TRIAL ROAD SLIPS ON CONCRETE COAT

Details are given of the first trial length of continuously reinforced concrete overlay constructed in Great Britain on a stretch of the A3 trunk road near the Hampshire town of horndean. The trial section, 1600 M long, was split into two. Half the length was given a 130 mm thick overlay and a 110 mm thick layer was put on the other half. Content of deformed reinforcement fabric was 0,6 and 0,7 per cent respectively. Concrete for the overlay had a maximum 20 mm aggregate. A compaction factor of 0,88 plus or minus 0,03 was specified equivalent to approximately 25 mm slump. A Gunter and Zimmerman slip former was used. The 1600 M of 9 M carriageway was laid in six days. The maximum length laid in one day was 400 M. Concrete cylinders were taken to test the concrete's tensile strength. (TRRL)

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• Corporate Authors:

  IPC Building and Contract Journals Limited

  Surrey House, 1 Throwley Way
  Sutton, Surrey SM1 4QQ,   England 
• Authors:
  • Heywood, P
• Publication Date: 1979-10-4

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 40-41
• Serial:
  • CONTRACT JOURNAL
  • Volume: 291
  • Issue Number: 5222
  • Publisher: Reed Business Information, Limited
  • ISSN: 0010-7859

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aggregates; Compaction; Continuous structures; Continuously reinforced concrete pavements; Experimental roads; Pavements; Reinforcement (Engineering); Reinforcing materials; Rigid pavements; Slip form pavers; Strength of materials; Strengthening (Maintenance); Thickness
• Uncontrolled Terms: Pavement thickness
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 4577: Aggregate; 3686: Compaction; 9006: Continuous; 3471: Reinforcement (in mater); 2964: Rigid pavement; 3660: Slip form paver; 3096: Strengthening (pavement); 8119: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Geotechnology; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Materials; Pavements; I61: Equipment and Maintenance Methods;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00309028
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 26 1980 12:00AM