Determination of coefficient of thermal expansion effects on Louisiana’s PCC pavement design : technical summary report.
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2011-12-01
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Abstract:The coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) has been widely considered as a fundamental property of
Portland cement concrete (PCC) pavement but has never played an important role in the thickness design
procedure for PCC pavement until recently. In the Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide
(MEPDG), developed through NCHRP 1-37A project, the CTE became a direct input parameter that was
closely related to pavement performance. Therefore, it was imperative to measure accurate CTE for PCC
pavement to predict critical pavement distresses within the designed years. Research has shown that CTE is
related to cracking, joint faulting, and International Roughness Index (IRI) in jointed plain concrete
pavements (JPCP).
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