CONTINUOUSLY-REINFORCED CONCRETE PAVEMENT IN PENNSYLVANIA
AN EXPERIMENTAL CONTINUOUSLY-REINFORCED CONCRETE PAVEMENT WAS CONSTRUCTED IN PENNSYLVANIA TO: (1) STUDY THE EFFECT OF PAVEMENT THICKNESS ON SERVICE PERFORMANCE, (2) STUDY THE EFFECT OF SUBBASE THICKNESS ON SERVICE PERFORMANCE, (3) DETERMINE THE MAXIMUM STRESSES IN THE REINFORCING STEEL AT A CRACK, CONSIDERING VARYING THICKNESSES OF PAVEMENT, (4) DETERMINE THE EFFECT OF TRAFFIC UPON STRESSES IN THE REINFORCING STEEL, (5) DETERMINE THE THERMAL EFFECTS ON THE STEEL AND CONCRETE STRESSES IN THE PAVEMENTS, (6) DETERMINE THE WARPING EFFECTS ON THE PAVEMENTS, (7) DETERMINE THE MAGNITUDE OF LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENTS OF THE PAVEMENTS, AND (8) DETERMINE THE ULTIMATE SLAB LENGTH. TABULAR AND GRAPHICAL RESULTS ARE PRESENTED ON THESE TESTS. HOWEVER, AT THIS TIME THE PROJECT IS ONLY SIX MONTHS OLD AND HAS BEEN OPENED TO TRAFFIC FOR A PERIOD OF THREE MONTHS. IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT AS THE PAVEMENT AGES AND MORE INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE, DEFINITE CONCLUSIONS CAN BE DRAWN CONCERNING ITS MERITS.
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Supplemental Notes:
- No 214, pp 80-97, 19 FIG, 12 TAB, 2 REF 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:
- Witkoski, F C
- Shaffer, R K
- Publication Date: 1959
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Pagination: 18p
- Monograph Title: Continuous steel reinforcement for experimental concrete pavements
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Serial:
- Highway Research Board Bulletin
- Issue Number: 214
- Publisher: Highway Research Board
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Concrete pavements; Continuously reinforced concrete pavements; Experimental roads; Graphics; Length; Material reinforcement; Pavement performance; Pavements; Slabs; Stresses; Subbase (Pavements); Tables (Data); Thermal stresses; Thickness; Traffic; Warpage
- Uncontrolled Terms: Graphical analysis; Longitudinal movement; Pavement thickness; Subbase
- Old TRIS Terms: Thickness design; Warping (Concrete pavements)
- Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Pavements;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00206975
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: Nov 4 1994 12:00AM