PERFORMANCE OF HEAVY-LOAD PORTLAND CEMENT CONCRETE (RIGID) AIRFIELD PAVEMENTS

The question of the adequacy of design criteria for heavy-load rigid airfield pavements is addressed. The results of an analysis of the performance of the pavements at 12 military airfields, designed and constructed using U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (ACE) developed heavy-load criteria, are presented. The analysis consists of a prediction of the allowable traffic for the aircraft that have used the pavements using the ACE criteria, which is then compared to the actual traffic results to obtain a measure of the life of the pavement that has been expended. The percent of service life used is then compared to the condition of the pavements to assess the adequacy of the criteria.

• Corporate Authors:

  Purdue University

  School of Civil Engineering, 550 Stadium Mall Drive
  West Lafeyette, IN  United States  47907
• Authors:
  • Hutchinson, R L
  • Vedros, P J
• Conference:
  • International Conference on Concrete Pavement Design
  • Location: Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
  • Date: 1977-2-15 to 1977-2-17
• Publication Date: 1977

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 187-203

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airport runways; Concrete pavements; General aviation; Military aviation; Military facilities; Pavement design; Pavement performance; Portland cement concrete; Rigid pavements; Service life
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Design; Highways; Pavements; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00824903
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 21 2002 12:00AM