High performance concrete pavement in Indiana.

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• Alternative Title:
  Joint Transportation Research Program Technical Report Series : Civil Engineering
• Creators:
  Nantung, Tommy Edward
• Corporate Creators:
  Indiana. Dept. of Transportation. Division of Research and Development
• Corporate Contributors:
  Purdue University. Joint Transportation Research Program ; Indiana Department of Transportation ; United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • High performance concrete
  • Concrete pavements
  • Curling
  • Forming
  • Experiments
  • Testing
  • Measurement
  • Pavement performance
  • Concrete pavement
  • Curling
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• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA/IN/JTRP-2011/20
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Indiana
• Edition:
  Final report.
• Corporate Publisher:
  Purdue University. Joint Transportation Research Program
• Abstract:
  Until the early 1990s, curling and warping of Portland cement concrete pavement did not concern ; pavement engineers in many transportation agencies. Since beginning construction of the interstate system in the ; United States in the late 1950s through the late 1980s, the performance of Portland cement concrete pavement has ; been associated with properties of concrete as a pavement material. In those years developed standards and ; design guidelines emphasized better concrete materials and construction control. At the time, combining curling ; and loading stresses was quite controversial due to the nature of the load-carrying capacity of concrete pavement ; and the occurrence of types of loads. Arguments developed that the types of loads (traffic and curling) rarely ; occurred at the same time of day. The concrete pavement design principle did not include the effects of curling ; and warping of concrete pavement as determining design factors in pavement performance. ; This research project was initiated as a response from the INDOT Pavement Steering Committee related ; to the joint spacing of Jointed Plain Concrete Pavement in Indiana. There was an initiative in the Committee to ; reduce the joint spacing from 18 feet to 15 feet as a way to reduce premature concrete pavement deterioration. ; There was an indication that some newly paved JPCP had transverse cracks even before the pavement section ; was opened to traffic. ; In this experimental study, several important conclusions were drawn from temperature analysis, stressstrain ; analysis, and other data analysis. The analysis from this experimental study supports the decision by ; INDOT to shorten the concrete pavement joint spacing to increase the performance of Jointed Plain Concrete ; Pavement in Indiana.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  SPR-2642
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/23832/dot_23832_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 30.85 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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