A Practical Design Guide for Unbonded Jointed Plain Concrete Roads over Deteriorated HMA Roads: Realistic Traffic Loading

• Published in: Coatings (Basel) Vol. 12; no. 12; p. 1817
• Main Authors: Baş, Fatih İrfan, Bayrak, Osman Ünsal, Bayata, Halim Ferit
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.12.2022
• Subjects: Asphalt pavements; Cement; Concrete pavements; Concrete slabs; Critical loading; Finite element method; Flexible pavements; Investigations; Load; Material properties; Mathematical analysis; Modulus of elasticity; Modulus of rupture; Pavement construction; Pavement design; Pavement deterioration; Reinforced concrete; Roads; Roads & highways; Service life; Shafts (machine elements); Stress analysis; Stresses; Taguchi methods; Thickness; Three dimensional analysis

This study aimed to determine the material properties and the thickness of the layers of an unbonded jointed plain concrete pavement design over a deteriorated flexible pavement that lost its service capability. Maximum principal stresses occurring under the concrete pavement should not exceed the m...