Modern Road Construction; A Practical Treatise on the Engineering Problems of Road Building, with Carefully Compiled Specifications for Modern Highways and City Steets and Boulevards
Modern Road Construction; A Practical Treatise on the Engineering Problems of Road Building, with Carefully Compiled Specifications for Modern Highways and City Steets and Boulevards
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 Excerpt: ... 63. Compacting Broken Stone by Steam Roller Courtesy of United States Department of Agriculture After about two passages of the roller, the binder, consisting of the screenings from the stone being used for the course, is spread in a thin layer over the surface of the partly compacted stone and sprinkled with water, ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 Excerpt: ... 63. Compacting Broken Stone by Steam Roller Courtesy of United States Department of Agriculture After about two passages of the roller, the binder, consisting of the screenings from the stone being used for the course, is spread in a thin layer over the surface of the partly compacted stone and sprinkled with water, which washes it into the voids in the stone; the rolling then is continued, Fig. 64. The operation of applying the binder, sprinkling, and rolling is repeated until a wave of water and screenings rises in front of the roller. Each course is treated and rolled in the same manner. If the screenings from the rock that is being used are not suitable for binding, screenings from other rock, clay, sand, or loam are substituted. An excess of binder and water will shorten the time required to consolidate the stone and produce the appearance of a good piece of work, but under traffic it will wear unevenly and go to pieces quickly. Suppression of Dust on Macadam and Telford Roads. Since the introduction of mechanically propelled vehicles, broken-stone roads constructed according to the principles of Telford and McAdam, have proven inadequate to the demands of the changed traffic. The adhesion between the particles of stone is insufficient to react against the propulsive force exerted by the driving wheels, Fig. 04. Rolling and Sprinkling Second Course of Macadam Road to Complete Binding Process Courtesy of United States Department of Agriculture hence the stones are loosened, and although the rubber tires with which the motor vehicles are equipped produce little dust by attrition or wearing away, the vehicle moving at high speed creates a partial vacuum. The current of air which then rushes in to re-establish the equilibrium picks up the small particles ...
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