EVALUATION OF THE FROST RESISTANCE OF ROLLER-COMPACTED CONCRETE PAVEMENTS

An investigation was conducted to evaluate the frost resistance of samples taken from roller-compacted concrete (RCC) pavements with laboratory testing procedures. Nine existing pavements were sampled and tested for microscopic determination of air-void content and parameters of the air-void system, resistance to rapid freezing and thawing, critical dilation, and compressive and flexural strength. The pavements ranged in age from 1 month to 8 years at the time of sampling. Results of the rapid freezing-and-thawing tests indicate that the frost resistance of the concrete is, as might be expected, a function of the bubble spacing factor (L) of the air-void system. Those samples having L's smaller than 0.011 in. generally had durability factors (DFE300) of 60 or greater. Those samples having L's greater than 0.016 in. generally had DFE300's less than 40. The samples having L's less than 0.016 in. also contained approximately 2.0 to 4.0 percent, by volume, of air voids; in the sections that were counted, chord lengths that were less than 0.04 in. long but irregularly shaped were found. The presence of larger-than-anticipated amounts of small air voids appears to be related to cohesiveness of the mixture, pugmill mixing, and the method of compaction. Preliminary results of the dilation tests indicate that those samples judged to be frost susceptible when tested by rapid freezing and thawing may, in fact, offer some degree of frost resistance. The dilation test may be appropriate, therefore, to determine whether an RCC sample is frost resistant at the time of test or to measure the period of frost immunity.

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• Authors:
  • Ragan, Steven A
• Publication Date: 1986

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• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 25-32
• Monograph Title: Roller-compacted concrete pavements and concrete construction
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 1062
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air voids; Cohesion; Compaction; Compressive strength; Flexural strength; Freeze thaw durability; Frost susceptibility; Laboratory tests; Mixing; Roller compacted concrete pavements
• Uncontrolled Terms: Frost resistance
• Old TRIS Terms: Air voids content; Critical dilation
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Materials; Pavements; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways; I32: Concrete;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00474225
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309040566
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Oct 31 1987 12:00AM