CHAPTER 3
CONCRETE PAVEMENT
THICKNESS DESIGN
PCA METHOD
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PCC Surface
PCC Slab
JPCP JRCP
Jointed Plain Concrete Jointed Reinforced
Pavement Concrete Pavement
CRCP
Continuously Reinforced
Concrete Pavement
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Jointed Reinforced
Concrete Pavement
(JRCP)
- uses steel reinforcement
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Continuously Reinforced
Concrete Pavement
(CRCP)
- no contraction joints
- transverse cracking is allowed but is
held tightly together by the continuous
steel reinforcement
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Dowel bars
Tie Bars
Design Criteria:
(1) Fatigue Analysis recognizes that rigid pavements fail due to fatigue
of concrete.
(2) Erosion Analysis recognizes that rigid pavements fail due to
pumping, erosion of foundation, and joint faulting.
Design Factors:
Concrete Modulus of Rupture
Subgrade and Subbase Support
Design Period
Traffic
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Design Example:
The design involves a four-lane interstate pavement with doweled
joints and no concrete shoulders. A 100 mm untreated subbase will be
placed on a clay subgrade with a k value of 27 MPa/m. Other
information include concrete modulus of rupture = 4.5 MPa, design
period = 20 years, current ADT = 12,900, annual growth rate = 4% and
ADTT =19% of ADT.
Solution:
Use:
Load Safety Factor, LSF = 1.2
Trial Slab Thickness = 240 mm
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SINGLE AXLES
TANDEM AXLES
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Equivalent Stress
From Table 6a No Concrete Shoulders (Appendix B-2),
with Slab thickness = 240 mm and k = 25 Mpa/m
Equivalent Stress = 1.44 (single axle) and 1.35 (tandem axles)
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Erosion Factor
From Table 7a Doweled Joints, No Concrete Shoulder (Appendix B-3),
with Slab thickness =240 mm and k = 35 Mpa/m
Erotion factor = 2.61 (single axle) and 2.80 (tandem axles)
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Fatigue Analysis
Compute Allowable Load Repetitions from Figure 5 (Appendix B-5) and
calculate Fatigue Percent.
Example:
For single axle load 160 kN with stress ratio factor 0.32,
Allowable load repititions = 21,000
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Erosion Analysis
Compute Allowable Load Repetitions from Figure 6a No Concrete Shoulders
(Appendix B-6) and calculate Damage Percent.
Example:
For single axle load 160 kN with erosion factor 2.61,
Allowable load repititions = 1,400,000
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Conclusion:
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