USE OF REINFORCEMENT IN CONCRETE PAVEMENTS

RESULTS OF TESTS TO DATE INDICATE THAT THE USE OF REINFORCING STEEL IN CONCRETE PAVEMENTS PRODUCES STRUCTURAL BENEFITS WHICH ARE PARTICULARLY ADVANTAGEOUS IN PROLONGING THE USEFUL LIFE OF OVERLOADED PAVEMENTS. IN THE CASES STUDIED HOWEVER, IT APPEARS TO BE MUCH CHEAPER TO OBTAIN AT LEAST EQUAL BENEFITS BY INCREASING THE THICKNESS OF PAVEMENT RATHER THAN ADDING THE NECESSARY QUANTITIES OF REINFORCING STEEL. IT IS CONCLUDED THAT FOR THE CONDITIONS SURROUNDING THE TESTS, THE USE OF REINFORCEMENT IS NOT TO BE RECOMMENDED. /AUTHOR/

• Record URL:
  • https://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrbproceedings/28/28-010.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 28, pp 92-101, 9 FIG. 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:
  • Philippe, R R
  • Kauer, T J
• Publication Date: 1949

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Monograph Title: Proceedings of the Twenty-Eighth Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board Held at Washington, D.C. December 7-10, 1948
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Proceedings
  • Volume: 28
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Concrete pavements; Pavements; Reinforced concrete pavements; Reinforcing steel; Thickness
• Uncontrolled Terms: Pavement thickness
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00207324
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Oct 18 1971 12:00AM