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    Asphalt concrete (commonly called asphalt, blacktop, or pavement in North America, and tarmac or bitumen macadam in the United Kingdom and the Republic...
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  • asphalt cement" or simply "asphalt", a viscous form of petroleum mainly used as a binder in asphalt concrete Asphalt concrete, a mixture of bitumen with...
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    Bitumen (redirect from Asphalt emulsion)
    like gravel and forms a substance referred to as asphalt concrete, which is colloquially termed asphalt. Its other main uses lie in bituminous waterproofing...
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    including asphalt concrete with a bitumen binder, which is frequently used for road surfaces, and polymer concretes that use polymers as a binder. Concrete is...
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    finisher, asphalt finisher, road paving machine) is a piece of construction equipment used to lay asphalt concrete or Portland cement concrete on roads...
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    used, but these have mostly been replaced by asphalt or concrete laid on a compacted base course. Asphalt mixtures have been used in pavement construction...
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    range from grouts and masonry products to cellular concrete and roofing tiles. Many asphaltic concrete pavements contain fly ash. Geotechnical applications...
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    (4,116 by 61 m), with an asphalt/concrete surface Runway 4/22 is 10,000 by 100 feet (3,048 by 30 m), with an asphalt/concrete surface Runway 9/27 is 3...
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    forms of coated roadstone, sometimes collectively known as blacktop or asphalt concrete. The manufacture of coated roadstone demands the combination of a number...
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    of standard concrete, depending on compositional details. While "rubberized asphalt concrete" is common, rubberized Portland cement concrete ("rubberized...
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  • Tarmacadam (category Asphalt)
    including tar-grouted macadam, bituminous surface treatments and modern asphalt concrete. Macadam roads pioneered by Scottish engineer John Loudon McAdam in...
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    water from seeping through the dam. The core can be of clay, concrete, or asphalt concrete. This type of dam is a good choice for sites with wide valleys...
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    pervious concrete, porous asphalt, paving stones, or interlocking pavers. Unlike traditional impervious paving materials such as concrete and asphalt, permeable...
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  • surface: asphalt/concrete Runway 9L/27R: 4,439 ft × 200 ft (1,353 m × 61 m), surface: asphalt/concrete H1: 70 ft × 70 ft (21 m × 21 m), surface: concrete H2:...
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    world. Aggregates are a component of composite materials such as concrete and asphalt; the aggregate serves as reinforcement to add strength to the overall...
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  • asphalt concrete (RAC), also known as asphalt rubber or just rubberized asphalt, is noise reducing pavement material that consists of regular asphalt...
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  • Very little asphalt concrete — less than 1 percent, according to a survey by the Federal Highway Administration and the National Asphalt Pavement Association...
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  • inventor of asphalt concrete. De Smedt developed his asphalt paving material in 1870 at Columbia University and filed the patents for "sheet asphalt pavement"...
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    Chipseal (redirect from Asphalt overlay)
    highways. Chipsealing is cheaper than resurfacing an asphalt concrete or a Portland cement concrete pavement, but not as long-lasting. Chipseals are constructed...
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    takeoff of aircraft". Runways may be a human-made surface (often asphalt, concrete, or a mixture of both) or a natural surface (grass, dirt, gravel,...
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    gradually gave way to macadam roads and later to tarmac, and finally to asphalt concrete at the beginning of the 20th century. However, cobble­stones are often...
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    Mirage (redirect from Asphalt mirage)
    instances when heat haze occurs include images of objects viewed across asphalt concrete (also known as tarmac), roads and over masonry rooftops on hot days...
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    × 150 ft (3,978 m × 46 m), surface: asphalt/concrete Runway 03/21: 9,138 ft × 150 ft (2,785 m × 46 m), surface: asphalt/concrete Southern California Logistics...
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    fiber. Carbon fiber can be used as an additive to asphalt to make electrically conductive asphalt concrete. Using this composite material in the transportation...
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  • RAF Coningsby Military 2,744 9,003 Concrete Cranwell Lincolnshire EGYD   RAF Cranwell Military 2,082 6,831 Asphalt Derby Derbyshire EGBD   Derby Airfield...
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    Concrete pavements can be broken in place and used as a base layer for an asphalt pavement through a process called rubblization. Crushed concrete free...
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    land at the west end of today's airport complex. A 300-metre (980 ft) concrete runway, a small airport terminal and 2 hangars were constructed. The first...
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  • businesses produce crushed stone, sand, gravel, asphalt concrete, ready-mix concrete, and precast concrete products. Additionally, the Teichert Foundation...
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    or specially modified asphalt pavers, and then compacted by vibratory rollers. In dam construction, roller-compacted concrete began its initial development...
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    an elevation of 472 feet (144 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt/concrete runways: 12R/30L measuring 2,989 by 45 metres (9,806 ft × 148 ft) and...
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