Field and Lab Evaluation of Compacted Concrete Pavement Mixtures

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• Creators:
  Roesler, Jeffery ; Ouellet, Jordan ; Sakulneya, Apidej ; Pérez, Jesús Castro ; Bhardwaj, Richa
• Corporate Creators:
  Illinois Center for Transportation
• Corporate Contributors:
  Illinois Department of Transportation. Bureau of Materials ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Admixtures Compacted Concrete Pavement Concrete Pavements Evaluation Field Studies Laboratory Tests Mixtures Moisture Content Performance Performance-Based Volumetric Design Of RCC Performance Based Specifications Roller Compacted Concrete Roller Compacted Concrete Pavements

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• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-ICT-25-010
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.36501/0197-9191/25-010
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Final Report 4/16/24–10/31/25
• Corporate Publisher:
  Illinois Center for Transportation
• Abstract:
  This research evaluated compacted concrete pavement (CCP) constructed on a local road in Jerseyville, Illinois, and developed a future CCP mix based on a recently proposed roller-compacted concrete (RCC) mix design process using a gyratory compactor. The Jerseyville evaluation provided valuable insights into the batching, hauling, paving, compacting, finishing, and sawing of a pilot CCP project. Specifically, the effects of aggregate packing and fines content on mixture behavior revealed potential areas for improvement in compaction efficiency and strength performance. Furthermore, managing specific construction activities like type and minimum weight of roller compactors, maximum haul time, and moisture management of the CCP can positively impact the field compactability. Lab batching of the Jerseyville constituents using the field batch proportions showed that increasing the voids filled with paste (VFP) could significantly reduce the compaction effort required. A proposed CCP mixture was developed for future use at the Illinois Certification and Research Track (ICART) facility using local Trenton aggregates and a performance-based volumetric design methodology. The four mixtures cast and tested showed that a VFP of 112% with the three-aggregate blend provided the best balance across six key performance categories (paveability, compactability, stability, finishability, strength, sustainability), leading to its recommendation as a suitable starting point for the field CCP mixture.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  R27-SP72
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/87072/dot_87072_DS1.pdf
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