METHODS OF FORMING JOINTS IN PORTLAND CEMENT CONCRETE PAVEMENT
THE TYPES OF JOINTS USED IN CONCRETE PAVEMENT ARE /1/ CONSTRUCTION JOINTS BOTH LONGITUDINAL AND TRANSVERSE, /2/ EXPANSION JOINTS, FULL PAVEMENT DEPTH WITH A COMPRESSIBLE FILLER, /3/ LONGITUDINAL CENTER JOINTS, SOMETIMES CALLED HINGE JOINTS, AND /4/ CONTRACTION JOINTS, TRANSVERSE ACROSS PAVING LANES. ALTHOUGH A LARGE VARIETY OF JOINT TYPES AND DEVICES HAVE BEEN TRIED BY HIGHWAY DEPARTMENTS AND THE SEVERAL AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION AGENCIES, THERE ARE CURRENTLY ONLY FOUR BASIC METHODS OF FORMING JOINTS IN CONCRETE PAVEMENT' /1/ HAND-FORMING, HAND-TOOLING, /2/ SAWING JOINTS, /3/ FORMING IN THE PLASTIC CONCRETE BY SOME TYPE OF INSERT LEFT IN THE PAVEMENT, AND /4/ PLACING PREFORMED JOINT FILLER AHEAD OF THE CONCRETE TO FORM EXPANSION JOINTS. A HISTORICAL BACKGROUND, TRACING THE DEVELOPMENT OF CURRENT JOINTING PRACTICES, IS PROVIDED. TYPES AND PURPOSES OF JOINTS USED IN CONCRETE PAVEMENT ARE DESCRIBED AND THE FOUR BASIC METHODS OF FORMING JOINTS ARE DISCUSSED IN SUFFICIENT DETAIL TO PROVIDE A BASIS FOR EVALUATION OF EACH METHOD.
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Authors:
- Westall, W G
- Publication Date: 1965
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Figures; References;
- Pagination: pp 1-10
- Monograph Title: Joints and sealants - a symposium and other papers
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Serial:
- Highway Research Record
- Issue Number: 80
- Publisher: Highway Research Board
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Concrete pavements; Construction joints; Contraction joints; Evaluation; Expansion joints; Joint fillers; Joints; Longitudinal joints; Portland cement concrete; Reviews; Sawing
- Old TRIS Terms: Formations; Hand forming; Hand tooling; Hinge joints; Inserts; Joint; Preforms
- Subject Areas: Construction; Highways;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00214425
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: Dec 12 1994 12:00AM