CONTINUOUSLY REINFORCED CONCRETE PAVEMENTS WITHOUT JOINTS
IT IS SUGGESTED THAT A CONTINUOUSLY REINFORCED CONCRETE PAVEMENT HAVING HEAVIER THAN NORMAL REINFORCEMENT AND NO JOINTS WOULD BE SUBJECT TO FEW, IF ANY, OF THE WEAKNESSES NOW INHERENT IN CONCRETE PAVEMENT: PUMPING, HIGH JOINTS, FAULTED JOINTS, FAULTY LOAD TRANSFER DEVICES, CORNER BREAKS, AND BLOWUPS. AVAILABLE INFORMATION INDICATES THAT LONGITUDINAL STEEL IN THE AMOUNT OF 0.5 PERCENT OF THE CROSS-SECTIONAL AREA OF THE PAVEMENT MAY BE SUFFICIENT TO PREVENT OPEN TRANSVERSE CRACKS. TRANSVERSE STEEL EXTENDING ACROSS TWO LANES OF PAVEMENT SHOULD ALLOW ELIMINATION OF THE LONGITUDINAL JOINT AND PREVENT LONGITUDINAL CRACKING. /AUTHOR/
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Supplemental Notes:
- Vol 27, pp 28-33, 7 REF. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
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Authors:
- Woolley, W R
- Publication Date: 1948
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Monograph Title: Proceedings of the Twenty-Seventh Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board Held at Washington, D.C. December 2-5, 1947
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Serial:
- Highway Research Board Proceedings
- Volume: 27
- Publisher: Highway Research Board
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Concrete; Continuously reinforced concrete pavements; Cracking; Faulting; Joints; Load transfer; Longitudinal cracking; Material reinforcement; Pavement cracking; Pumps; Transverse cracking
- Uncontrolled Terms: Concrete cracking
- Old TRIS Terms: Joint; Load transfer device
- Subject Areas: Highways; Pavements;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00205906
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: Jul 2 1971 12:00AM