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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
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‘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
