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Chapter 1 ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 1
INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................................................... 1
1.1 Background............................................................................................................................................................................. 2
Chapter 2 ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 4
LITERATURE REVIEW ............................................................................................................................................................... 4
2.2 Studies On White Topping ............................................................................................................................................. 5
2.3 The procedure to be adopted for Implementing Whitetopping as Maintenance Strategy ................... 6
2.4 Advantages of White Topping ...................................................................................................................................... 7
2.5 Scenario of Whitetopping ............................................................................................................................................... 7
2.6 Comparisons of Rigid And Flexible Pavement....................................................................................................... 8
Chapter 3 ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 10
DESIGNING AND CONSTRUCTION OF ULTRA THIN WHITETOPPING .............................................................. 10
3.1 Design Procedure ............................................................................................................................................................ 10
3.2 Construction Procedure ............................................................................................................................................... 10
3.2.1 Surface Preparation...................................................................................................................................................... 10
3.2.2 Placing ................................................................................................................................................................................ 11
3.2.3 Finishing and Texturing ............................................................................................................................................. 11
3.2.4 Curing ................................................................................................................................................................................. 12
3.2.5 Joint Sawing and Sealing ............................................................................................................................................ 12
3.3 First UTW Project in Kentucky.................................................................................................................................. 13
3.4 Factors Affecting UTW Performance ...................................................................................................................... 13
3.5 Repair of UTW .................................................................................................................................................................. 14
3.6 Concrete Mix Design ...................................................................................................................................................... 15
3.7 Life Cycle Cost Analysis ................................................................................................................................................ 16
3.8 Advantages of UTW ........................................................................................................................................................ 16
3.9 Disadvantages of UTW .................................................................................................................................................. 17
Chapter 4 ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 18
CONCLUSIONS............................................................................................................................................................................ 18
REFERENCES .............................................................................................................................................................................. 19
Chapter 1
INTRODUCTION
Road traffic is increasing steadily over the years. This is an international phenomenon. An
international forecast predicts that such increase will continue in near future. Even in case of
developed countries, there is a shortage of funds required for new infrastructure projects, both
for constructing them and more significantly towards their maintenance and repairs. The
position in the context of a developing country like India is obviously far worse.
The increasing truck weights and tyre pressures on our pavements in recent years have pushed
the demand on the performance of our pavements to a higher level. Many asphalt pavements
have experienced rutting while many others have experienced longitudinal cracking. As a
result, more and more roads are deteriorating and the existing pavement structure as a whole is
often found to be inadequate to cope up with the present traffic[1].
The cost of strengthening and repair by Conventional method of this large network will need
huge resources both physical and financial which are quite scarce.
Most of the existing flexible pavements in the network broadly have thin bituminous layers.
These bituminous pavements, in general, have a problem that they get deteriorated with time.
Most of our roads exhibit, in general, the following deficiencies:
Rutting
Fatigue cracking
Block crack (D-cracking)
Thermo cracking
One of the possible solutions to this problem is the use of whitetopping (WT), which is a
cement concrete layer placed over an existing asphalt pavement. Ultra Thin White Topping
(UTWT) and Thin White Topping (TWT) are being increasingly practised in USA and West
Europe. Whitetopping is stronger than asphalt overlay, and thus more resistant to rutting and
surface-initiated cracking. Consequently, whitetopping pavements pose potential
economical and technical benefits. However, they need to be effectively evaluated for
feasibility and proper application techniques, suitable for India, so that their use can provide
the maximum benefits to the road users in particular and Indian economy at large.Ultra-Thin
Whitetopping is an emerging and innovative technology for asphalt pavement
rehabilitation in India. The concrete overlay utilizes closely spaced transverse and longitudinal
joints to reduce tensile stresses caused by traffic loads and environmental conditions such as
thermal stresses and curling due to temperature changes[2].
1.1 Background
Concrete Roads were first built by Romans (300 BC 476 AD). They were quite innovative in
the construction with the use of innovative materials viz., use of `Pozzolana cement from the
village Pozzouli near Italy, horse hairs as fibres in concrete, admixtures in their primitive form
(like animal fat, milk & blood). These roads, scientifically designed and constructed had a long
life and thus lead to the adage all (concrete) roads lead to Rome[3].
By the mid-1950s, continuously reinforced concrete pavements (CRCP) started to gain in
popularity because the design offered the benefit of eliminating joint distress. The cost of the
steel in CRCP was expansive, and so, to be competitive, CRCP was built 25 to 50 mm thinner,
leading to premature distress. (The justifications perpetuated for using thinner structural slabs
are many but are primarily related to comparisons of deflections with jointed pavements that
had poor load transfer between slabs).
Also in 1950s, the slip form paver came into use. It reduced paving trains from 100 workers
down to about 25. Also the economics changed in that materials became cheap and labour was
more expansive. Hence, this led to a return to uniform thicknesses that could be easily placed
by the early slip forms [4].
Prestressed concrete was introduced in the late 1940s and was first used in airport paavements.
About 1959, two-way prestressed slabs were used at Biggs military airfield in Texas. The 24-
in (610 mm) plain pavement was replaced with 9-in (230 mm) post tensioned slabs.
Unfortunately the fear of the unknown, the need to use more skilled labour, and the reluctance
of mile-a-day slip from contractors to embrace this unproven technology have held this
concrete saving technology back. About a dozen highways with prestressed concrete
pavements of various designs were built in the United States between 1970 to 1990 [4].
Table 1 UTW PROJECTS IN INDIA
D. R. Jundhare, Dr. K. C. Khare; and Dr. R. K. Jain said Following conclusions are reached
from the detailed study carried out using BBD as per guidelines given in IRC: 81-1997 and
FWD test as NDT for determining deflection at edge and corner load positions of 320 mm thick
on in-service conventional whitetopping overlay constructed in Pune city, Maharashtra State
(India), for its performance evaluation and correlation development subjected to various traffic
and climatic conditions relevant to Indian scenario. The linear, exponential and logarithmic
relationship has been developed using Benkelman Beam and FWD deflection values on
conventional whitetopping overlays. Among of the linear, exponential and logarithmic
relationships; the exponential relationship gives high R value. R2 value of the three
relationships, it is higher in edge loading position than corner loading position. The
relationships developed are quite fair as R2 values are in between 0.65 to 0.80 which shows
the good correlation strength between the BBD and FWD deflection values.
The literature studies has helped us understand the pavement rehabilitation by white topping,
performs relatively well as compared to the conventional bituminous concrete overlay which
has been practiced widely even with its higher maintenance cost and lesser durability [8].
Thin White topping (TWT) which has PCC overlay between 100 200 mm. It is
designed either considering bond between overlay & underlying bituminous layer or
without consideration of bond. High strength concrete (M 40 or higher) is normally
used to take care of flexure requirement. Joints are at shorter spacing of 0.6 to 1.25 m.
Ultra-Thin White topping (UTWT) which has PCC overlay of less than 100 mm.
Bonding between overlay & underlying bituminous layer is mandatory. To ensure this,
the existing layer of bitumen is either milled (to a depth of 25 mm) or surface scrapped
(with a non-impact scrapper) or gently chiseled. Joints are provided at a spacing of 0.6
to 1.25 m [3].
Figure: 1 Conventional (No Bond) V/s Ultra-Thin White Toping (Bond is there)
Thickness design--considers the thickness of the asphalt pavement, the thickness of the
topping, traffic loads, and panel layout.
Longitudinal and transverse joints--determine joint spacing by the overlay pavement
thickness and the geometrics of the area to be paved. Normal practice is to saw the joints
in the new pavement; tooled joints are also permitted for some areas.
Profile correction--determine joint spacing by the thinnest concrete profile and carry this
spacing throughout the project.
Surface texture--texture is specified in relation to the speed of traffic. Drag (burlap or
boom) textures are good for low-speed facilities; high-speed facilities should use more
aggressive textures.
Traffic control--traffic can be detoured, shifted, or otherwise accommodated during
construction, but there must be a plan before construction starts.
Construction staging--stage the construction to cause the least disruption [9].
Joints: Joint spacing is critical to a good performing UTW project. Successful projects
use a short joint spacing to form, in effect, a mini-block paver system. Experience
indicates that joint spacing should be no more than 12 to 18 inches each way per inch of
white topping thickness. For example, a 3-inch UTW surface should be jointed into 3x 3
or 4x4 foot squares. Joints are sawed early to control surface cracking [10].
3.2.2 Placing
After surface preparation, there must be enough asphalt remaining to form a sufficient
composite section that can carry the load. There must be enough asphalt to minimize
concrete tensile stresses, and enough concrete to minimize asphalt strains. It is
recommended that the minimum asphalt thickness after milling exceed 3 inches.
Paving UTW isnt any different than paving any other concrete pavement. Conventional
slip-form and fixed-form pavers as shown in figure 3.2, as well as small equipment - such
as vibrating screeds - have all been used successfully, without major modifications.
3.2.4 Curing
Proper curing is critical to avoiding shrinkage cracking in the concrete overlay and to
prevent de-bonding between the asphalt and concrete. Because the overlay is a thin
concrete slab, it has high surface area to volume ratio and can lose water rapidly due to
evaporation. Curing UTW is similar to curing new PCC pavements. It requires curing
the entire pavement surface and edges as soon as surface conditions permit after the
finishing operations using either blanket or membrane methods. The most common
practice is to spray liquid, a membrane curing compound.
Thin concrete overlay has been used in increasing numbers over hot-mix asphalt (HMA)
pavements and at intersections as a rapid and economical method of repair. These repairs have
shown outstanding services in the state of Oklahoma with service lives over 10 years when
used in areas with moderate truck traffic [16]
Remove panels
There are two ways to remove the deteriorated
concrete: 1. Break up 2. Full panel removal
To break up the concrete, jackhammers are used. Care must be taken not to damage
the adjacent panels with any equipment during removal process.
Prepare patch area
Before concrete placement, the asphalt surface should be cleaned by air blasting with
clean, compressed air. Sand or shot blasting is required if air blasting will not remove
foreign material from the surface. The asphalt surface must be kept clean prior to the
placement of new concrete.
Place new concrete
The placement of new concrete into the patch areas of the UTW pavement should follow 6
steps:
Place the concrete into repair areas
Consolidate the concrete using a hand held vibrator
Finish with a straight edge or vibratory screed to meet the existing Grade
Apply curing compound immediately after the bleed water sheen disappears
Cover with insulating blankets if the ambient temperature falls below about 5 degree
centigrade within 24 hours of placement
The type of concrete mix for a particular UTW project is often selected based on traffic
conditions, concrete strength and time requirements for opening to traffic.
Many UTW projects have utilized fast track concrete mixes that typically contain higher
cement content or high early-strength cement. In addition, fast track mixes can be
adjusted to produce compressive strengths of at least 20 MPa in 24 hours and 28- day
strengths in excess of 40 MPa.
Synthetic fibres are often used in UTW mixes to provide additional strength and durability to
the thin concrete layer. It has also been found that these fibres extend the time window for saw-
cutting the joints by delaying early plastic shrinkage cracking.
Thin layer reduces the need for cold planning, etc. to match adjoining surfaces. No
loose aggregate such as in a spray seal
Low shear resistance may make it unsuitable in areas of high shear forces
Hence the literature studies has helped us in the technical understanding and the methodology
involved in the design procedure of UTW and also the process or methodology involved in the
construction of UTW.
Chapter 4
CONCLUSIONS
White topping has emerged as a fast growing technology for pavement rehabilitation.
White topping has emerged as a fast, competitive remedy for rutted asphalt pavements
rehabilitation by offering the enhanced performance and durability of concrete.
White topping overlays are bonded to existing asphalt to create a composite section,
resulting in improved performance and durability at a lower cost.
Ultra Thin White topping develops the required strength for opening to traffic in as little
as 24 hours.
In order to help state highway agencies and contractors better design and apply the
UTW, well-controlled pavement response and performance data is needed to improve
and refine the existing UTW design procedures.
Positive impact on reducing CO2 emissions resulting from the manufacturing and
placement of paving materials.
Based on the advantages and a lesser maintenance cost of white topping it could be concluded
that rehabilitation of an asphalt pavement by white topping is a viable and sustainable technique
compared to the bituminous concrete overlay.
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