INFILTRATION OF WATER THROUGH THE PAVEMENT SURFACE (ABRIDGEMENT)
This paper describes tests on existing pavements to determine the quantity of free water that infiltrates through the pavement surface and presents some suggested criteria for subdrainage design. Permeability measurements on uncracked specimens of portland cement concrete (PCC) and dense-graded bituminous concrete (BC) have shown that the amount of infiltration through uncracked areas is insignificant when compared to the infiltration that occurs through joints and the cracks that appear in the pavement surfaces. Field tests were made on existing highway pavements to determine how much free water enters the pavement structure through the cracks and joints. Data were collected on five BC pavement section 5 and 34 years old. It is concluded that the PCC and dense-graded BC used in pavement surfaces are virtually impermeable, but they cannot be constructed without joints, or without cracks forming long before their desired life is attained. Pavement structure design should include criteria for the removal of water that infiltrates through the pavement surface. Rainfall duration is more important than rainfall intensity in determining the amount of free water that will enter the pavement structure. For design purposes, the amount of water that will enter a pavement structure can be estimated by using a predicted accepatable amount of cracking and an infiltration rate of 100 cm cubed/h/cm of crack.
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- Publication of this paper sponsored by Committee on Subsurface Drainage. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
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Authors:
- Ridgeway, Hallas H
- Publication Date: 1976
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- Media Type: Print
- Features: References; Tables;
- Pagination: pp 98-100
- Monograph Title: Soil mechanics: rutting in asphalt pavements, embankments on varved clays and foundations
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Serial:
- Transportation Research Record
- Issue Number: 616
- Publisher: Transportation Research Board
- ISSN: 0361-1981
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Asphalt concrete; Cracking; Free water; Infiltration; Joints; Pavement design; Pavements; Permeability; Portland cement concrete; Rainfall; Subdrains
- Old TRIS Terms: Joint
- Subject Areas: Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Pavements;
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- Accession Number: 00163010
- Record Type: Publication
- ISBN: 0309025958
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: Oct 13 2000 12:00AM