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    Pavement performance modeling or pavement deterioration modeling is the study of pavement deterioration throughout its life-cycle. The health of pavement...
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    or thicker ice layers. In addition, it is often interleaved with wet pavement, which is nearly identical in appearance. This condition makes driving...
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    Internally illuminated traffic bollard in Rome, Italy Bollards separating pavement from roadway at the Spa Green Estate, Clerkenwell, London Stainless steel...
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    Rut (roads) (category Pavement distress)
    over time, causing ruts. Rut is a common pavement distress and is often used in pavement performance modeling. Ruts prevent rainwater from flowing to the...
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  • the performance of their road infrastructure and their levels of service. It is a statistical measure and requires manual survey of the pavement. This...
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    Road surface (redirect from Pavement (road))
    projects such as Long-Term Pavement Performance have been launched to optimize the life cycle of different road surfaces. Pavement, in construction, is an...
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  • Fourth power law (category Pavement engineering)
    compared to the damage caused by lighter vehicles. Pavement engineering Pavement performance modeling Velske, Siegfried; Mentlein, Horst; Eymann, Peter...
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    safety device used in road marking and was the first of a range of raised pavement markers. The cat's eye design originated in the UK in 1934 and is today...
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    Asphalt concrete (commonly called asphalt, blacktop, or pavement in North America, and tarmac or bitumen macadam in the United Kingdom and the Republic...
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    with road marking machines (also referred to as road marking equipment or pavement marking equipment). They can also be applied in other facilities used by...
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    ramp at Avon, Connecticut in the United States has an electrically heated pavement surface to prevent snow and ice accumulation. Alternatives: such as a vehicle...
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  • Tarmacadam (category Pavements)
    before 1900 and involved scarifying the surface of an existing macadam pavement, spreading tar and re-compacting. Although the use of tar in road construction...
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    any or several of a number of functions. By delineating the edge of the pavement, they separate the road from the roadside and discourage drivers from parking...
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    Tunnel Performance indicators Pavement condition index International roughness index Present serviceability index Pavement performance modeling Granular...
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    Cobblestone (category Pavements)
    natural building material based on cobble-sized stones, and is used for pavement roads, streets, and buildings. Setts, also called Belgian blocks, are often...
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    techniques for roads, parking lots, and pedestrian walkways. Permeable pavement surfaces may be composed of; pervious concrete, porous asphalt, paving...
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    simulation tools in particular focus on the modeling of the rebound of the rock block onto the soil The numerical models in particular provide the rock block...
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    A raised pavement marker is a safety device used on roads. These devices are usually made with plastic, ceramic, thermoplastic paint, glass or occasionally...
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    Tunnel Performance indicators Pavement condition index International roughness index Present serviceability index Pavement performance modeling Granular...
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  • Tunnel Performance indicators Pavement condition index International roughness index Present serviceability index Pavement performance modeling Granular...
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    depression in a road surface, usually asphalt pavement, where traffic has removed broken pieces of the pavement. It is usually the result of water in the...
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    the placement of a Safety Edge—a 30° compacted taper on the end of the pavement dropoff—to ensure that any driver running off the edge of the roadway is...
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    depends on site-specific conditions. Additional signage, lighting, and pavement markings are needed beyond the levels for a standard diamond interchange...
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    serve different homeowners. A driveway may also refer to a small apron of pavement in front of a garage with a curb cut in the sidewalk, sometimes too short...
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    Types of road (category Pavements)
    based on their pavement material types. For instance, the Long-Term Pavement Performance database includes more than 30 types of pavement types for roads...
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    Sett (paving) (category Pavements)
    blocks extensively and can still be seen in some spots including under pavement of service roads on the New Jersey side. Older sections of Brooklyn such...
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    Tunnel Performance indicators Pavement condition index International roughness index Present serviceability index Pavement performance modeling Granular...
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    Tunnel Performance indicators Pavement condition index International roughness index Present serviceability index Pavement performance modeling Granular...
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    Macadam (redirect from Telford pavement)
    water from collecting and corroding the strength of the pavement. Telford raised the pavement structure above ground level whenever possible.[citation...
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    Chipseal (category Pavements)
    Chipseal (also chip seal or chip and seal) is a pavement surface treatment that combines one or more layer(s) of asphalt with one or more layer(s) of fine...
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