DESIGN OF THE CROSS-SECTION

TESTS AND ANALYSES HAVE SHOWN THAT CONCRETE PAVEMENT SHOULD BE DESIGNED ON THE FOLLOWING PRINCIPLES: THICKENED EDGE; SMOOTH SUBGRADE; SMOOTH TOP SURFACE; CENTER JOINT FOR TWO LANE PAVEMENT; SUFFICIENT THICKNESS FOR A MARGIN OF SAFETY TO RESIST BENDING STRESSES.

• Record URL:
  https://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrbproceedings/8/8-015.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 8, P 159. 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.
• Authors:
  • WESTERGAARD, H M
• Publication Date: 1929

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Monograph Title: Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board Held at Washington, D.C. December 13-14, 1928
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Proceedings
  • Volume: 8
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bending; Bending stress; Concrete pavements; Cross sections; Joints (Engineering); Pavement design; Pavements; Safety factors; Smoothness; Stresses; Subgrade (Pavements); Surface course (Pavements); Texture; Thickness
• Uncontrolled Terms: Edges; Pavement thickness
• Old TRIS Terms: Joint
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pavements; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00205813
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jul 18 1971 12:00AM