STRUCTURAL EVALUATION OF POROUS PAVEMENT TEST SECTIONS AT WALDEN POND STATE RESERVATION, CONCORD, MASSACHUSETTS
This report presents the results of repeated load tests upon various porous pavement test sections constructed in an overflow parking lot at Walden Pond State Reservation in Concord, Massachusetts. From the fall of 1977 to the spring of 1979, the seasonal structural responses of the sections were monitored with a repeated plate bearing apparatus. After the first set of fall and spring tests, some sections were reconstructed because the asphalt concrete pavement was not porous enough. Test points were added or replaced to accommodate the reconstructed sections. Results show that the dense asphalt concrete distributed the load over a greater area than the porous asphalt concrete, thicker pavements were stronger for both dense and porous asphalt concrete, and the deflection basin depth and diameter changed proportionately to applied loads. (Author)
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Corporate Authors:
U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory
72 Lyme Road
Hanover, NH United States 03755-1290 -
Authors:
- Eaton, R A
- Marzbanian, P C
- Publication Date: 1980-12
Media Info
- Pagination: 49 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Accelerated tests; Asphalt; Asphalt concrete; Bearing capacity; Density; Evaluation; Field tests; Load transfer; Loads; Parking facilities; Pavement performance; Pavements; Plate bearing test; Porous materials; Porous pavements; Repeated loads; Structural analysis; Structural mechanics; Thickness
- Uncontrolled Terms: Structural response
- Geographic Terms: Massachusetts
- Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Pavements; Terminals and Facilities; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways; I23: Properties of Road Surfaces;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00336089
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
- Report/Paper Numbers: CRREL-SR-80-39 Spec Rpt.
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: May 21 1981 12:00AM