Impact, Cause, and Remedies for Excessive Cracking in CRC Pavement

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• Creators:
  Johnston, Dan
• Corporate Creators:
  South Dakota. Dept. of Transportation. Office of Research
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Asphalt Concrete Pavements Binders Cold Weather Continuously Reinforced Concrete Pavements (CRCP) Cores (Specimens) Cracking Low Temperature Performance Punchouts Rheometers Tension Tests Transverse Cracking

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• Publication/ Report Number:
  SD2004-07-F
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  South Dakota ; United States
• Edition:
  Final Report
• Corporate Publisher:
  South Dakota. Dept. of Transportation. Office of Research
• Abstract:
  Newer continuously reinforced concrete pavements (CRCP) in South Dakota have exhibited undesirable levels and types of transverse cracking. This poor performance was not expected under the current recommended design practices. Research was undertaken to identify design, construction and material issues that may be contributing to the undesirable cracking. After preliminary surveys of existing projects and analysis of the available Long Term Pavement Performance CRCP data, a systematic construction program was initiated whereby changes in design and materials were incorporated and monitored for any beneficial effects. Beneficial changes were incorporated into projects scheduled for construction the following year and new parameters modified to understand how critical the effects on the cracking behavior any given parameter was with minimum ambiguity. The results are a series of recommended changes in design, construction and materials yielding much more normal and desirable cracking patterns. They include using an optimized 1½” maximum coarse aggregate concrete mix, reducing steel content to 0.6% regardless of thickness, requiring a nominal steel depth of 3¾” for all new CRCP pavements, using a modified chair configuration providing more support near centerline to reduce steel settlement, increasing the minimum cement content to 512 lbs/yd3 with 112 lbs/ yd3 modified Class F fly ash, wetting down aggregate stockpiles the night before paving if temperatures above 80°F are expected and increasing the curing compound application rate to 1.5 gal/125 ft2 .
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  PDF
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
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