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>Papers are welcome for the following 2006 TRB sessions:
>
>1) Chemical and Mechanical Stabilization for Improving Frost Susceptible
>Soils and Aggregates
>2) Climatic and Seasonal Effects on Low Volume Roads
>3) Impact of Climatic Change on Highway Performance
>
>Further details on the above three technical sessions are provided below.
>Information for submittal of draft papers is available at:
>http://www4.nas.edu/trb/annual.nsf/web/information_for_authors.
>Papers must be received by TRB in WA, D.C. by 1 August 2005. Please
>reference AFP50 as the submittal committee on the paper submittal form.
>Since abstracts are not mandatory, it would be appreciated if you would
>inform the contact person of your intentions to submit a paper so the
>committees will be aware of expected papers intended for the session.
>Thank you!
>
>1) Chemical and Mechanical Stabilization for Improving Frost Susceptible
>Soils and Aggregates
>Co-sponsoring committees:
> - Frost Action (AFP50)
> - Cementitious Stabilization (AFS80)
> - Physiochemical Phenomena in Soils (AFP40)
> - Chemical and Mechanical Stabilization (AFS90)
>Suggested topic areas include:
> - Laboratory conditioning and testing protocols
> - Field studies
> - Selection of stabilizer types and contents
> - Characterization of frost heave and thaw weakening
> - Design and construction procedures
>Questions about the session should be directed to: Spencer Guthrie,
>801-422-3864, [log in to unmask]
>
>2) Climatic and Seasonal Effects on Low Volume Roads
> Co-Sponsoring Committees:
> - Frost Action (AFP50)
> - Low Volume Roads (AFB30)
> - Soil and Rock Instrumentation (AFS20)
> - Strength & Deformation Characteristics of Pavement Sections (AFD80)
>Suggested topics include, but are not limited to:
> - Instrumentation and Equipment for Measuring Moisture, Seasonal and
>Frost Effects
> - Effects of Temperature and Moisture on Pavement Systems (low or high
>volume)
> - Seasonal Variations in Pavement Strength
> - Winter Weight Premiums / Added Allowable Loads During Frozen
>Conditions
> - Springtime Load Restriction Practices on Low Volume Roads
> - Incorporating Seasonal and Climatic Effects into Road / Pavement
>Design
>Questions can be directed to: Maureen Kestler, 603-528-8778,
>[log in to unmask]
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>3) Impact of Climatic Change on Highway Performance
>Co-Sponsoring Committees:
> - Frost Action (AFP50)
> - Strength & Deformation Characteristics of Pavement Sections (AFD80)
>Topics of particular interest are:
> - Impacts of climatic change on maintenance activities
> - Changes in design procedures as a result of climatic change
> - Examples of seasonal frost and degradation of permafrost due to
>climatic change
> - Examples of changes in rainfall, runoff, and snowmelt and the impact
>on hydraulic structures.
>Topics are not limited to those listed above. The Committees welcome other
>related topics.
>If you have questions, please contact: Billy Connor,
>[log in to unmask], or Maureen Kestler, 603-528-8778,
>[log in to unmask]
>
>Thank you!
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>Maureen A. Kestler
>USDA Forest Service
>719 Main Street
>Laconia, NH 03246
>Phone: 603-528-8778
>Fax: 603-528-8783
>e-mail: [log in to unmask]
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