DIAMOND-GRADE PAVEMENTS

State departments of transportation are beginning to realize the benefits of diamond grinding as a viable alternative to using asphalt overlays to restore distressed concrete pavements. The process is an important element of concrete pavement restoration (CPR) and is used to restore or improve pavement rideability and enhance the inherent friction characteristics of concrete pavements. The Portland Cement Association, together with the American Concrete Pavement Association and International Grooving and Grinding Association, sponsored a study to evaluate the performance of diamond-ground pavements. Performance data were obtained through field surveys and from existing databases. Results revealed that CPR with diamond grinding is an effective means of extending the service life of concrete pavements and imparting a smooth pavement surface with the desirable surface texture. The study also emphasized that the process can be used to address a number of issues, including faulting at joints or cracks, roughness, polished concrete surfaces exhibiting inadequate macrotexture, wheelpath rutting, unacceptable noise levels, permanent upward slab warping, and inadequate transverse slope.

• Availability:
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Page Range: pp 46, 48-49
• Corporate Authors:

  Scranton Gillette Communications

  380 E Northwest Highway, Suite 200
  Des Planes, IL  United States  60016-2282
• Authors:
  • Mack, James W
• Publication Date: 1999-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: 3 p.
• Serial:
  • Roads & Bridges
  • Volume: 37
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Scranton Gillette Communications
  • ISSN: 8750-9229
  • Serial URL: http://www.roadsbridges.com/rb/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Concrete pavements; Cracking; Cracking of concrete pavements; Databases; Durability; Faulting; Field tests; Friction; Grinding; Macrotexture; Noise; Pavement maintenance; Pavement performance; Performance tests; Rehabilitation; Rutting; Service life; Smoothness; Warpage
• Subject Areas: Design; Environment; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; I61: Equipment and Maintenance Methods;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00764956
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 9 1999 12:00AM