Response of Iowa pavements to heavy agricultural loads.

Fanous, Fouad; Coree, Brian; Wood, Doug

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Response of Iowa pavements to heavy agricultural loads.

1999-12-01
By Fanous, Fouad ; Coree, Brian ; Wood, Doug

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Fanous, Fouad ; Coree, Brian ; Wood, Doug
Corporate Creators:

Iowa State University. Center for Transportation Research and Education
Corporate Contributors:

Iowa. Highway Research Board ; Iowa. Dept. of Transportation
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Publication/ Report Number:

Iowa DOT Project HR-1075 ; CTRE Management Project 99-51
Resource Type:

Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:

Iowa
Corporate Publisher:

Iowa State University. Center for Transportation Research and Education
Abstract:

Iowa's county road system includes several thousands of miles of paved roads which ; consist of portland cement concrete (PCC) surfaces, asphalt cement concrete (ACC) surfaces, ; and combinations of thin surface treatments such as seal coats and slurries. These pavements are ; relatively thin pavements when compared to the state road system and therefore are more ; susceptible to damage from heavy loads for which they were not designed. As the size of the ; average farm in Iowa has increased, so have the size and weights of implements of husbandry. ; These implements typically have fewer axles than a truck hauling the same weight would be ; required to have; in other words, some farm implements have significantly higher axle weights ; than would be legal for semi-trailers. Since stresses induced in pavements are related to a ; vehicle's axle weight, concerns have been raised among county and state engineers regarding the ; possible damage to roadway surfaces that could result from some of these large implements of ; husbandry.
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