PRESTRESSED CONCRETE, A NATURAL FOR HIGHWAY AND AIRPORT PAVEMENTS

The paper gives the major characteristics of the prestressed highway pavements which have been built in the United States during 1971-73, together with reasons for their design features. Construction and prestressing data are cited for demonstration and research project of the Federal Highway Administration at Dulles International Airport; early-age slab movements and restraints, and performance observations of slabs over two years old. The paper describes the advantages of natural stress conditions existing in long pavement slabs, which counteract the maximum flexural traffic load tension stresses. Longitudinal prestress maintains these favorable stress conditions most effectively. Concrete and steel requirements in prestressed pavement and conventional highway pavement construction are compared, showing substantial savings of both concrete and steel in prestressed pavements, in addition to a better utilization of both materials by prestressing. Suitable criteria for design and construction of future prestressed highway and airport pavement projects are suggested.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Proceeding of the American Concrete Institute Annual Meeting Roadways and Airport Pavements, San Francisco, California, March 30-April 5, 1974. This report may be helpful to those interested in the design of pavements for cargo terminals.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Concrete Institute

  P.O. Box 19150, Redford Station, 22400 Seven Mile Road
  Detroit, MI  United States  48219
• Authors:
  • Friberg, B F
• Publication Date: 1975

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 197-210
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Road Traffic Safety Research Council, New Zealand
  • Publisher: Road Traffic Safety Research Council, New Zealand

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airport runways; Concrete; Concrete construction; Concrete pavements; Filters; Flexure; Pavement design; Pavements; Prestressed concrete; Prestressing; Slabs; Steel; Stresses; Structural analysis; Traffic loads
• Identifier Terms: Washington Dulles International Airport
• Uncontrolled Terms: Pavement slab
• Old TRIS Terms: Highway pavement; Optical filters
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Construction; Freight Transportation; Highways; Marine Transportation; Materials; Pavements; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00165226
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Report/Paper Numbers: Paper 71-11
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 29 1978 12:00AM