3. Road base materials
The term "pavement base" is used here to refer to the layers of material that make up the pavement body, as defined in Figure 1 , and therefore excludes the surface layers. The role of the pavement subbase is basically to reduce the stresses exerted on the pavement subgrade.
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Standards and norms
- Chaussées, terrassements, dimensionnement des chaussées routières, éléments à prendre en compte pour le calcul de dimensionnement. - NFP 98-086 - 1992
- Granulats pour graves traitées aux liants hydrauliques et graves non traitées utilisés pour les travaux de génie civil et pour la construction des chaussées. - NF EN 13242 - 2003
- Mélanges traités et mélanges non traités aux liants hydrauliques, partie 2,...
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