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Integrated Materials and Construction Practices
for Concrete Pavement2nd Edition
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Purpose
A resource to: • Bridge the gap between research and practice• Encourage good practices• Provide practitioners with tools to design, build, and maintain concrete
pavements• Help practitioners improve communication between practice areas
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Design Foundation
Materials & Mixture
ConstructionQuality
Ownership
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Learning objectives
• Understand concrete pavements as integrated systems
• Appreciate that constructing a concrete pavement project is a process involving interrelated practices
• Implement technologies to optimize performance
• Recognize and avoid factors leading to premature distress
• Access how-to and troubleshooting information
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Audience
Anyone interested in optimizing concrete performance • Engineers • Quality control (QC) personnel • Specifiers • Contractors • Materials and equipment suppliers • Technicians • Construction supervisors • Tradespeople
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What’s New
This edition is an update:• Sustainability• MEPDG• PEM • RTS
Authors• Peter Taylor• Tom Van Dam• Larry Sutter• Gary Fick
Review by• TAC• Previous authors
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Overview
• 10 Chapters• Sustainability• Design• Materials and Mixtures• Construction• Quality• Troubleshooting
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Contents
Chapter 2 Basics of Concrete Pavement Sustainability• What is Pavement Sustainability?• Concrete Pavement Design• Materials• Construction
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What is Sustainability?
A sustainable pavement is one that achieves its specific engineering goals, while:• It meets basic human needs• Uses resources effectively • Preserves/ restores surrounding ecosystems
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Cost
EnvironmentPeople
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Strategies for Design
• Longevity • Reduced user impact• Durable mixtures• Increased Thickness• CRCP for heavy traffic
• Local and Recycled Materials • Use less fuel to haul it in• Avoid throwing away
the old pavement
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Sustainability and Materials
• Recycled, Coproduct, and Waste Materials• Cementitious Materials and Concrete Mixtures
• Portland Cement• Supplementary Cementitious Materials • Blended Cements
• Aggregate Materials • Concrete Mixture Proportioning and Production• Other Concrete Mixtures and Emerging Technologies
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What About Operations?
• At least 80% of the energy and emissions associated with pavements is incurred during use
• Fuel efficiency• Traffic flow• Rolling resistance
• Albedo• Heat island• Lighting costs
• Noise
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Which is more “sustainable”?
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Contents
Chapter 3 Basics of Concrete Pavement Design• Integrated Pavement Design• Pavement Types• What Do We Want?• What Factors Do We Have to Accommodate?• Getting What We Want • Constructability Issues• Concrete Overlays
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It’s Not Just Thickness
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Jointed Plain
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It’s Not Just Thickness
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Continuously reinforced
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What Do We Want?
• Service life• Structural models assume that materials will not fail• How long should it last?
• Performance:• Structural• Functional
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What Do We Want?
• Structural – is it broken?
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What Do We Want?
• Functional – do I want to drive on it?
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Contents
Chapter 4 Fundamentals of Materials Used for Concrete Pavements• Cementitious Materials• Aggregates• Water• Chemical Admixtures• Dowel Bars, Tiebars, and Reinforcement• Curing Compounds• References
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What do we have to work with
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Aggregates
• Aggregates comprise ~70% of the volume of a concrete mix.• Aggregate properties can have an influence on concrete
properties:• Durability• Workability• Strength• Dimensional changes
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Cementitious Materials
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Hydraulic cement – reacts with water, creates CH
Pozzolan – reacts with cement and water, consumes CH
Portland Cement
Slag Cement
Class C Fly Ash
Class F Fly Ash
Silica Fume
Not to scale
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Cement is Changing
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Supplementary Cementitious Materials
• Fly ash• Slag• Natural pozzolan• Silica fume
“We deal with the negatives to get a positive”
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Effects of Extra Water on Concrete
• Increases workability• Lowers strength• Increases drying shrinkage• Increases permeability and reduces
durability
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Chemical Admixtures
• Air entraining admixtures (AEA)• Water reducers• Set modifying admixtures
Don’t use to fix a bad mixture,use to Enhance!
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Contents
• Chapter 5 Hydration• Stages of Hydration: Overview• Portland Cement• Supplementary Cementitious Materials• Impact of Hydration• Stages of Hydration: Details
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1 2 3 4 5
Mixing Dormancy Hardening Cooling Densification
Five Stages of Hydration
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Effects of SCMs
• Delayed final set.• Reduced heat peak.• Extended heat generation.• Increased long-term strength.• Reduced permeability.
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Contents
• Chapter 6 Critical Properties of Concrete• Introduction• Fresh Properties• Mechanical Properties• Durability Related Properties
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Fresh Properties
• Uniformity• Workability• Segregation• Bleeding• Setting• Temperature effects
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Mechanical Properties
• Strength• Stiffness• Shrinkage• Polishing• Cracking
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Early-Age Cracking
• Factors• Concrete moves (temperature and moisture gradients)• Movement + Restraint → Load• Loads + Stiffness → Stress• Stress > Strength = Cracks
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Early Age Cracking
Discuss
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Early Age Cracking
Discuss
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Durability Properties
Ability of the concrete to survive the environment to which it is exposed:• Transport• Cold weather• Sulfates• AAR
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Transport
The ease with which fluids can penetrate concrete• Significance
• All durability damage is governed by permeability
• Factors• w/cm• SCM type and dose• Hydration• Cracking
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Cold Weather
Two mechanisms:• Saturated freeze thaw
• Oxychloride formation
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Alkali-Silica Reaction
• Water + alkali hydroxide + reactive silicate aggregate alkali silicates
• Alkali silicates + water gel + expansion
• Silicates from aggregates• Alkalis from cement (Na and K)
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D-Cracking
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• Certain calcareous aggregates absorb water• Pore size prevents water leaving the system• Freezing causes damage
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Contents
• Chapter 7 Mixture Design and Proportioning• Introduction• Sequence of Development• Aggregate Grading Optimization• Calculating Mixture Proportions• Adjusting Properties
“The beast of interesting proportions”
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Design
• Choosing what you need• Workability, setting time• Durability, strength,
cracking risk
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Proportioning
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How do we proportion to achieve design goals?
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Workability Transport Strength Cold weather
Shrinkage Aggregate stability
Aggregate System Type, gradation ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
Paste qualityAir, w/cm, SCM type and dose
Paste quantity Vp/Vv ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
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Step 1 Paste Quality
• Binder type• Cement type• SCM type and dosage
• w/cm• ~0.38-0.42
• Air void system• <0.2 SAM• <0.008 in. spacing factor• >5% in place• Stable
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Step 2 Aggregate system
• Tarantula Curve
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Step 3 Paste Content
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Paste should be approximately 1.5x - 2x of voids
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Contents
• Chapter 8 Construction• Subgrades• Bases• Concrete Paving
Support system should be stable and uniform with decent drainage
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Contents
• Chapter 9 Quality and Testing• Quality Assurance• Monitoring the Mixture• Monitoring Construction
Activities• Test Methods
“Delivering what is expected”
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Defining Quality
• Simple Definition (Philip Crosby)• Quality: “Conformance to requirements”• Quality is defined by our customers
• QA = “Making sure the quality of a product is what it should be”
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Why Should I Care
• Money!• Penalties vs Incentives
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CONTRACTOR
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Why Should I Care
• Better working environment• Project partners are qualified• Contractor knows how the Agency will accept/pay for the
product• QC Plans remove some of the daily stress
• Product you paid for
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Trick Question
• How do the following people affect quality?• Designer/Specifier• Agency Inspector• QC Technician• Loader Operator at the concrete plant• Truck Driver• Paver Operator• Concrete Finisher• Texture/Cure Machine Operator
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Core Elements of an Agency QA Program
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Quality Assurance
QualityControl
AgencyAcceptance
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The Goal…
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Long-lasting pavement
Acceptance QC
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QC data should be invisible to the Acceptance process
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How Do We Evaluate the Mixture?
• Measure everything during prequalification
• Constructible (Workable)• Dimensionally stable
• Aggregates• Shrinkage
• Impermeable (Transport properties)• Cold weather resistant
• Freeze thaw• Salt attack
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Concrete property
Test description Test method Comments
Workability Aggregate gradation ASTM C 136 / AASHTO T 27 ASTM C 566 /AASHTO T 255
Use the individual gradations and proportions to calculate the combined gradation.
Combined gradation Tarantula curve Adjust combined gradation to achieve optimum workability
Paste content Batch sheet Adjust paste content to find minimum paste needed while still workable
Confirm that total is below maximum permitted for shrinkage
VKelly or Box TP129 / PP84 X2 Confirm that the mixture responds well to vibration
Slump at 0, 5,10,15, 20, 25, & 30 minutes
ASTM C 143 / AASHTO T 119
Look for excessive slump loss due to incompatibilities. This is more likely at elevated temperatures.
Determine approximate WRA dosage
Segregation Look for signs of segregation in the slump samples
Air void system Foam drainage - Assess stability of the air void system for the cementitious / admixture combination proposed
Air content ASTM C 231 / AASHTO T 152, T196
Determine approximate AEA dosage
SAM AASHTO TP118 < 0.2 target Clustering Retemper a sample and
use optical microscopy to assess clustering
Can affect strength, Air content can also jump with
retempering Hardened air ASTM C 457 Calibrate SAM limits Mortar content Vibrate a container (air
pot) for 5 minutes. Measure depth of mortar at the top surface
Provides information on the coarse aggregate content – maximum is ~ ¼”
Unit weight Unit weight ASTM C 138 / AASHTO T 121
Indicates yield the mixture and a rough estimate of air content
Establish basis for QC monitoring Strength development
Compressive or flexural strength
ASTM C 39 / AASHTO T 22 and/or ASTM C 78 / AASHTO T 97 at 1, 3, 7, 28 & 56 days
Calibrate strength gain for early age QC
Calibrate flexural with compressive strengths
Maturity ASTM C 1074 Calibrate the mixture so maturity can be used in the field to determine opening times
Transport Resistivity / F factor Soak /store samples in salt solution
Determine development of F Factor over time
Sorption ASTM C 1585 Determine time to critical saturation
w/cm Microwave Calibrate microwave test with batch data
Other Hydration Semi-adiabatic calorimetry
Determine hydration rates of mixture.
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Quality Control
• QC should include• Unit weight• Calorimetry• Maturity• Strength development• Air void stability
• And a response…
• Risk management
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1. Get lab mix accepted2. Ensure we are getting that mix
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Contents
• Chapter 10 Troubleshooting and Prevention• Overview• Before the Concrete Has Set• After the Concrete Has Set• In the First Days after Placing• Some Time after Construction
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IMCP 2nd Edition
• Format• Interactive pdf available to download• Limited printed copies• Dreaming of hotlinking with other publications
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