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Title:

TRANSVERSE JOINTS IN THE DESIGN OF HEAVY DUTY CONCRETE PAVEMENTS

Accession Number:

00205896

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

TRANSVERSE JOINTS, CRACKS AND PAVEMENT DESIGN ARE DISCUSSED RELTIVE TO CONCRETE PAVEMENT ABILITY TO SUSTAIN THE AMOUNT OF HEAVY TRAFFIC USING THE NEW JERSEY STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM. CONCLUSIONS INCLUDE: (1) HEAVY DUTY PAVEMENTS REQUIRE DESIGNS THAT PROVIDE LOAD DISTRIBUTION AT ALL JOINTS AND CRACKS; (2) JOINT STRUCTURES SHOULD BE DESIGNED TO REDUCE DOWEL RESTRAINT TO THE LOWEST PRACTICAL LIMIT; (3) EARTH INFILTRATION IN OPEN JOINTS AND CRACKS LEADS TO SPALLING, BLOW-UPS, AND DESTRUCTION OF LOAD TRANSFER OFTEN ACCELERATED BY PAVEMENT GROWTH; (4) THE USE OF PRECOMPRESSED WOOD SHOULD BE TRIED EXTENSIVELY FOR JOINT FILLERS; AND (5) THE CONTROLLED COMPRESSION THEORY OF CONCRETE PAVEMENT CONSTRUCTION, IN WHICH PAVEMENTS ARE KEPT UNDER COMPRESSION AT ALL TIMES BY THE USE OF SPRING DOWELLED JOINT STRUCTURES, IS RECOMMENDED. /AUTHOR/

Supplemental Notes:

Vol 23, pp 56-74, 11 FIG. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.

Monograph Accession #:

01490408

Authors:

Giffin, H W

Editors:

Crum, Roy W
Burggraf, Fred

Publication Date:

1944 (approximate)

Serial:

Highway Research Board Proceedings

Volume: 23
Publisher: Highway Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Uncontrolled Terms:

Concrete cracking

Old TRIS Terms:

ITRD Terms:

5248: Blow up

Subject Areas:

Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Pavements

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Jul 18 1971 12:00AM