Report on Pervious Concrete

Report on Pervious Concrete
Author: ACI Committee 522
Publisher:
Total Pages: 38
Release: 2010
Genre: Lightweight concrete
ISBN: 9780870313646

"This report provides technical information on pervious concrete's application, design methods, materials, properties, mixture proportioning, construction methods, testing, and inspection. The term 'pervious concrete' typically describes a near-zero-slump, open-graded material consisting of portland cement, coarse aggregate, little or no fine aggregate, admixtures, and water." [p. 1]

Field Study of Air Content Stability in the Slipform Paving Process

Field Study of Air Content Stability in the Slipform Paving Process
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 230
Release: 2012
Genre: Concrete
ISBN:

This study evaluated the impacts of construction on the air content and air-void system structure of Portland cement concrete pavements. The primary intent was to quantify the air content of fresh concrete before and after it has gone through the slipform paver. The air-void system parameters of hardened concrete were then assessed using cast and extracted core specimens. The results of the air content testing on fresh concrete and the concrete cylinder specimens cast in the field suggested that there is some loss of air as the concrete passes through the paver. Laboratory testing performed on cores extracted from the pavement did not provide any conclusive evidence that entrained air is lost during the slipform paving process. In fact, many of the extracted cores had measured air content values that were much higher than the specification requirement. If excessive, this could result in increased permeability and low-strength related issues. Although a rigorous statistical analysis was not performed, the results suggest that the air content testing on fresh concrete is not capturing the true air content of the concrete placed with a slipform paver. The fresh concrete air content is generally lower than the air content measured in the cores.

Concrete Pavement Design, Construction, and Performance

Concrete Pavement Design, Construction, and Performance
Author: Norbert Delatte
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 389
Release: 2007-09-12
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0203961080

Addressing the interactions between the different design and construction variables and techniques this book illustrates best practices for constructing economical, long life concrete pavements. The book proceeds in much the same way as a pavement construction project. First, different alternatives for concrete pavement solutions are outlined. The desired performance and behaviour parameters are identified. Next, appropriate materials are outlined and the most suitable concrete proportions determined. The design can be completed, and then the necessary construction steps for translating the design into a durable facility are carried out. Although the focus reflects highways as the most common application, special features of airport, industrial, and light duty pavements are also addressed. Use is made of modeling and performance tools such as HIPERPAV and LTPP to illustrate behavior and performance, along with some case studies. As concrete pavements are more complex than they seem, and the costs of mistakes or of over-design can be high, this is a valuable book for engineers in both the public and private sectors.

Highway Progress

Highway Progress
Author: United States. Bureau of Public Roads
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1162
Release: 1947
Genre: Highway departments
ISBN:

Nondestructive Testing of Pavements and Backcalculation of Moduli

Nondestructive Testing of Pavements and Backcalculation of Moduli
Author: Shiraz D. Tayabji
Publisher: ASTM International
Total Pages: 534
Release: 2000
Genre: Materials
ISBN: 0803128584

As with the previous two symposia, the 32 papers from the June/July, 1999, Seattle symposium present advances in the nondestructive testing of pavements using conventional falling weight deflectometer techniques and other promising techniques such as ground penetrating radar, rolling weight deflecto