HISTORY AND SCOPE OF COOPERATIVE STUDIES OF JOINT SPACING IN CONCRETE PAVEMENTS

BECAUSE OF WIDESPREAD DISAGREEMENT ABOUT THE DESIRABILITY OF EXPANSION JOINTS IN CONCRETE PAVEMENTS, THE PUBLIC ROADS ADMINISTRATION (PRA) DECIDED EARLY IN 1940 TO SPONSOR COOPERATIVE EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH PROJECTS IN KENTUCKY, MICHIGAN, MINNESOTA, OREGON, CALIFORNIA AND MISSOURI. DESIGN OF THE SEVEN EXPERIMENTAL SECTIONS IN EACH STATE IS DESCRIBED. THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE EXPERIMENTS IS TO STUDY THE SPACING OF EXPANSION JOINTS IN PAVEMENTS WITH CLOSELY SPACED CONTRACTION JOINTS. A SECOND OBJECTIVE CONCERNS THE USE OF DOWEL BARS IN CONTRACTION JOINTS OF THE DUMMY TYPE. CONCURRENT LABORATORY TESTS BY THE PRA ARE UNDER WAY.

• Record URL:
  • https://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrbproceedings/20/20-017.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 20, pp 333 - 336. 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.
• Authors:
  • Kelley, E F
• Publication Date: 1941

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Monograph Title: Proceedings of the Twentieth Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board Held at Washington, D.C. December 3-6, 1940
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Proceedings
  • Volume: 20
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Concrete pavements; Contraction joints; Dowels (Fasteners); Dummies; Expansion joints; Field tests; Joints; Laboratory tests; Spacing; Transverse joints
• Old TRIS Terms: Joint
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00207268
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Aug 15 1971 12:00AM