NTL Record

Title Long-Term Pavement Performance (LTPP) Program Specific Pavement Studies (SPS) Development of Experiment Design: SPS-12: Portland Cement Concrete Pavement Preservation Study
Record ID 66426
Personal Name
Creator
Rada, Gonzalo R.; Thompson, T. R.; Elkins, Gary E.; Hicks, R. G.
Personal Name
Contributor
Springer, Jack
Corporate Creator AMEC Environment and Infrastructure, Inc.
Corporate
Contributor
United States. Federal Highway Administration; Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center
Publisher United States. Federal Highway Administration
Publication Date 20181001
Language English
Abstract Pavement preservation represents a proactive approach to maintaining and extending the lives of existing highway pavements. At the heart of the preservation decision-making process is pavement performance. This report documents the recommended experimental designs for the LTPP SPS-12 Portland Cement Concrete (PCC) Pavement Preservation Study. However, the recommended experiment will not be implemented under the LTPP program, but the experiment and this project report can be adopted and adapted by interested highway agencies to achieve the stated benefits, and consequently the impetus for publication of the report. The underlying concept of this experiment is to apply the same preservation treatment, at different times, on the same pavement structure to determine the effectiveness of a single application of a treatment as a function of pavement condition and time. This experiment is designed to answer the question on when is the best time to apply a preservation treatment on PCC pavements. It will also enable development and implementation of important pavement preservation products and tools, such as addition of pavement preservation considerations to the AASHTO Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide and associated software.
Rosap ID dot:40079
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/40079
TRT Terms Preservation; Portland cement concrete; Pavement performance
Geographical
Coverage
United States
TRIS Online
Accession No
1702744
Contract Number DTFH61-14-C-00038
Report Number FHWA-HIF-18-064
Resource type Tech Report
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/66000/66400/66426/FHWA-HIF-18-064.pdf
Alternative URL https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/research/infrastructure/pavements/ltpp/hif18064/index.cfm
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository