The influence of superelevated profiles of paving block structures on their load-bearing behavior

摘要

Paving block pavements are an ecological, economical and space forming valuable type of road surface, and therefore, the demand is continuously increasing. Nevertheless, immature design concepts often lead to unexpected performance, which reduces confidence in these structures. For example, positive effects on the load-bearing behavior due to superelevation of the cross profiles are not considered within existing design concepts, even though their influence on the performance of a block pavement structure is, according to the experience of skilled engineers, very large.