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The results of analyses of concrete pavement blowups are presented and discussed. The analyses are based on the assumption that blowups are caused by lift-off buckling of the pavement due to a rise in pavement temperature and moisture. A safe temperature and moisture increases is defined, and the way in which it depends on various parameters, such as pavement thickness, axial shearing resistance along the pavement-soil interface, and the thermal expansion coefficient, is shown. Also shown are the ways in which blowups may be affected by pavement curing temperature, resurfacing layers, and the reduction of pavement stiffness caused by heavy wheel loads and the age of the pavement. The results of the study should contribute to a better understanding of the mechanism of pavement blowups and the determination of the essential parameters. It also provides guidelines for prescribing measures to reduce or totally eliminate blowups in concrete pavements.

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Blowup (Pavements); Buckling; Concrete pavements; Moisture content; Pavements; Stiffness; Temperature; Wheel loads

Geotechnology; Highways; Materials; Pavements; I23: Properties of Road Surfaces

TRIS, TRB

Jul 30 1984 12:00AM

• ANALYSIS OF STRESSES IN UNBONDED CONCRETE OVERLAY
• CONCEPTS FOR DEVELOPING AN NDT-BASED DESIGN PROCEDURE FOR DETERMINING ASPHALT CONCRETE OVERLAY THICKNESS
• DESIGN OF SLAB THICKNESS AND JOINT SPACING FOR JOINTED PLAIN CONCRETE PAVEMENT
• DESIGN STUDY OF ASPHALT MEMBRANE-OVERLAY FOR CONCRETE RUNWAY PAVEMENT
• DETERMINING COMPOSITE MODULUS OF SUBGRADE REACTION BY USE OF THE FINITE-ELEMENT TECHNIQUE
• IMPROVED RIGID PAVEMENT JOINTS
• MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE AND REHABILITATION BASED ON ANALYTIC METHODS OF PAVEMENT EVALUATION
• OVERLAY DESIGN OF FLEXIBLE PAVEMENTS: OAF PROGRAM
• OVERLAY THICKNESS DESIGN USING ROLLING WHEEL DEFLECTION RATIO AND CBR THICKNESS FORMULA
• POSSIBLE EFFECT OF RELATIVE PLASTIC BEHAVIOR OF PAVEMENT LAYERS ON PAVEMENT LIFE (ABRIDGMENT)
• TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCY OF DYNAMIC DEFLECTION MEASUREMENTS ON ASPHALT PAVEMENTS
• USE OF SPECTRAL ANALYSIS OF SURFACE WAVES METHOD FOR DETERMINATION OF MODULI AND THICKNESSES OF PAVEMENT SYSTEMS
• USE OF THE FALLING WEIGHT DEFLECTOMETER TO PREDICT DAMAGE POTENTIAL ON ALASKAN HIGHWAYS DURING SPRING THAW