Pavement from P to T

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Types of pavements:

There are major two types of pavement based on their structure,

1. Flexible pavement.

2. Rigid Pavement.

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Requirements of a pavement

An ideal pavement should meet the following requirements:

Sufficient thickness to distribute the wheel load stresses to a safe value on the sub-grade soil,
Structurally strong to withstand all types of stresses imposed upon it,
Adequate coefficient of friction to prevent skidding of vehicles,
Smooth surface to provide comfort to road users even at high speed,
Produce least noise from moving vehicles,
Dust proof surface so that traffic safety is not impaired by reducing visibility,
Impervious surface, so that sub-grade soil is well protected, and
Long design life with low maintenance cost.

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What is Pavement?

A pavement is one type of hard surface made from durable surface material laid down on an area which is intended to carry vehicular or foot traffic. its main function is to distribute the applied vehicle loads to the sub-grade through different layers. The road structure should provide sufficient skid resistance, proper riding quality, favorable light reflecting characteristics, and low noise pollution. Its goal to reduce the vehicle transmitted load, so that they will not exceed bearing capacity of the sub-grade. The pavements or roads are paying a crucial role in the development of any construction.

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We are delighted to launch our page (Pavement from A to T ) to teach , learn , share and react with posts about any matter related to pavement world .At the beginning let us define the meaning of pavement in the next post.