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Appendix Questionnaire
CONCEPT 26/5/2003
Dear Sir,
I assume you are familiar with the fact that Rijkswaterstaat as a government organisation in
The Netherlands is the owner of the motorways, canals, rivers and storm barriers.
A survey of maintenance costs showed that after resurfacing projects, the maintenance and
replacement of single seal joints is the major origin of expenses for motorways.
Therefore Rijkswaterstaat has initiated an internal quality improvement project for single seal
joints which consists of the following phases:
1. Survey and analysis of problems
2. Discussion with nabouring countries about their experiences
3. Proposals for better design, fabrication, installation etc. laid down in specifications
4. Proposals for maintenance
For phase 2 we would like to discuss with the Ministry of Transport in Flanders and Wallony
and the BASt in Germany the following subjects:
1. Types of single seal joints
If used, what are the experiences with:
• Epoxy nosings with bonded seals
• Steel nosings anchored in epoxy
• Steel nosings anchored in concrete
• Steel nosings in polymeric concrete
• Bituminous joints
• Flexible plug joints
• Buried joints
• Finger joints
• Mat joints
Are types excluded?
2. Design
Are traffic loads and movements from standards and measurements used for design
calculations and verification tests? When tests are carried out, which boundary
conditions are used and do they include the most adverse design situations? What
design life is aimed at? Are the structures tested and evaluated with respect to the
brittleness and the risk of crack propagation
Is there a tendency to avoid joints in bridge structures?
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