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Cost Effective Concrete Pavement Cross Sections - Final Report, James Crovetti
Cost Effective Concrete Pavement Cross Sections - Final Report, James Crovetti
Transportation Reports with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation
This report presents the findings of a study of alternate pavement designs targeted at reducing the initial construction costs of concrete pavements without compromising pavement performance. Test sections were constructed with alternate dowel materials, reduced dowel placements, variable thickness concrete slabs and alternate surface and subsurface drainage details. Performance data was collected out to 5 and 7 years after construction.
The study results indicate that FRP composite dowels may not be a practical alternative to conventional epoxy coated steel dowels due to their reduced rigidity, which results in lower deflection load transfer capacities at transverse joints. Ride quality measures also …