Application of Roller Compacted Concrete in Colorado’s Roadways

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• Creators:
  Damrongwiriyanupap, Nattapong ; Liang, Yu-Chang ; Xi, Yunping
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Colorado (System)
• Corporate Contributors:
  Colorado. Dept. of Transportation. Research Branch ; United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Roller compacted concrete
  • Compaction
  • Strength of materials
  • High strength concrete
  • Durability
  • Cracking of concrete pavements
  • Pavement cracking
  • Inspection
  • Field tests
  • Benefit cost analysis
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• Publication/ Report Number:
  CDOT-2012-11
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Colorado
• Corporate Publisher:
  Colorado. DTD Applied Research and Innovation Branch
• Abstract:
  Roller Compacted Concrete (RCC) is a no-slump concrete mixture that is transported, placed, and compacted with ; the same construction equipment as asphalt pavement. RCCs were used to construct three sections of pavement in ; Weld County Road 28 (WCR 28), eastbound of State Highway (EB 66), and westbound of State Highway (WB 66). ; Three sets of field inspections were conducted: 1) during construction; 2) nine months after construction; and 3) two ; years after construction. Strength and durability behaviors of the RCCs were tested right after construction, and ; some of the material properties of the RCCs were further tested nine months after construction. Field inspections ; showed that the diamond ground surface texture of EB 66 and WB 66 is better and smoother than the surface of ; WCR 28 where large cracks and chipping occurred along both longitudinal and transverse directions. The relatively ; poor quality of RCC samples at WCR 28C location may be due to the different quality of concrete mix, the degree ; of compaction used during construction, and the absence of saw cut joints. The concrete specimens were tested for ; rapid chloride permeability, drying shrinkage, freeze-thaw resistance, compressive strength, splitting tensile ; strength, and flexural strength. The test results obtained after the construction indicated that the chloride ; permeabilities are in the low to very low ranges, the drying shrinkages are in the normal range, and freeze-thaw ; resistance is fine. The compressive strength, splitting tensile strength, and flexural strength are also in the normal ; range similar to that of conventional concrete. The test results obtained nine months after the construction indicated ; that deteriorations occurred in the RCC concretes.
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  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/25059/dot_25059_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.16 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
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