LONG TERM PERFORMANCE OF AN EXPERIMENTAL COMPOSITE PAVEMENT
THE REPORT PRESENTS AN EVALUATION OF AN EXPERIMENTAL PAVEMENT CONSTRUCTED ON HIGHWAY 401 NEAR MILTON, ONTARIO, IN 1959. THE EXPERIMENT CONSISTED OF 7 SECTIONS OF COMPOSITE PAVEMENT AND A SECTION OF CONTINUOUSLY REINFORCED CONCRETE PAVEMENT. THE CONTROL SECTION IS NORMAL REINFORCED CONCRETE PAVEMENT (1959 DESIGN). DATA ON TRANSVERSE AND LONGITUDINAL CRACKING, ROAD RIDABILITY, AND SKID RESISTANCE ARE PRESENTED; EACH PAVEMENT SECTION IS RATED ON PRESENT PERFORMANCE AND ECONOMIC ASPECTS. CONCLUSIONS ARE THAT (A) THE MOST SATISFACTORY PAVEMENT SECTION IN THE EXPERIMENT CONSISTS OF A 3.25-IN. BITUMINOUS OVERLAY ON AN 8-IN. UNREINFORCED CONCRETE BASE, (B) MESH REINFORCEMENT IN THE CONCRETE BASE HAS NO BENEFICIAL EFFECT ON THE OVERALL PERFORMANCE OF THE COMPOSITE PAVEMENT, AND (C) THE BEST COMPOSITE PAVEMENT IN THIS EXPERIMENT PERFORMED SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER THAN MANY COMPARABLE RIGID AND FLEXIBLE PAVEMENTS THAT ARE LOCATED ELSEWHERE ON HIGHWAY 401 AND ARE OF APPROXIMATELY THE SAME AGE AND SUBJECTED TO A SIMILAR TRAFFIC VOLUME.
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- Sponsored by Committee on Design of Composite Pavements and Structural Overlays. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
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Authors:
- RYELL, J
- Corkill, J T
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Conference:
- 52nd Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board
- Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
- Date: 1973-1-22 to 1973-1-26
- Publication Date: 1973
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
- Pagination: pp 1-15
- Monograph Title: Performance of composite pavement, overlays, and shoulders
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Serial:
- Highway Research Record
- Issue Number: 434
- Publisher: Highway Research Board
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Composite pavements; Continuously reinforced concrete pavements; Longitudinal cracking; Pavement performance; Riding qualities; Skid resistance; Transverse cracking
- Subject Areas: Highways; Pavements;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00207594
- Record Type: Publication
- ISBN: 0309021642
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: Dec 22 1973 12:00AM