EFFECT OF TRANSVERSE STEEL IN CONTINUOUSLY REINFORCED CONCRETE PAVEMENT

CONTINUOUSLY REINFORCED CONCRETE PAVEMENTS ARE REINFORCED IN THE TRANSVERSE DIRECTION FOR SEVERAL REASONS BASED ON PRACTICE, JUDGMENT, AND SOME THEORY. SINCE 1966 SOME PAVEMENTS OF THIS TYPE HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED WITHOUT TRANSVERSE REINFORCEMENT WITH AN ECONOMIC ADVANTAGE. THIS PAPER PRESENTS AN EVALUATION OF TRANSVERSE STEEL IN CONTINUOUSLY REINFORCED PAVEMENTS AND CONSIDERS THE PROBABILITY THAT THE PAVEMENT WILL EXPERIENCE LONGITUDINAL CRACKING. THE ANALYSIS ALSO CONSIDERS POTENTIAL MONETARY SAVING BY OMITTING TRANSVERSE STEEL AND THE PROBABILITIES THAT PAVEMENT WILL LAST ITS DESIGN LIFE WITH AND WITHOUT TRANSVERSE STEEL, ASSUMING THAT IT WILL EXPERIENCE LONGITUDINAL CRACKING. /AUTHOR/

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  • http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/sr/sr116/116-018.pdf
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• Authors:
  • Treybig, Harvey J
  • McCullough, B F
  • Hudson, W Ronald
• Conference:
  • Western Summer Meeting
  • Location: Sacremento California, United States
  • Date: 1970-8-17 to 1970-8-19
• Publication Date: 1971

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: pp 138-150
• Monograph Title: Improving Pavement and Bridge Deck Performance
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Special Report
  • Issue Number: 116
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Continuously reinforced concrete pavements; Load transfer; Longitudinal cracking; Reinforcing steel; Service life; Transverse reinforcement
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00207259
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309018439
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Jun 29 1971 12:00AM