Internally Cured Concrete for Pavement and Bridge Deck Applications

A laboratory and field testing program was conducted to evaluate the performance and usability of internally cured concrete (ICC) using lightweight aggregates for bridge decks and concrete pavement slabs under Florida conditions. The laboratory testing program evaluated three standard mixes (SM) and three corresponding ICC mixes with the same water-cementitious (w/c) ratios and cementitious materials contents. The ICC mixes were produced by replacing a part of the fine aggregate with a pre-wetted lightweight aggregate (LWA). The quantity of LWA used was an amount that would supply 7 lb of absorbed water per 100 lb of cementitious materials used. The amounts of water-reducing admixtures needed for the ICC mixes to achieve the same workability of the fresh concrete were less than those for the standard mixes with the same w/c ratios. The compressive strength, flexural strength, elastic modulus, splitting tensile strength, and coefficient of thermal expansion of the ICC mixes were lower than those of the standard mixes with the same w/c ratio. The ICC mixes showed substantially greater resistance to shrinkage cracking than the standard mixes as observed from the results of the restrained shrinkage ring test. Two ICC test slabs and one SM test slab were constructed to evaluate the performance of ICC in pavement slabs. The results of the critical stress analysis showed that at a critical loading condition, the computed stress-tostrength ratios for the ICC slabs were lower than that for the SM slab. Visual inspection of the SM slab after heavy vehicle simulator (HVS) loading showed that some hairline cracks could be seen next to the wheel path. These hairline cracks could be caused when micro shrinkage cracks developed into hairline cracks after the slab was loaded repetitively by the HVS wheel load. No visible cracks were observed from the two ICC test slabs. Based on the results of the critical stress analysis and the visual inspection of the three test slabs, the ICC test slabs appeared to have better performance than the standard-mix slab. A field testing program to further assess the performance and benefits of ICC mixes in bridge deck and pavement applications is recommended.

• Record URL:
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• Summary URL:
  https://fdotwww.blob.core.windows.net/sitefinity/docs/default-source/research/reports/fdot-bdv31-977-11-sum.pdf
• Summary URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/29156
• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/29155
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Florida, Gainesville

  Department of Civil and Costal Engineering
  365 Weil Hall, P.O. Box 116580
  Gainesville, FL  United States  32611

  Florida Department of Transportation

  605 Suwannee Street
  Tallahassee, FL  United States  32399-0450

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Tia, Mang
  • Subgranon, Thanachart
  • Kim, Kukjoo
  • Rodriguez, Andrea Medina
  • Algazlan, Abdullah
• Publication Date: 2015-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 175p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridge decks; Concrete curing; Concrete pavements; Cracking; Field tests; Laboratory tests; Lightweight aggregates; Mechanical properties; Mix design; Slabs; Structural analysis
• Geographic Terms: Florida
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; Materials; Pavements; I32: Concrete; I36: Aggregates; I52: Construction of Pavements and Surfacings; I53: Construction of Bridges and Retaining Walls;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01574118
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 00110686
• Contract Numbers: BDV31-977-11
• Files: NTL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Aug 27 2015 11:28AM