Concrete Laboratories Fact Sheet: Research That Is Essential, Indispensable, and Connected to Our Customers

Details

• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Infrastructure Research and Development
• Corporate Contributors:
  Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Laboratories
  • Portland cement concrete
  • Cement
  • Aggregates
  • Admixtures
  • Research
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-RD-01-107
• Resource Type:
  Booklet/Pamphlet
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Infrastructure Research and Development
• Abstract:
  The Concrete Laboratories provide support in the following areas: Investigating the properties and performance of portland cement concrete (PCC) and its component materials (cement, aggregate, admixtures, etc.); evaluating and developing new or improved equipment and procedures for assessing properties and performance of PCC, and practices for materials selection, mixture proportioning, and construction of PCC; mixing, casting, and testing of PCC test specimens in support of other researchers at the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC); specialized testing and forensic investigations on PCC to assist State DOTs in research and troubleshooting problems with existing pavements and structures.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/58533/dot_58533_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 736.44 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Highway Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
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