CRCP ME Design Guide

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• Creators:
  Ha, Soojun ; Yeon, Jungheum ; Won, Moon C.
• Corporate Creators:
  Texas Tech University
• Corporate Contributors:
  Texas Department of Transportation ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Manuals
  • Continuously reinforced concrete pavements
  • Design methods
  • Guides to information
  • Reinforcement (Engineering)
  • Cracking
  • Distress
  • Load transfer
  • Slabs
• Publication/ Report Number:
  0-5832-P1
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States ; Texas
• Corporate Publisher:
  Texas Tech University. College of Engineering
• Abstract:
  In this guide, the history of continuously reinforced concrete pavement (CRCP) design methods for slab thickness and longitudinal steel reinforcement is reviewed. It is stated that, in general, CRCP design methods evolved from actual experience or field testing based on more mechanistic analysis. However, CRCP is a complicated system with a number of variables interacting with each other. It appears that CRCP design procedures based on mechanistic analysis with empirical performance information, such as the Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG) or the TxCRCP-ME, will be the primary design program for the foreseeable future. A table is presented describing the current state of practice for CRCP design in selected states. It shows that most states still use the 1993 "AASHTO Guide for Design of Pavement Structures" for slab thickness design.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/86450/dot_86450_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.19 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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