FAULT-REMOVAL PROCEDURES FOR RIGID PAVEMENT JOINTS. RESEARCH REPORT

Although faulting of transverse joints in portland cement concrete pavement generally has not been a problem in New York, a change in load-transfer devices between 1960 and 1972 is now producing significant faulting on pavements with high-volume truck traffic. This study was initiated to determine the most efficient method of rehabilitating faulted joints. Two methods of removing faults were investigated - 1) physically lifting slabs and grouting beneath them, and 2) diamond-blade grinding. Lifting and grouting proved difficult and time-consuming and did not completely remove all faulting, but grinding produced a level profile across the joints. Other factors were also included in the study, showing 1) that presence of a transverse crack within 25 ft of a joint increases faulting, 2) that the magnitude of differential vertical movement across a joint under load may be related to faulting, and 3) subsealing appears to have little effect on subsequent faulting.

• Corporate Authors:

  New York State Department of Transportation

  Engineering Research and Development Bureau, 1220 Washington Avenue
  Albany, NY  United States  12232
• Authors:
  • Vyce, J M
• Publication Date: 0

Media Info

• Features: References;

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Faulting; Grinding; Grouting; Portland cement concrete; Rigid pavements; Transverse joints
• Uncontrolled Terms: Removal
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Pavements; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00458176
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Information, Incorporated
• Files: TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Sep 30 1986 12:00AM