TRAFFIC TESTING OF OVERLAYS ON RIGID AIRFIELD PAVEMENTS

THE OFFICE, CHIEF OF ENGINEERS WAS, IN 1944, CONFRONTED WITH THE PROBLEM OF REINFORCING A NUMBER OF AIRFIELDS FOR INTENSIVE USE BY AIRPLANES OF THE B-29 CLASS. SINCE SUFFICIENT DATA WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR FORMULATING CRITERIA FOR OVERLAY DESIGNS, A TEST PROGRAM WAS INAUGURATED TO DEVELOP THE REQUIRED DATA. AT MAXWELL FIELD, ALABAMA, OVERLAYS ON A 6-IN. CONCRETE PAVEMENT ON PLASTIC SUBGRADE WERE TESTED UNDER TRAFFIC. AT MACDILL FIELD, FLORIDA, SIMILAR TRAFFIC TESTS WERE MADE ON OVERLAYS CONSTRUCTED ON ON 6-IN. CONCRETE PAVEMENT OVER A UNIFORM SAND SUBGRADE. TRAFFIC ON THE TEST SECTIONS CONSISTED OF A SPECIALLY CONSTRUCTED UNIT PRODUCING A LOAD OF 60,000 POUNDS ON A B-29 DUAL WHEEL ASSEMBLY. /AUTHOR/

• Record URL:
  • https://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrbproceedings/25/25-009.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 25, pp 85-95, 4 FIG, 2 TAB, 8 REF. 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:
  • Gaines, H L
• Publication Date: 1946

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Monograph Title: Proceedings of the Twenty-Fifth Annual Meeting Held at Skirvin Hotel, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, January 25-28, 1946
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Proceedings
  • Volume: 25
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airports; Overlays (Pavements); Rigid pavements; Subgrade (Pavements); Testing
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Highways; Pavements; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00207307
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jun 22 1971 12:00AM