Although roller compacted concrete (RCC) made with and without fly ash (FA) has enjoyed numerous application of dams, roads and large floors construction in Europe, Japan, Australia and Unites States since 1970s, it has not almost yet been used at all in Turkey despite abundant and economical sources of FA...
Use of Taguchi Optimization Technique in Pavement Concrete Mix Design
In a concrete mix design, there are many mix variables affecting the concrete performance. If all the mix variables are taken into account, it may be necessary to use the full factorial design of experiment to obtain the concrete in the desired mechanical properties. It means more need of material,...
Concrete Roads and Road Lighting Design
Knowledge about pavement reflection properties is needed in order to design a road lighting installation. CIE (International Commission on Illumination) has created a method for describing the reflection properties of a dry surface in terms of the pavement brightness and degree of specularity. From here, CIE has created a classification...
New Standard Design for Concrete Roads in Flanders (Belgium)
This paper describes the new pavement design catalogue for concrete roads in Flanders. The catalogue includes plain concrete and continuous reinforced concrete pavement. Structures for interlocking concrete block pavements were added. The catalogue contains structures for roads as well as for bicycle lanes. The structures are based on the concept...
A Simplified Stress Evaluation Method Considering the Loss of Contact Pavement-Support
The concrete pavements, being subjected to thermal gradients, gravity and traffic loads, are itol in contact everywhere with their support. The traditional calculation methods use mathematical expressions developed assuming the slabs completely in contact with the support or expression not considering the presence of gravity load and thermal gradients with...
Prediction of Soil-Cement Strength Gain
Prediction of the strength gain of soil - cement mixtures to be used as base or sub-base of roads is of practical importance. It is necessary to know with good approximation the strength developed under the 'in-Situ' curing conditions for a given age. This research work has studied the application...
High-Strength Concrete for Road Pavements Netherlands 141
The last decade, the technology to design concrete mortars with a high compressive strength have evolved tremendously. The strength of concrete has progressed upto strength values of 130 Mpa. The development of high strength concrete can give the traditional pavement construction techniques a new impulse. Due to the relatively short...
Non-Clinker Slag Binder
The solution of questions of using slag as a binder material vit1i different catalysts is highly actual, since it helps in broadening the nomenclature of binder materials. increases qualth' and durability of products containing these stags. Ecological problems of regions vitIi developed metallurgical industries are solved as well.
Continuos Reinforced Concrete Pavement for a Roundabout on Foam-Concrete Foundation
The work was undertaken by contractors Ooms Avenhorn. Work took place in the months of July, August, September and October 1995. The roundabout was opened for traffic on 6I October 1995 (photo 6). More than two years after opening of the roundabout and the road metalling associated with it, it...
Judgment of Compaction Degree of Rccp by Using Acceleration Waves on Vibrating Roller and Influence of Subgrade Bearing Capacity on It
The acceleration wave of the vibrating compactor under work is disturbed from the sine wave. In this research, the disturbance of acceleration wave was defined as degree of disturbance WD, the relation between compacting time, hearing capacity of ground, consistency of concrete, compaction degree of concrete, strength of concrete and...
Experiences on the Non Destructive Testing Directed at the Weak Point in the Semi-Rigid Pavement on the A-92 Dual Carriageway
The nondestructive testing for bearing capacity of semi-rigid pavements must be similar to the rigid pavements one. So the nondestructive testing of the transversal cracks, the weak point, is the best way to do it.
Fast Track Paving in Vienna
Opening concrete pavements to traffic the day after placing has been a routine practice in Vienna for many years, but increasing traffic requires even shorter closure times. On motorways even a single lane can be closed to traffic only at night or at weekends. With a w/c of 0,35 and...