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Field cracking performance of airfield rigid pavements
Journal of traffic and transportation engineering (2017)
  • Yusuf Mehta, Rowan University
  • Douglas Cleary, Rowan University
  • Ayman W. Ali, University of Akron
Abstract
This paper discusses cracking in airport pavements as studied in Construction Cycle 6 of testing carried out at the National Airport Pavement Testing Facility by the Federal Aviation Administration. Pavements of three different flexural strengths as well as two different subgrades, a soft bituminous layer and a more rigid layer known as econocrete, were tested. In addition to this, cracking near two types of isolated transition joints, a reinforced edge joint and a thickened edge joint, was considered. The pavement sections were tested using a moving load simulating that of an aircraft. It has been determined that the degree of cracking was reduced as the flexural strength of the pavement was increased and that fewer cracks formed over the econocrete base than over the bituminous base. In addition, the thickened edge transition joint was more effective in preventing cracking at the edges compared to the reinforced edge joint.
Keywords
  • Base layer,
  • Corner cracking,
  • Longitudinal cracking,
  • Airfield rigid pavement
Publication Date
January 8, 2017
DOI
10.1016/j.jtte.2017.05.010
Citation Information
Yusuf Mehta, Douglas Cleary and Ayman W. Ali. "Field cracking performance of airfield rigid pavements" Journal of traffic and transportation engineering Vol. 4 Iss. 4 (2017) p. 380 - 387
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/douglas-cleary/15/