxleuty an for highway engincers practising in bor counties, The soils and other saad maki jaterily that are found inthe tropics can have markedly different properties tm thse occuring in more temperate zones, Clinic condi ful constuction OF road and atten the presence of have « profound effect on boil the design grossly overlouded vehicles inthe attic stream prodiices aulitional complications, Sephisti ole Hae way ssl bi onthe market. Theteareotten pressitestause Fixe aid programe ceated machinery i tv suceonstantly appearing in acquiring onal builaing machinery that wey vot be appropriate for bocal condition. The book describes how all these facts alfect the design, consteuctions and mainte foals. The intention is to inpsrt an understanding of why sess! pavements behave as the that highway e celfeetive road! yp stent fur te hil contin, do.s0 "ments that ave necessary in proving te most ects can mike the mn 4 Wis neither possible nor desire to prus ile comprehensive descriptions ofall the techaigitey involved in roid making. The esenual teatmes of materials testing and oF asad design, sven atthe eal oF each ebayer ‘construction and maintenance are seseeibed and reterenves a 4 to where detailed inforntition wt the teclinigtes eat be Fa Many of the diagrsuny ana ables have heet teprexbiced Lronmtother publications, A particukarckebt wily hntitution auto the American Society for Testing Materials in Ihis respect. Assistance ti also come trom niany otter individ and ongnivaions, Amongst fey of the Overseas Centre of what is now the Transport Research Is owed to the Hratisle Sta these. nly ex-eulte Laboratory anett special nico tl gh

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