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Airfield Pavement Evaluation: Springfield Air National Guard Base, Ohio
A Headquarters Air Force Civil Engineering Support Agency (HQ AFCESA) Pavement Evaluation Team conducted a destructive structural airfield evaluation of Springfield Air National Guard Base, Ohio, during 2-9 April 1991. Field testing included CBR and plate bearing tests in seven pits, 48 cores and 34 Dynamic cone Penetrometer tests. The base course on both runways tested very weak, especially the top few inches. Water is filtering through the cracked asphalt and weakening the top few inches. Overall pavement strengths were low on all runway flexible features because of this weak layer. The alligator cracking on both runways verifies the pavement hass been overloaded. The main runway is in POOR condition but is planned for reconstruction late this year, which includes recompacting the base. A serious problem which our lab testing revealed, however, is that the base material is moderately frost susceptible. The strength during a freeze-thaw period will be greatly reduced, even after reconstruction.
Airfield Pavement Evaluation: Springfield Air National Guard Base, Ohio
A Headquarters Air Force Civil Engineering Support Agency (HQ AFCESA) Pavement Evaluation Team conducted a destructive structural airfield evaluation of Springfield Air National Guard Base, Ohio, during 2-9 April 1991. Field testing included CBR and plate bearing tests in seven pits, 48 cores and 34 Dynamic cone Penetrometer tests. The base course on both runways tested very weak, especially the top few inches. Water is filtering through the cracked asphalt and weakening the top few inches. Overall pavement strengths were low on all runway flexible features because of this weak layer. The alligator cracking on both runways verifies the pavement hass been overloaded. The main runway is in POOR condition but is planned for reconstruction late this year, which includes recompacting the base. A serious problem which our lab testing revealed, however, is that the base material is moderately frost susceptible. The strength during a freeze-thaw period will be greatly reduced, even after reconstruction.
Airfield Pavement Evaluation: Springfield Air National Guard Base, Ohio
M. S. Buncher (author) / A. D. Mullinax (author) / S. H. Hudson (author) / T. O. Patrick (author) / J. T. Clark (author)
1991
73 pages
Report
No indication
English
Logistics Military Facilities & Supplies , Civil Engineering , Air force facilities , Pavements , Structural properties , Airports , Asphalt , Cracks , Field tests , Frost , Laboratory tests , Landing fields , Layers , Low strength , National guard , Ohio , Runways , Strength(General) , Teams(Personnel) , Test and evaluation , Water , Destructive tests
Airfield pavement evaluation procedures
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