Design and Construction Practices of Asphalt Core Embankment
Publication: International Conference on Road and Airfield Pavement Technology 2023
ABSTRACT
A development strategy of the “One Belt and One Road” has been initiated by China to increase the connection between China, Europe, and other Asian countries. Therefore, this project has to prepare the fundamental structures such as embankment, but location is abundant with suitably impervious materials, namely CL, GC, and SC. Also, an alternative is substitute clay with asphaltic concrete material which constructed faster and faster due to its significant advantages. The objective of study aims to review history, design, and construction for embankment by applying highway material which is asphaltic concrete. The study found the first asphaltic concrete core dam was in Germany in 1962, and nowadays constructed 196 dams. Especially 98 dams are in China, including the highest, the 198-meter Houziyan dam. Therefore, some knowledge of material characteristics is able to apply and to develop possible cases to further optimize the use of asphalt concrete in Thailand.
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International Conference on Road and Airfield Pavement Technology 2023
Pages: 1 - 10
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Published online: Feb 6, 2024
ASCE Technical Topics:
- Asphalt concrete
- Composite materials
- Concrete dams
- Construction engineering
- Construction industry
- Construction management
- Construction materials
- Dams
- Design (by type)
- Embankment (transportation)
- Engineering fundamentals
- Engineering materials (by type)
- Fiber reinforced composites
- Geotechnical engineering
- Highway and road design
- Highway and road management
- Highway and road structures
- Highway transportation
- Infrastructure
- Infrastructure construction
- Materials engineering
- Pavement design
- Sight distances
- Transportation engineering
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