Open AccessRECONSTRUCTING AIRPORT PAVEMENTS USING THE TECHNOLOGY OF PREFABRICATED CONCRETE SLAB
Author(s) -
Bartosz Świerzewski
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
structure and environment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2657-6902
pISSN - 2081-1500
DOI - 10.30540/sae-2020-012
Subject(s) - slab , engineering , stiffness , civil engineering , structural engineering , load bearing , construction engineering , transport engineering
This article presents the construction and technical concept for the use of an innovative repair of the airport pavement. It consists in embedding a prefabricated concrete slab in place of the excessively degraded surface of the existing slabs. In addition, the introduced technology of connecting adjacent panels together increases the spatial stiffness of the entire functional element and significantly increases the load-bearing capacity of the pavement. The results of laboratory and field tests presented in the article confirm the effectiveness of the technology used. As a result, the application of the reconstructing technology ensures the safety performance of aircraft operations at airports facilities.