STRUCTURAL DETERIORATION OF TEST PAVEMENTS: RIGID

SOME OF THE DETERIOTATION OBSERVED IN THE PORTLAND CEMENT CONCRETE TEST SECTIONS ARE REPORTED. IN CASES WHERE PUMPING OCCURED IN SECTIONS WITH SUB-BASE, THE MATERIAL EJECTED WAS THE SUB-BASE MATERIAL RATHER THAN THE UNDERLYING SOIL. PUMPING OF EMBANKMENT SOIL CONFINED TO THOSE SECTIONS WITHOUT SUB-BASE. THE AMOUNT OF EITHER MATERIAL PUMPED THRU CRACKS AND JOINTS WAS NEGLIGIBLE AS COMPARED WITH THE AMOUNT EJECTED ALONG THE EDGE. FAULTING OCCASIONALLY OCCURRED AT CRACKS, NEVER AT TRANSVERSE JOINTS. THERE WAS A TENDENCY FOR CRACKING IN REINFORCED SECTIONS WITH 40-FOOT PANEL LENGTHS TO EXCEED IN NON-REINFORCED SECTIONS HAVING 15-FOOT PANEL LENGTHS. NO PART OF THE CRACKING OF PAVEMENTS IN THE TRAFFIC LOOPS WAS ATTRIBUTED SOLELY TO ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES, SINCE NO CRACKS WERE APPARENT IN THE NON-TRAFFIC LOOP. FROM CRACKING DATA, EQUATIONS WERE DERIVED FROM WHICH THE NUMBER OF AXLE APPLICATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH ANY GIVEN LEVEL OF CRACKING CAN BE COMPUTED FOR A GIVEN PAVEMENT DESIGN AND LOAD. GRAPHS OF THE EQUATIONS FOR A SELECTED LEVEL OF CRACKING ARE SHOWN. LONGITUDINAL CRACKS TENDED TO ORIGINATE AT TRANSVERSE JOINTS NEAR DOWEL BARS IN 2.5-, 3.5- AND 5.0- INCH SLABS BUT NOT IN THICKER PAVEMENTS.

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  • Publication Date: 1962

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  • Monograph Title: THE AASHO ROAD TEST - PROCEEDINGS OF A CONFERENCE HELD MAY 16-18, 1962, ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI
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  • Accession Number: 00207116
  • Record Type: Publication
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  • Created Date: Aug 26 1970 12:00AM