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Evaluation of Concrete Pavements in the Phoenix Urban Corridor. Volume 1. Final Report
Arizona has been building portland cement concrete (PCC) pavements since the 1950's and now has approximately 400 lane miles of PCC pavements. Overall, these pavements have performed exceptionally well and have carried large traffic volumes. However, these pavements have experienced a range of distresses, including faulting, cracking, spalling, and, consequently, roughness. Since ADOT is considering the construction of approximately 230 lane miles of PCC in the next 20 years, a comprehensive evaluation of the 36 concrete pavements in the Phoenix Urban Corridor was conducted to identify the performance trends of the different designs and to aid in the recommendation of appropriate rehabilitation strategies. The field testing and evaluation consisted of condition surveys, drainage survey, nondestructive deflection testing, coring and subsurface boring investigations, a roughness survey, and Weigh-in-Motion (WIM) studies on selected sites. The volume summarizes the performance of the various concrete pavements in the Phoenix Urban Corridor. That performance data is then used in the evaluation of various concrete pavement design models to assess their applicability to Arizona conditions. Attempts at the development of new models from the performance data were not successful due to the limited number of sections and the large number of confounding factors. The performance data was also used in the development of design recommendations and in the determination of suggested rehabilitation activities for each section.
Evaluation of Concrete Pavements in the Phoenix Urban Corridor. Volume 1. Final Report
Arizona has been building portland cement concrete (PCC) pavements since the 1950's and now has approximately 400 lane miles of PCC pavements. Overall, these pavements have performed exceptionally well and have carried large traffic volumes. However, these pavements have experienced a range of distresses, including faulting, cracking, spalling, and, consequently, roughness. Since ADOT is considering the construction of approximately 230 lane miles of PCC in the next 20 years, a comprehensive evaluation of the 36 concrete pavements in the Phoenix Urban Corridor was conducted to identify the performance trends of the different designs and to aid in the recommendation of appropriate rehabilitation strategies. The field testing and evaluation consisted of condition surveys, drainage survey, nondestructive deflection testing, coring and subsurface boring investigations, a roughness survey, and Weigh-in-Motion (WIM) studies on selected sites. The volume summarizes the performance of the various concrete pavements in the Phoenix Urban Corridor. That performance data is then used in the evaluation of various concrete pavement design models to assess their applicability to Arizona conditions. Attempts at the development of new models from the performance data were not successful due to the limited number of sections and the large number of confounding factors. The performance data was also used in the development of design recommendations and in the determination of suggested rehabilitation activities for each section.
Evaluation of Concrete Pavements in the Phoenix Urban Corridor. Volume 1. Final Report
K. D. Smith (author) / D. G. Peshkin (author) / A. L. Mueller (author) / E. Owusu-Antwi (author) / M. I. Darter (author)
1991
178 pages
Report
No indication
English
Highway Engineering , Construction Equipment, Materials, & Supplies , Transportation & Traffic Planning , Transportation , Road Transportation , Concrete pavements , Pavement damage , Pavement condition , Highway maintenance , Portland cements , Concrete construction , Pavement deflections , Surface roughness , Road surfaces , Arizona , Road materials , Spalling , Concrete durability , Cracks , Data bases , Phoenix(Arizona)