DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE OF PCC PAVEMENT JOINTS

THE REPORT RECORDS CURRENT DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE PRACTICES FOR PCC PAVEMENT JOINTS AND INDICATES THE SCOPE OF PRESENT AND FUTURE RESEARCH. THESE PRACTICES ARE DISCUSSED FROM THE STANDPOINT OF IMPROVED PAVEMENT PERFORMANCE, MORE EFFECTIVE CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE TECHNIQUES, AND THE ACHIEVEMENT OF RATIONAL DESIGN METHODS. THE STUDY ANALYZED INFORMATION ACQUIRED FROM HIGHWAY DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES. AN ADVISORY PANEL OF EXPERTS PROVIDED GUIDANCE TO THE RESEARCHERS IN ORGANIZING AND EVALUATING THE DATA AND ALSO REVIEWED THE FINAL SYNTHESIS REPORT. THE HISTORY OF JOINTING PRACTICE AND THE FUNCTION OF JOINTS IS REVIEWED. A DISCUSSION OF JOINT DESIGN GIVES CONSIDERATION TO ASPECTS SUCH AS ANTICIPATED MOVEMENT, LOAD TRANSFER, SKEWED AND RANDOMLY SPACED JOINTS, SLAB SUPPORT, PAVEMENT THICKNESS, TRAFFIC, LONGITUDING JOINTS, BRIDGE APPROACH JOINTS, SEALANTS AND RESERVOIRS. DETAILS ARE GIVEN OF JOINT CONSTRUCTION, JOINT PROBLEMS AND PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE. THE STATE OF PRESENT RESEARCH ON THE SUBJECT IS OUTLINED AND THE SCOPE FOR FUTURE RESEARCH IS INDICATED.

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• Publication Date: 1973

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 41 p.
• Serial:
  • NCHRP Synthesis of Highway Practice
  • Issue Number: 19
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0547-5570

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Joints; Pavement design; Pavement maintenance; Pavement performance; Paving; Pore water pressures; Preventive maintenance; Research
• Old TRIS Terms: Joint
• Subject Areas: Construction; Highways; Pavements; Research;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00215684
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: May 15 1976 12:00AM