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Road Tunnel Wall Panels and Finishes: Best Practice Approaches
This report documents the best practice approaches for the use of road tunnel wall panels and finishes, which informed the development of a specification framework. This was developed through a workshop with subject-matter experts, review of current…
Design, Delivery and Testing of Road Tunnel Aesthetic Features: Best Practice Approaches
This report outlines a detailed and contemporary review of in-tunnel aesthetic features applied and tested, and how such features can be considered throughout the project lifecycle: planning, design, procurement, operation, maintenance, testing and…
Sustainability in Road Tunnels: Updating the Guide to Road Tunnels
This report documents a project undertaken to investigate the issues associated with managing the planning, construction, operation and maintenance of road tunnels in a sustainable manner. The results of the investigation informed an update to all…
Improved Laboratory Characterisation of the Deformation Properties of Granular Materials

This report examines the capacity of the extra-large wheel-tracking laboratory test method to predict the in-service performance of granular materials.

Rutting is a common distress mode of unbound granular bases under thin bituminous surfacings.

Five…

Review of Overseas Tunnels

This report provides information about the design, construction and maintenance of 122 road tunnels in Europe, Asia, North and Central America, Australia and New Zealand.

The project was designed to assemble information on the construction and…

Effect of Moisture Content and Laboratory Preparation Conditions on the Permanent Deformation of Unbound Granular Materials

This report documents research to validate the wheel-tracking approach as a complementary means of evaluating the rutting performance of granular bases. Firstly, the influence of the moisture content on the laboratory wheel-tracking performances is…

Characterisation and Performance Evaluation of Granular Bases Project: Pavement Construction Report

A new rut resistance approach based on the wheel-tracking test for unbound granular materials has been developed. The objective of the Austroads project TT1819 is to validate the wheel-tracker laboratory approach against large-scale Accelerated…

Analytical Study of Performance Models for Unbound Granular Pavements

This report presents an analytical and parametric study to assess the relevance of rutting performance models for unbound granular pavements.

The rutting performance relationship used in the Austroads Guide to Pavement Technology Part 2 – Pavement…

Improved Rut Resistance Characterisation of Granular Bases - Manufacture and Commissioning of a Wheel-tracking Device

To assess permanent deformation of granular materials repeated triaxial tests are currently used. A previous research project highlighted interest in using a wheel-tracking test to obtain a better agreement with field performance.

A new wheel-tracker…

Development of a Wheel Tracking Test for Rut Resistance Characterisation on Unbound Granular Materials

To assess permanent deformation of granular materials, repeated triaxial tests are currently used in Australia. A previous research project highlighted interest in using a wheel-tracking test to obtain a better agreement with field performance. A…