Truck/Pavement/Economic Modeling and In-Situ Field Test Data Analysis Applications -- Volume 4: Effects of Slab Shape and Load Transfer Mechanisms on Portland Cement Concrete Pavement

A jointed concrete pavement on I-490 near Rochester, NY, was reconstructed using three different dowel bar spacings in eastbound test sections. Two sections in the westbound direction were instrumented to monitor environmental strain, deflections, and pavement temperatures. Monitoring of the westbound sections was conducted at the time of construction, after 28 days of curing, and at various intervals over the next two years. The instrumentation included deep and shallow linear variable differential transducers (LVDTs) to measure displacements in the center and the corners of the slabs, thermocouples at four depths near the center and at one corner of the slab, and vibrating wire strain gages with built-in thermistors in the center and the left wheel path. Air temperature data were also gathered during monitoring periods. Data were taken from the instruments at the time of construction, and at 37 days (after curing), 12 months, 16 months, and 28 months after construction. In addition to instrumentation readings taken over an approximately 24-hour period, each visit included slab shape measurements made with a Dipstick, and deflections measured with a falling weight deflectometer (FWD) on the westbound sections. The final data collection visit, in October 2004, also included FWD testing and profilometer measurements on the eastbound sections. In measuring the pavement response, the FWD and LVDT data both indicated some loss of support that varied in response to changing temperature conditions. Of the three dowel bar arrangements, the E2 arrangement that used bars with the smallest cross-section and the narrowest spacing had the best load transfer efficiency.

• Record URL:
  • http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/TransSysDev/Research/reportsandplans/Reports/2007/Pavements/147700-FR.pdf
• Record URL:
  • https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/38124
• Summary URL:
  • https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/38125
• Corporate Authors:

  Ohio University, Athens

  Ohio Research Institute for Transportation and the Environment
  141 Stocker Engineering and Technology Center
  Athens, OH  United States  45701-2979

  Ohio Department of Transportation

  Office of Research and Development
  1980 West Broad Street
  Columbus, OH  United States  43223

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Sargand, Shad
  • Morrison, Jill
• Publication Date: 2007-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Technical Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 106p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Concrete pavements; Deflection; Dowels; Economic models; Falling weight deflectometers; Field tests; Instrumentation; Load transfer; Mechanical strain; Monitoring; Pavement performance; Portland cement concrete; Profilometers; Shape; Slabs; Spacing; Strain gages; Temperature; Thermocouples; Trucks
• Uncontrolled Terms: Dipstick; Displacement (Pavements); Linear variable differential transducers; Wheel paths
• Subject Areas: Design; Economics; Highways; Motor Carriers; Pavements; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways; I23: Properties of Road Surfaces;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01081202
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA/OH-2006/3D
• Contract Numbers: State Job No. 147700 -- SPR2(203); Agreement No. 1
• Files: NTL, TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Nov 26 2007 9:55AM