NTL Record

Title Design and Construction of PCC Pavements: Volume III: Improved PCC Performance Models
Record ID 16964
Personal Name
Creator
Owusu-Antwi, E. B.; Titus-Glover, L.; Darter, M. I.
Corporate Creator ERES Consultants, Inc.
Corporate
Contributor
United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Engineering Research and Development
Publisher Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center
Publication Date 19990100
Language English
Abstract This study was conducted to evaluate and analyze portland cement concrete (PCC) pavements in order to develop recommendations for the design and construction of long-lived concrete pavements. It involved a detailed evaluation and analysis of the PCC pavement data in the Long-Term Pavement Performance (LTPP) database using a variety of methods to determine the design features and practices that have beneficial effects on long-term performance. Emphasis was placed on identifying those specific design features that can be included during design to improve the performance of PCC pavements under various combinations of environmental and traffic loading conditions, and for different subgrade support conditions. The study focused on the development of practical recommendations that can be implemented by highway agencies to increase pavement life. This volume describes and provides information on improved pavement distress and roughness prediction models that were developed as part of the study. A key focus was to develop distress and roughness prediction models that incorporate mechanistic principles but are still practical for use by State highway agencies. This report is the third in a series of three volumes on the study. The other volumes are as follows: FHWA No. Vol No. Short Title FHWA-RD-98-052 I FHWA-RD-98-127 II Summary of Design Features and Construction Practices That Influence Performance of Pavements Design Features and Practices That Influence Performance of PCC Pavements.
Rosap ID dot:40683
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/40683
TRT Terms Concrete construction; Concrete pavements; Condition surveys; Construction; Design; Evaluation; Pavements; Pavement distress; Pavement design; Pavement performance; Portland cement concrete; Roughness; Transverse cracking
Geographical
Coverage
United States
TRIS Online
Accession No
760474
Contract Number DTFH61-94-C-00218
Report Number FHWA-RD-98-113
Resource type Tech Report
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/16000/16900/16964/98113_20190613.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository