TEN-YEAR REPORT ON EXPERIMENTAL CONTINUOUSLY-REINFORCED CONCRETE PAVEMENTS IN NEW JERSEY

THE BEHAVIOR AND PERFORMANCE OF TWO EXPERIMENTAL SECTIONS OF CONTINUOUSLY-REINFORCED CONCRETE PAVEMENT CONSTRUCTED IN NEW JERSEY IN 1947 ARE DISCUSSED. THESE SECTIONS, EACH APPROXIMATELY 1 MI LONG, HAVE BEEN SUBJECTED TO RELATIVELY HEAVY TRUCK TRAFFIC. THE NORTHERLY SECTION IS OF 8-INCH UNIFORM THICKNESS, AND CONTAINS 0.90 PERCENT OF LONGITUDINAL REINFORCING STEEL. THE SOUTHERLY SECTION IS OF 10-INCH UNIFORM THICKNESS, AND CONTAINS 0.72 PERCENT OF LONGITUDINAL STEEL. IN BOTH SECTIONS THE STEEL CONSISTS OF A DOUBLE LINE OF WELDED WIRE FABRIC. THE PAPER INCLUDES DATA RELATIVE TO THE RECORDED CHANGES IN LENGTH, CRACK PATTERN, CRACK WIDTH, BEHAVIOR OF THE TERMINAL JOINTS, AND THE EFFECT OF THESE SECTIONS ON THE ADJACENT CONCRETE PAVEMENT. IT ALSO DESCRIBES THE DEFECTS WHICH HAVE DEVELOPED, AND COMPARES THE PERFORMANCE AND COST OF THESE SECTIONS WITH THAT OF THE STANDARD DESIGN OF REINFORCED CONCRETE PAVEMENT CONSTRUCTED ON THE SAME ROUTE. /AUTHOR/

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• Supplemental Notes:
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• Authors:
  • Van Breemen, William
• Publication Date: 1959

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Pagination: 35p
• Monograph Title: Continuous steel reinforcement for experimental concrete pavements
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Bulletin
  • Issue Number: 214
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Continuously reinforced concrete pavements; Costs; Cracking; Joints; Pavement performance; Reinforced concrete pavements; Reinforcing steel; Welded wire fabrics
• Old TRIS Terms: Joint
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00206973
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Nov 4 1994 12:00AM