Design of Zero-Maintenance Plain Jointed Concrete Pavement, Vol. I - Development of Design Procedures

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• Creators:
  Darter, Michael I.
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dept. of Civil Engineering
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Analysis
  • Computer programs
  • Concrete pavements
  • Costs
  • Fatigue (Mechanics)
  • Pavement design
  • Pavement performance
  • Subsurface drainage
  • Zero maintenance systems
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-RD-77-111
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Final Report
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation ; United States. Federal HIghway Administration. Office of Research and Development
• Abstract:
  Comprehensive procedures for the structural design of "zero-maintenance" plain jointed concrete pavements for heavily trafficked roadways are development. The term "zero-maintenance" refers to the structural adequacy of the pavement lanes and shoulder. Thus, a "zero-maintenance" pavement would not require maintenance such as patching, joint repair, crack repair, grinding, and overlays. The design procedures are based upon results from long-term field studies, comprehensive mechanistic analyses, and laboratory studies. Both a serviceability-performance analysis and a concrete fatigue analysis are used in the structural design. Procedures are developed for designing the concrete slab, subbase, shoulders, joints and subsurface drainage. Example designs are included with sensitivity and incremental cost analyses. A computer program, JCP-1, was written to assist in the design calculations.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DOT-FH-11-8474
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/30021/dot_30021_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 12.63 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection ; Federal Highway Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
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