Design-Construction of a Precast, Prestressed Concrete Pavement for Interstate 10, El Monte, California

Merritt, David K.; Mccullough, Patricia; Burns, Ned H.

doi:10.15554/pcij.03012005.18.27

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“…In a second one central stressing panels were eliminated and instead of them end stressing at the surface is used. This type of PPCP was used in Delaware, Missouri and Virginia projects (Merritt, Rogers, & Rasmussen, 2008). The third version eliminated joint expansion panels and added two types of panels; end joint panels and expansion joint gap panels.…”

Section: Concrete Modular Pavement Types and Characteristicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…If slabs are steam or heat cured under cold climates, thermal shock is likely to occur leading to cracking. Control of the cooling regime during curing helps to avoid this (Merritt, Rogers, & Rasmussen, 2008;Mishra, French, & Sakkal, 2013;Tayabji, Ye, & Buch, 2013a). Slab squareness.…”

Section: Slab Fabricationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Thus, a unique precasting form has to be prepared, and often this form cannot be adapted to another project. As a result, the cost of slabs production significantly increases (Merritt, McCullough, & Burns, 2001Merritt, McCullough, Burns, & Schindler, 2000;Merritt, Rogers, & Rasmussen, 2008;Smith & Snyder, 2017).…”

Section: Slab Fabricationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Concrete Modular Pavements – Types, Issues And Challenges

Vaitkus

Gražulytė

Kleizienė

et al. 2019

BJRBE

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According to the European Asphalt Pavement Association, more than 90 per cent of the European road network is paved with asphalt. Constantly increasing traffic volume and climate change accelerate deterioration of current pavements. As a result, there arises a need to rehabilitate them prematurely. Repair and rehabilitation work lead to traffic congestion, which is one of the most significant concerns in highly trafficked roads and urban streets. Concrete modular pavements consisting of precast concrete slabs are a reasonable solution to deal with the road works since their construction, as well as repair, is time-saving. Repair works typically are implemented during a low traffic period (usually at night). A primary purpose of concrete modular pavements is heavily trafficked roads and other transport areas. This paper focuses on concrete modular pavements, their types, issues and challenges related to their design, slab fabrication and pavement construction. The conducted analysis revealed 15 different types of concrete modular pavements that differ from the techniques of slab joints and load transfer between the adjacent slabs. More than 20 issues and challenges related to the design of modular elements, slab fabrication and pavement construction were identified. Finally, the existing practice of concrete modular pavements was summarised and the gaps of scientific knowledge, as well as a need for comprehensive research, were defined.

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Section: Slab Fabricationmentioning

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Concrete Modular Pavements – Types, Issues And Challenges

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Kleizienė

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“…The width of panel in PPCP is usually equal to full width of all traffic lanes and shoulders (if necessary), while length varies from 2.5 m to 4.3 m. Slab length depends on what length and how many panels are post-tensioned together. An effectively jointless length can be up to 99 m. In general, three systems of PPCP exist depending on the stressing: central stressing, end stressing at surface and end stressing at vertical joint face (Merritt et al, 2000(Merritt et al, , 2002Merritt, McCullough, & Burns, 2005;Merritt, Rogers, & Rasmussen, 2008;Mishra, French, & Sakkal, 2013). Each system is described in details by Vaitkus, Gražulytė, Kleizienė, Vorobjovas, and Šernas (2019).…”

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“…From the literature, is known that PCP may be used for roads, aprons, taxiways, tunnels, ports, streets, industrial parks, bus lanes and bus stops as well as at bridge approaches and intersection (de Larrard, Sedran, & Balay, 2013;Merritt et al, 2002Merritt et al, , 2005Merritt et al, , 2008Qu et al, 2017;Tayabji, 2010;Tayabji & Ye, 2014;Tayabji et al, 2012aTayabji et al, , 2012b). However, not in all mentioned application areas and not in all cases PCP is a superior solution to typical asphalt and concrete pavements because there is a lack of PCP design and construction practice, slabs (panels) prefabrication causes additional cost (unique frames have to be produced), construction of curved sections becomes an issue and etc.…”

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Concrete modular pavement type selection based on application area

Gražulytė

Vaitkus

Laurinavičius

et al. 2019

Modern Building Materials, Structures and Techniques (MBMST)

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Roads and other trafficked areas infrastructure starts to deteriorate as far as it is opened to traffic. Thus, it has to be timely repaired and reconstructed. However, any interruption to traffic by implementing repair and rehabilitation works leads to user's discomfort and traffic congestion. Modular pavements also known as precast concrete pavements can be constructed at night, consequently they eliminate or reduce traffic flow limitation related to repair works. They consist of prefabricated concrete slabs that are transported to the construction site only after the curing period when the desirable concrete strength is achieved and installed on a prepared foundation. Slabs prefabrication in a plant results in better concrete quality, controlled concrete curing conditions, wider period for pavement construction, reduced time before opening to traffic, elimination of early-age failures and material segregation which may occur during concrete or asphalt mixture transportation to the project site and laying. Despite these advantageous, modular pavements are barely used in Europe. In order to enhance the usage of modular pavements in Europe, paper focuses on the identification of the most promising modular pavements application areas and their type selection. The most promising application areas such as motorways and arterial streets were identified on the basis of the conducted survey among high qualified researchers. Low volume roads, private roads, bicycle and pedestrian paths could be included as modular pavements special application areas with slightly different approach.

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