PRACTICE, PERFORMANCE AND LIFE CYCLE COST ANALYSIS OF CONCRETE PAVEMENT IN JORDAN

This paper presents a study of the only highway concrete pavement yet built in Jordan, on the 260km-long Maan-Al Azraq road which is part of the road between Aqaba and Iraq. The two-way two-lane road is 13.3m wide; each lane is 4.10m wide and has a 2.35m-wide shoulder. The pavement was designed to resist 55M 18kip equivalent single axle load in 20 years. The thickness of the pavement layers was calculated using procedures based on the AASHTO method. Special care was given to constructing different types of joints, including contraction and expansion joints. The pavement surface condition was evaluated by the PAVER system developed in the USA. A detailed visual distress survey evaluated the pavement's performance five years after the road was opened to traffic; the most frequent distress was spalling of concrete at the joints. A life-cycle cost analysis was performed to estimate the cost and benefit of a proposed road, and to compare the net benefit of different possible construction alternatives. Although rigid pavements lasting 20 years have slightly less benefit than flexible pavements lasting 20 years, the former alternative was selected for four specific reasons. The paper presents three conclusions from the study.

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  Permanent International Association of Road Congresses

  La Grande Arche - Paroi Nord - Niveau 1
  92055 Paris la Defense Cedex 04,   France 
• Authors:
  • AL-SULEIMAN, T
  • ABO QUDAIS, S A
• Publication Date: 1999-1

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Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 41-8
• Serial:
  • Routes/Roads
  • Issue Number: 301
  • Publisher: World Road Association (PIARC)
  • ISSN: 0004-556X
  • Serial URL: http://www.piarc.org/en/publications/Routes-Roads-Magazine/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Axle load force; Benefit cost analysis; Concrete; Design; Durability; Evaluation and assessment; Loss and damage; Pavements; Rigid pavements; Road construction; Spalling; Surfacing; Thickness
• Geographic Terms: Jordan
• ITRD Terms: 3067: Axle load; 4755: Concrete; 226: Cost benefit analysis; 1614: Damage; 9011: Design (overall design); 5910: Durability; 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 8054: Jordan; 2955: Pavement; 2964: Rigid pavement; 3665: Road construction; 5231: Spalling; 2972: Surfacing; 5933: Thickness
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00764308
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: May 28 1999 12:00AM