Substainable Precast Concrete Pavement

The idea of sustainable development has been brought up by World Council of Environmental Development (WCED) since 1983. With the increasing population and automobiles, the need of the sustainable infrastructure construction is undeniable. The most beneficial infrastructure for the public may be the sustainable highways which are not only the most frequently used but also the most cost effective. Moreover, with the faster distortion of the pavements nowadays, the closure for pavement maintenance applications, overlays or even construct new pavements constantly cause traffic congestions. They may increase accidents, user costs, fuel consumptions and environmental pollution. To minimize the effects of traffic congestions and increase the sustainability of the new highways, a method with the speedy pavement construction and lower user impact cost is needed. This paper introduces Precast Concrete Pavement (PCP) methods to sustain pavement construction. The state-of-the-art of the PCP methods lately developed in United States such as Precast Prestressed Concrete Pavement (PPCP) method is used in Texas and California; Super-slab method in New York were reviewed and compared. Their design concepts, field installation procedures, merits, defects, costs and applications were evaluated. With all the comparative advantages and disadvantages, it can be concluded that PCP is comparatively sustainable. It is inevitable that PCP will be a vital option for roadway construction in the near future.

• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board

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  Washington, DC  United States  20001
• Authors:
  • Chang, Luh-Maan
  • Chen, Yu-Tzu
• Conference:
  • Transportation Research Board 86th Annual Meeting
  • Location: Washington DC, United States
  • Date: 2007-1-21 to 2007-1-25
• Date: 2007

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: CD-ROM
• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 13p
• Monograph Title: TRB 86th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers CD-ROM

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Concrete pavements; Pavement design; Pavement layers; Pavement performance; Pavements; Paving; Precast concrete pavements; Prestressed concrete; Prestressed concrete pavements; State of the art; Sustainable development; Traffic congestion
• Geographic Terms: California; Texas
• Subject Areas: Construction; Design; Highways; Materials; Pavements; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways; I32: Concrete; I52: Construction of Pavements and Surfacings;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01045597
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 07-0592
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Apr 4 2007 11:14AM