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Investigation of Concrete Properties to Support Implementation of the New AASHTO Pavement Design Guide

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Final Report 11/2006
Project ID: DOT 0092-06-03
Title: Investigation of Concrete Properties to Support Implementation of the New AASHTO Pavement Design Guide
PI: Tarun Naik
UWM Center for ByProducts Utilization
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Project: The overall objective of this project is to provide material properties to be used for input into a mechanistic-empirical design procedure for concrete pavements. The use of the mechanistic-design basis for design of concrete pavements is expected to provide increased reliability of pavement structures and to provide a basis for the prediction of service life and how the pavement design parameters will affect various pavement failure modes, including cracking, faulting, and IRI (International Roughness Index).  
Task List:
  1. Literature Review
  2. Selection of Materials and Concrete Mixture
  3. Production of Concrete Mixtures
  4. Laboratory Testing of Splitting Tensile and Compressive Strengths
  5. Laboratory Testing of Coefficient of Thermal Expansion
  6. Evaluation of Results
  7. Reports
Start Date: October 1, 2005
End Date: October 1, 2006
Extension: December 1, 2006
Project Award: $60,000
TOC: Rigid Pavements
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