CONTINUOUSLY REINFORCED CONCRETE PAVEMENTS

REVETEMENTS EN BETON ARME CONTINU

Belgium was the first country in Europe to use continuously reinforced concrete pavement technique. The author examines the development of the technique, the criteria which determine the quantity of steel to be used, and the methods of calculating the percentage of steel reinforcement. The interaction of the main parameters determining the process of controlled cracking is stressed. Those parameters are: tensile strength of concrete, percentage of steel used, diameter of longitudinal bars, and temperature conditions during concreting (summer - winter). The problem of edge devices is examined and possible solutions put forward. The use of continuously reinforced concrete surfacings on motorway bridges is discussed, and mention is made of some examples of bridges under construction in Belgium. (TRRL)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Papers presented at the International Symposium on Concrete Roads, Tara Hotel, Kensington, London, September 13-15, 1982.
• Corporate Authors:

  Concrete Society

  Terminal House, Grosvenor Gardens
  London,   England 
• Authors:
  • Pinon, R
• Publication Date: 1982

Language

• French

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: 13 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Anchorages; Bars (Building materials); Bridges; Concrete; Conferences; Construction management; Continuous structures; Continuously reinforced concrete pavements; Control; Cracking; Diameter; Fracture mechanics; Material reinforcement; Paving; Reinforced concrete; Reinforcing materials; Specifications; Steel; Strength of materials; Surfacing; Temperature; Tensile strength; Tension
• Uncontrolled Terms: Laying
• Geographic Terms: Belgium
• ITRD Terms: 3420: Anchorage; 3461: Bar; 8008: Belgium; 3493: Bridge surfacing; 4755: Concrete; 8525: Conference; 3666: Construction method; 9006: Continuous; 5211: Cracking; 5509: Edge effect; 3623: Laying; 6402: Radius; 4794: Reinforced concrete; 3471: Reinforcement (in mater); 4542: Steel; 5544: Strength (mater); 2972: Surfacing; 6722: Temperature; 5502: Tension
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Highways; Pavements; I52: Construction of Pavements and Surfacings;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00373144
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 30 1983 12:00AM