Need for prestressed pavement for runways to meet demands of more traffic and heavier aircraft; advantages of 2-way prestressing; principle of portable abutments whereby pavement can be constructed in sections, with gaps filled in later; within abutment, curved or rectangular pavements and slabs can be prestressed in two directions; operation of portable abutment developed for prestressed taxiway for US Naval Air Station; example of jet taxiway design having 6-in thick pavement.
New way to pretension prestressed pavement
Consulting Engr
Consulting Engineer ; 14 , n 2
1960
6 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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