CASE STUDIES IN REHABILITAITON STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT

The performance and rehabilitation of jointed concrete pavements was recently investigated in a major national field study. Among the products of the research were detailed guidelines prepared to assist practicing engineers in determining when restoration was likely to be cost-effective, and when a structural overlay was required. The data base for this project included 95 sections of joint reinforced concrete pavement and joint plain concrete pavement in their first performance period. Thirteen of these sections were selected for use as case studies in rehabilitation strategy development. The sections were selected to cover the range of four major climatic zones of the United States, as well as a range of pavement conditions from good to poor (assessed on the basis of cracking, joint deterioration, joint faulting, pumping, and serviceability). The EXPEAR computer program was used to evaluate the current condition of each pavement section, predict its future condition without rehabilitation, and compare the predicted performance and cost-effectiveness of various rehabilitation strategies. The case studies demonstrated that restoration is the most cost-effective alternative for pavements that are structurally adequate and do not have concrete durability problems.

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• Authors:
  • Darter, Michael I
  • Hall, Kathleen T
• Publication Date: 1991

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 221-233
• Monograph Title: Pavement analysis, design, rehabilitation, and environmental factors, 1991
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 1307
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Case studies; Computer programs; Concrete pavements; Cost effectiveness; Decision making; Driver rehabilitation; Evaluation; Overlays (Pavements); Pavement joints; Pavement performance; Pavements
• Uncontrolled Terms: Rehabilitation; Restoration
• Old TRIS Terms: Strategy
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Pavements; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways; I23: Properties of Road Surfaces; I61: Equipment and Maintenance Methods;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00621600
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309051177
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Apr 30 1992 12:00AM