A FIELD INVESTIGATION OF CONCRETE PAVEMENT IN TEXAS

THIS INVESTIGATION INVOLVED AN EXAMINATION OF CURRENT TECHNOLOGY ON CONCRETE CONSOLIDATION, CURRENT CONTINUOUSLY REINFORCED CONCRETE PAVEMENT CONSOLIDATION PRACTICES IN TEXAS, AND SELECTED CURRENT CONCRETE PAVEMENT PROBLEMS THROUGH FIELD EXAMINATION AND LABORATORY INVESTIGATION. PRINCIPAL CONCLUSIONS REACHED ARE AS FOLLOWS: (1) ALTHOUGH THE VAST MAJORITY OF CONCRETE PAVEMENTS ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, INADEQUATE CONCRETE CONSOLIDATION HAS BEEN FOUND IN MANY AREAS OF TEXAS, THE MOST PREVALENT LOCATIONS OCCURING ADJACENT TO TRANSVERSE CONSTRUCTION JOINTS IN CRCP; AND (2) WITH PROPER CONSTRUCTION CONTROL, RIGOROUSLY ENFORCED, THESE ISOLATED CONSOLIDATON PROBLEMS CAN BE LESSENED. BASED ON THESE CONCLUSIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS ARE MADE THAT INVOLVE THE INTRODUCTION OF MORE EFFECTIVE CONSTRUCTION CONTROLS AND THE INTRODUCTION OF SELECTED CHANGES IN CURRENT PRACTICES. /AUTHOR/

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• Authors:
  • Ledbetter, W B
  • Meyer, Alvin H
  • Treybig, Harvey J
• 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 167-173
• 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: Aggregate gradation; Coarse aggregates; Concrete; Concrete pavements; Consolidations; Construction joints; Continuously reinforced concrete pavements; Cracking; Fracture mechanics; Size; Transverse joints
• Uncontrolled Terms: Concrete cracking
• Geographic Terms: Texas
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00207261
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309018439
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Jun 29 1971 12:00AM