Reduction of minimum required weight of cementitious materials in WisDOT concrete mixes.

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• Alternative Title:
  Reducing cement content in concrete mixtures
• Creators:
  Peterson, Karl ; Sutter, Lawrence ; Anzalone, Jerry
• Corporate Creators:
  Michigan Tech Transportation Institute
• Corporate Contributors:
  Wisconsin. Dept. of Transportation. Research Coordination Section ; Wisconsin Highway Research Program
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Concrete pavements
  • Portland cement
  • Fly ash
  • Slag cement
  • Pavements, Concrete--Wisconsin
• Publication/ Report Number:
  WHRP 11-08
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Wisconsin
• Edition:
  Final report; 2007-2011.
• Corporate Publisher:
  Wisconsin Highway Research Program
• Abstract:
  This project was designed to explore the feasibility of lowering the cementitious materials content ; (CMC) used in Wisconsin concrete pavement construction. The cementitious materials studied included ; portland cement, fly ash, and ground granulated blast furnace slag. For the first phase, mixtures were ; prepared using the current WisDOT aggregate grading specification. For the second phase, mixtures ; were prepared using an optimized (e.g. Shilstone) gradation. A variety of tests for fresh and hardened ; concrete were conducted to determine the viability of low CMC mixtures for use in concrete pavement. ; The research resulted in several successful low CMC concrete mixtures in terms of workability, ; strength, and durability. Many unsuccessful low CMC concrete mixtures were also produced. The ; analysis of the data suggests a practical minimum CMC of 5.0 sacks/yd3 for concrete. However, ; successful mixtures containing fly ash were achieved at the CMC levels of 4.0 sacks/yd3 and 4.5 ; sacks/yd3. The same minimum CMC limits were established in both the first and second phases of the ; research, regardless of the change in aggregate gradation.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  WisDOT SPR# 0092-08-08
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/24180/dot_24180_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 6.87 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c114d2ba500eac8b09fa8b617bf1a88bf33f68b3798c88eb6790d9b712305ab75c68b9ff5e883f6022c76dd6c4bb454589ac1dc13faf60671c7c45523b4d7a74