HOW TO HALT PREMATURE PAVEMENT FAILURE

Many older pavements in New York fail prematurely because of joint failure. The major problem is corrosion of load-transfer devices, with water infiltration and substantial vertical deflection creating conditions for pumping, loss of support, and subsequent faulting and slab cracking. This study was specifically designed to investigate long-term solutions to faulting problems, using various ACC overlay thicknesses on rigid pavements constructed from 1960 to 1973 with two-component malleable-iron load-transfer devices. In New York State, two long-term rehabilitation techniques have been used on faulted pavements -- load-transfer retrofit and ACC overlay. This study considered how initial faulting and overlay thickness affect fault return.

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  Park Ridge, IL  United States  60068
• Authors:
  • McAuliffe, D
  • Bendana, L J
  • Chen, H-J
  • Morgan, R
• Publication Date: 1996-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 29-31
• Serial:
  • Better Roads
  • Volume: 66
  • Issue Number: 10
  • Publisher: James Informational Media, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0006-0208
  • Serial URL: http://www.betterroads.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Driver rehabilitation; Faulting; Load transfer; Overlays (Pavements); Pavement cracking; Pavement maintenance; Thickness
• Uncontrolled Terms: Rehabilitation
• Geographic Terms: New York (State)
• Old TRIS Terms: Load transfer device
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; I60: Maintenance;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00726862
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 21 1996 12:00AM