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Safety Benefits of Improving Interaction Between Heavy Vehicles and the Road System
Heavy vehicle safety is a continuing concern in both Australia and New Zealand. On behalf of Austroads, ARRB Group undertook to identify the road related factors that contribute to heavy vehicle crashes on Australian and New Zealand freight routes.…
The Development and Evaluation of Protocols for the Laboratory Characterisation of Cemented Materials
The study involved a laboratory assessment of two cemented materials to assess their strength, modulus and fatigue properties. The cemented materials consisted of a hornfels crushed rock and a quartzite siltstone bound with general purpose cement at…
Fatigue Performance of Cemented Materials under Accelerated Loading: Influence of Vertical Loading on the Performance of Unbound and Cemented Materials
This research involved a performance assessment of two cemented pavement materials using the Accelerated Loading Facility (ALF) to simulate heavy axle loading. The assessment involved a number of axle loads from a standard half axle load of 40 kN to…
Audit of Rest Areas Against National Guidelines
At its February 2006 meeting, Council of Australian Governments requested that a national audit of heavy vehicle Rest Areas be carried out against a nationally agreed standards (National Guidelines for Provision of Rest Area Facilities). The audited…