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Title: A FIELD INVESTIGATION OF CONCRETE PAVEMENT IN TEXAS
Accession Number: 00207261
Record Type: Component
Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: THIS INVESTIGATION INVOLVED AN EXAMINATION OF CURRENT TECHNOLOGY ON CONCRETE CONSOLIDATION, CURRENT CONTINUOUSLY REINFORCED CONCRETE PAVEMENT CONSOLIDATION PRACTICES IN TEXAS, AND SELECTED CURRENT CONCRETE PAVEMENT PROBLEMS THROUGH FIELD EXAMINATION AND LABORATORY INVESTIGATION. PRINCIPAL CONCLUSIONS REACHED ARE AS FOLLOWS: (1) ALTHOUGH THE VAST MAJORITY OF CONCRETE PAVEMENTS ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, INADEQUATE CONCRETE CONSOLIDATION HAS BEEN FOUND IN MANY AREAS OF TEXAS, THE MOST PREVALENT LOCATIONS OCCURING ADJACENT TO TRANSVERSE CONSTRUCTION JOINTS IN CRCP; AND (2) WITH PROPER CONSTRUCTION CONTROL, RIGOROUSLY ENFORCED, THESE ISOLATED CONSOLIDATON PROBLEMS CAN BE LESSENED. BASED ON THESE CONCLUSIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS ARE MADE THAT INVOLVE THE INTRODUCTION OF MORE EFFECTIVE CONSTRUCTION CONTROLS AND THE INTRODUCTION OF SELECTED CHANGES IN CURRENT PRACTICES. /AUTHOR/
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Monograph Title: Monograph Accession #: 01126224
Authors: Ledbetter, W BMeyer, Alvin HTreybig, Harvey JPagination: pp 167-173
Publication Date: 1971
Conference:
Western Summer Meeting
Location:
Sacremento California, United States ISBN: 0309018439
Media Type: Print
Features: Figures
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; References
(12)
TRT Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Geographic Terms: Subject Areas: Highways; Pavements
Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
Created Date: Jun 29 1971 12:00AM
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