Published Resources Details
Journal Article
- Title
- Soil cement in aerodrome construction
- In
- Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia
- Imprint
- vol. 17, no. 9, Sep 1945, pp. 165-172
- Description
This paper, No.830, originated in the Sydney Division of The Institution, and is to be presented before a meeting of the Local Government and Highway Engineering Branch of the Division.
The author, W. C. Andrews, AMIEAust, is Engineer to the Shire of Tenterfield, N.S. W., and was on loan as Supervising Engineer with the Department of Public Works, N.S. W., at the time that the projects described herein were being carried out.- Abstract
The construction of aerodromes has developed into a major section of the defence works upon which the activities of many civil engineers have been directed. To provide for all-weather use, adequate ground supporting conditions for heavily loaded aircraft, and to effect a reduction in mechanical wear on aircraft, improved runway pavements have been constructed, generally with gravel bases and light bituminous surfaces. Where suitable gravels or similar materials are not available, alternative types of construction have had to be considered and, as a result, two aerodrome projects have been completed in Western New South Wales, with a total area of over 350,000 square yards of soil cement construction. The organisation, plant, and procedure involved are set out in the following notes.