RAPID REHABILITATION TECHNIQUES WITH CEMENT CONCRETE APPLIED TO COMBATTING RUTTING AND RIPPLING IN FLEXIBLE PAVEMENTS. PROCEEDINGS, 4TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CONCRETE PAVEMENT DESIGN AND REHABILITATION, PURDUE UNIVERSITY, APRIL 18-20, 1989

In the Netherlands asphaltic roads are far more common than concrete road surfaces. As a result ruts and ripple formation on waiting lanes at intersections occur very frequently. This means that regular repair work has to be carried out at certain intervals, depending on the prevailing traffic load. Often the induction straps for the electronic traffic control have to be replaced too. The need to maintain these road sections places a significant and recurrent financial burden on road managing authorities. Moreover, repair techniques of this type often cause serious traffic disruption due to the excessively large volume of traffic presently using Duutch roads. A more permanent solution is replacing the affected area with a concrete surface. The advantages of an extended service life must be weighed against the considerable time required for the concrete to harden. However, it is unacceptable for a traffic lane to be out of order for a lenghty period. At present two contractors are offering two new techniques which reduce the construction time to such an extent that it seems possible now to install cement concrete road surfaces between two consecutive rush hour peaks. One of these techniques uses doweled prefabricated slabs which are connected to each other. The second technique is based on the use of a high-quality concrete that hardens quickly and that is given a vacuum treatment after it has been applied. As little experience exists with these techniques two test sections were built. This paper describes the construction of these two test sections and deals with the results.

• Corporate Authors:

  Purdue University

  School of Civil Engineering, 550 Stadium Mall Drive
  West Lafeyette, IN  United States  47907

  Federal Highway Administration

  Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center, 6300 Georgetown Pike
  McLean, VA  United States  22101
• Authors:
  • van Wijk, I R
  • Stoelhorst, I D
  • SMITS, F
• Publication Date: 1989-4

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 151-157
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Purdue University
  • Publisher: Purdue University

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Concrete; Concrete pavements; Construction management; Driver rehabilitation; Flexible pavements; Pavement design; Performance evaluations; Prefabricated structures; Setting (Concrete); Slabs; Test sections
• Uncontrolled Terms: Rapid methods; Rehabilitation; Replacing
• Old TRIS Terms: Rapid set concrete
• Subject Areas: Construction; Design; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Pavements; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways; I61: Equipment and Maintenance Methods;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00486335
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-RD-89-208, 3C1B1144
• Contract Numbers: DTFH61-87-C-00140
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 31 1989 12:00AM