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Performance of the First Structure Built with High Performance Concrete in Virginia
This study evaluated the preparation and placement operations, concrete properties, cost-effectiveness, and performance over 5 years of the first bridge containing high performance concrete built by the Virginia Department of Transportation. High performance concrete was used in the prestressed beams and cast-in-place substructure and deck concrete. The concrete in the beams contained silica fume, and that in the cast-in-place substructure and deck contained slag. A high compressive strength was specified for the prestressed beams, normal strengths were specified for the cast-in-place substructure and deck concretes, and low permeability was specified for all the concrete. Steam-cured specimens for the beams had early strengths, but moist-cured specimens developed higher long-term strengths. The permeability was much lower than specified. Concretes were easily placed, and the strengths were higher than specified. The structure was monitored during construction and surveyed after construction and at 5 years. Some cracking occurred in the deck, but the cracks were tight.
Performance of the First Structure Built with High Performance Concrete in Virginia
This study evaluated the preparation and placement operations, concrete properties, cost-effectiveness, and performance over 5 years of the first bridge containing high performance concrete built by the Virginia Department of Transportation. High performance concrete was used in the prestressed beams and cast-in-place substructure and deck concrete. The concrete in the beams contained silica fume, and that in the cast-in-place substructure and deck contained slag. A high compressive strength was specified for the prestressed beams, normal strengths were specified for the cast-in-place substructure and deck concretes, and low permeability was specified for all the concrete. Steam-cured specimens for the beams had early strengths, but moist-cured specimens developed higher long-term strengths. The permeability was much lower than specified. Concretes were easily placed, and the strengths were higher than specified. The structure was monitored during construction and surveyed after construction and at 5 years. Some cracking occurred in the deck, but the cracks were tight.
Performance of the First Structure Built with High Performance Concrete in Virginia
C. Ozyildirim (author)
2001
22 pages
Report
No indication
English
Construction Equipment, Materials, & Supplies , Highway Engineering , Concretes , Highway bridges , Virginia , Beams , Mixtures , Prestressed concrete , Performance evaluation , Slags , Road surface , Permeability , Reinforced concrete , Bridge decks , Load tests , Cost effectiveness , Recommendations , Concrete durability , High performance concrete overlays , Pozzolans
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