Influence of High Water Contents on Pavement Layers Stiffness Caused by Flooding

Abstract

Moisture inside the construction of road pavements is the problem for road engineers all around the world. This issue is mentioned in many European or the US papers and studies, but still it needs to be developed. From the road engineers’ point of view, very important for solving above problems are the studies on the influence of water and moisture inside the construction of road pavement during deflection measurements using Falling Weight Deflectometer (FWD). The paper raises this issue by showing a short review of Polish and foreign literature and presenting the first step of research work at the test site on Voivodeship Road 933 in Poland.

Keywords

• Falling Weight Deflectometer (FWD)
• non-destructive testing
• water
• moisture
• deflection
• pavement
• road construction