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Title:

Structural Capacity Improvements from Thin Whitetopping Overlay at Fernandina Beach Municipal Airport

Accession Number:

01029675

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

The largest airport whitetopping project in the southeast was completed at Fernandina Beach Municipal Airport in north Florida in May 2003. The project included a 5 and 6-inch concrete overlays on existing asphalt surface as well as an 11 inch full depth concrete pavement on runway and taxiway extensions. Filed and laboratory tests were conducted before and after whitetopping in order to document the structural capacity and surface characteristics improvements. The results indicated that the whitetopping increased the average impulse stiffness modulus (ISM) by a minimum of 1500 kips/inch. In addition, the allowable number of passes of a Gulfstream GIII aircraft for the runway was increased from just 27 to 3,179. This paper presents a description of the evaluation program and subsequent analyses and findings.

Monograph Accession #:

01020180

Report/Paper Numbers:

06-2319

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Choubane, Bouzid
Greene, James
Hozschuher, Charles

Pagination:

26p

Publication Date:

2006

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 85th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2006-1-22 to 2006-1-26
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

CD-ROM

Features:

Figures (9) ; References; Tables (6)

Uncontrolled Terms:

Structural capacity; Thin whitetopping

Geographic Terms:

Florida

Subject Areas:

Aviation; Pavements; Terminals and Facilities

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2006 Paper #06-2319

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Mar 3 2006 10:57AM