NTL Record

Title Design and Construction of PCC Pavements: Volume I: Summary of Design Features and Construction Practices That Influence Performance of Pavements
Record ID 19521
Personal Name
Creator
Owusu-Antwi, E. B.; Titus-Glover, L.; Darter, M. I.
Source 94p. in various pagings
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 19980400
Language English
Abstract A study has been 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. In involved a detailed evaluation and analysis of the PCC pavement data in the Long-Term Pavement Performance (LTPP) database using a variety of means to determine the beneficial effects of design features and construction practices 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 easily implemented by highway agencies to increase pavement life. This volume provides a concise summary of the results that were obtained from the study. It includes an overview of the engineering and statistical analyses that were conducted and presents results that can be used by the State highway agencies to obtain high-performance PCC pavements. Implementation of the recommendations will increase the reliability of PCC pavements. This report is the first in a series of three volumes from the study. The other volumes are as follows: "Design features and construction parctices that influence performance of PCC pavements" and "Improved PCC performance models."
Rosap ID dot:15503
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/15503
TRT Terms Portland cement concrete; Concrete construction; Pavement design; Pavement performance; Concrete pavements; Construction; Design; Pavement distress; Life cycle analysis
Classification NTL - HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION - Design;
NTL - HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION - HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION;
NTL - HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION - Materials;
NTL - HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION - Pavement Management and Performance;
NTL - HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION - Construction and Maintenance
Geographical
Coverage
United States
OCLC 39187886
TRIS Online
Accession No
748806
Contract Number DTFH61-94-C-00218
Report Number FHWA-RD-98-052
Resource type Tech Report
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/19000/19500/19521/PB2002107537.pdf
Alternative URL http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/pavement/pub_details.cfm?id=12
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository