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Improving Infrastructure to Withstand Natural Hazards – a Major R&D Project for a Safer Society

Posted on April 7, 2014 by nradmin
Natural hazards – infrastructure for floods and slides (NIFS) is a multi-disciplinary project based on Report no. 15 to the Storting15 (2011-2012) entitled How to live with the risks –about floods and slides, and the subsequent parliamentary debate. The Norwegian National Rail Administration...

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Potholes – Annoying Problem for Road Users and Road Administrations

Posted on April 7, 2014 by nradmin
The winter 2013/2014 has in Denmark been reasonably mild, but normally it has been high season for a special kind of damage to our roads – Potholes. In places where the pavement conditions are not optimal and the climate during wintertime provides wet conditions and freeze-thaw cycling potholes...

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“BEST” – a Programme for Improved Traffic Safety

Posted on April 7, 2014 by nradmin
In 2013, the Norwegian Public Roads Administration initiated a five-year research programme called “BEST” (“Bedre Sikkerhet i Trafikken” , literally “Better Safety in Traffic”). The main purpose of this programme is to generate knowledge that may be of crucial importance when it comes...

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Models for Creating Sustainable Roads

Posted on March 12, 2014 by nradmin
VTI uses the PEDRO* calculation model and a number of different variables to calculate road degradation and examine how deformations in asphalt arise. Goods vehicles and heavy vehicles contribute greatly to the formation of ruts (longitudinal deformations) and ridges (transverse deformations) in...

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Experts Preparing Roads for Extreme Weather

Posted on February 24, 2014 by nradmin
Experts from several road laboratories in Europe, including the Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI), have been working together for some time to ensure that Europe's roads will be better equipped to withstand extreme weather conditions. The European road system must be...

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