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CONCRETE PAVEMENT
THICKNESS DESIGN
PCA METHOD
Rigid pavements are so named because the pavement structure
deflects very little under loading due to the high modulus of
elasticity of their surface course.
PCC Surface
PCC Slab
JPCP JRCP
Jointed Plain Concrete Jointed Reinforced
Pavement Concrete Pavement
CRCP
Continuously Reinforced
Concrete Pavement
Jointed Plain Concrete
Pavement (JPCP)
- no steel reinforcement
Tie Bars
Design Criteria:
(1) Fatigue Analysis – recognizes that rigid pavements fail due to fatigue
of concrete.
(2) Erosion Analysis – recognizes that rigid pavements fail due to
pumping, erosion of foundation, and joint faulting.
Design Factors:
• Concrete Modulus of Rupture
• Subgrade and Subbase Support
• Design Period
• Traffic
Design Example:
The design involves a four-lane interstate pavement with doweled
joints and no concrete shoulders. A 100 mm untreated subbase will be
placed on a clay subgrade with a k value of 27 MPa/m. Other
information include concrete modulus of rupture = 4.5 MPa, design
period = 20 years, current ADT = 12,900, annual growth rate = 4% and
ADTT =19% of ADT.
Solution:
Use:
Load Safety Factor, LSF = 1.2
Trial Slab Thickness = 240 mm
Trucks on design lane in design period
= ADTT x Design years x 365
= 0.19*12,900 x 20 x 365
= 17,892,300
SINGLE AXLES
TANDEM AXLES
Example:
For single axle load 160 kN with stress ratio factor 0.32,
Allowable load repititions = 21,000
Example:
For single axle load 160 kN with erosion factor 2.61,
Allowable load repititions = 1,400,000