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https://doi.org/10.3141/1778-02

http://scholar.google.com...fels&publication_year=2001

Doubts about the reliability of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) model for predicting rigid pavement joint openings have arisen from a number of researchers on the basis of the observation of significant differences in average in situ measurements from AASHTO predictions. Considerable variation of the magnitude of the joint movements in a given pavement section has also been noted. Previous attempts to determine a linear relationship between joint movement and temperature change could not provide a statistically sound linear relationship because of considerable unexplained scattering. Understanding the patterns of in situ joint movement for various pavement conditions provides valuable information for understanding the cause of the persistent controversy over the effectiveness of joint sealing and its effects on pavement performance and provides many of the necessary inputs for development of a reliable probabilistic joint movement prediction method. A systematic procedure to analyze joint movement data is suggested. Based on the suggested method, the effective ratios of joint movement to change in temperature for 16 pavement sections included in the long-term performance pavement seasonal monitoring program are presented. The causes of scattering and erratic movements are identified and isolated, and a strong linear relationship has been obtained.

This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1778, Design and Rehabilitation of Pavements 2001.

English

p. 9-16

2001

Transportation Research Record

0309072425

Figures (11) ; References (11) ; Tables (3)

Field studies; Joint sealing; Linearity; Monitoring; Pavement joints; Pavement performance; Rigid pavements; Temperature; Test sections

Joint movement

Design; Highways; Pavements; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways; I23: Properties of Road Surfaces

TRIS, TRB

Feb 8 2002 12:00AM

• AASHTO DRAINAGE COEFFICIENTS FOR FLEXIBLE PAVEMENTS
• BENEFITS AND COSTS OF JOINTED PLAIN CONCRETE PAVEMENT DESIGN FEATURES
• CHARACTERIZATION AND MODELING OF AXIAL SLAB-SUPPORT RESTRAINT
• CHARACTERIZATION OF ASPHALT CONCRETE LAYER INTERFACES
• CHARACTERIZATION OF STIFFNESS PARAMETERS IN DESIGN OF CONTINUOUSLY REINFORCED AND JOINTED PAVEMENTS
• CONSTRUCTION AND PERFORMANCE OF ALTERNATIVE CONCRETE PAVEMENT DESIGNS IN WISCONSIN
• DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE GUIDELINES FOR POROUS ASPHALT PAVEMENTS
• DEVELOPMENT OF RAPID SOLUTIONS FOR PREDICTION OF CRITICAL CONTINUOUSLY REINFORCED CONCRETE PAVEMENT STRESSES
• EARLY AGE STRESSES AND DEBONDING IN BONDED CONCRETE OVERLAYS
• EFFECTS OF INTERFACE CONDITION AND HORIZONTAL WHEEL LOADS ON THE LIFE OF FLEXIBLE PAVEMENT STRUCTURES
• FLEXIBLE PAVEMENT DESIGN IN MICHIGAN: TRANSITION FROM EMPIRICAL TO MECHANISTIC METHODS
• GRANULAR OVERLAYS ON LOW-VOLUME ROADS IN WASHINGTON STATE: STRUCTURAL AND PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS
• LAYER THICKNESS VARIABILITY FOR FLEXIBLE PAVEMENTS IN NORTH CAROLINA
• MEASURING RESILIENT MODULUS OF GRANULAR MATERIALS IN FLEXIBLE PAVEMENTS
• MODELING OF JOINTED PLAIN CONCRETE PAVEMENT FATIGUE CRACKING IN PAVESPEC 3.0
• OVERLAY PERFORMANCE IN CANADIAN STRATEGIC HIGHWAY RESEARCH PROGRAM'S LONG-TERM PAVEMENT PERFORMANCE STUDY
• PROPAGATION MECHANISMS FOR SURFACE-INITIATED LONGITUDINAL WHEELPATH CRACKS (WITH DISCUSSION AND CLOSURE)
• REPAIR OF ULTRATHIN WHITETOPPING PAVEMENTS
• THIN BONDED CONCRETE OVERLAYS IN ILLINOIS: PRELIMINARY REPORT ON PERFORMANCE
• USE OF LONG-TERM PAVEMENT PERFORMANCE DATA FOR CALIBRATION OF PAVEMENT DESIGN MODELS
• USING PAVEMENT AS SOLAR COLLECTOR: EFFECT ON PAVEMENT TEMPERATURE AND STRUCTURAL RESPONSE
• VALIDATION OF HIPERPAV FOR PREDICTION OF EARLY-AGE JOINTED CONCRETE PAVEMENT BEHAVIOR