Modern Techniques for Concrete Pavement Design Robert Rodden, P.E. Director of Technical Services & Product Development American Concrete Pavement Association
km of Paved Roadway by Country 5.000.000 4.500.000 4.000.000 3.500.000 3.000.000 2.500.000 2.000.000 1.500.000 1.000.000 500.000 - kilometers Source: CIA s World Factbook
km of Paved Roadway per km 2 AREA 3,00 2,84 2,50 2,00 1,50 1,41 1,35 1,81 1,62 1,00 0,50-0,45 0,49 0,16 0,05 0,04 0,02 kilometers Source: CIA s World Factbook
m of Paved Roadway per PERSON 16,0 14,0 12,0 14,0 15,0 14,8 11,9 10,0 8,0 6,0 7,5 5,4 7,9 8,0 4,0 2,0-1,3 1,2 0,4 meters Source: CIA s World Factbook
GDP per m of Paved Roadway $12.000 $10.000 $8.000 $6.000 $4.000 $2.000 $10.258 $5.694 $5.092 $4.240 $3.379 $3.765 $3.868 $2.626 $1.924 $2.064 $1.064 $- meter Source: CIA s World Factbook
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Concrete Pavements
123 Yrs of Success and Performance
Where are Concrete Pavements? Australia Austria Belgium Bolivia Brazil Canada Chile China Costa Rica Czech Republic Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador France Germany Ghana Guatemala Honduras India Indonesia Iran Italy Japan Kenya Kingdom of Bahrain Mexico Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Norway Pakistan Peru Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Russia South Africa South Korea Spain Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Thailand Turkey Uruguay United Kingdom USA and others ACPA isn t aware of yet...
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Pavement Engineering
Pavement Engineering the art of molding materials we do not wholly understand into shapes we cannot precisely analyze so as to withstand forces we cannot assess in such a way that the community at large has no reason to suspect our ignorance.
Design for What?
DOWEL BARS Belgium
CLIMATE Chile PANEL WIDTH Peru Bolivia TRAFFIC CURING Guatemala
China Understand Heavy Traffic! 640,000 km added in the last 4 years!?!?!? 70%+ is Concrete
CONSTRUCTION METHOD El Salvador Spain CURB AND GUTTER Mexico USA SHOULDER GEOMETRICS
REINFORCEMENT USA
South Africa DRAINAGE
SURFACE TEXTURE Kenya
JOINT SPACING USA
Bolivia MATERIALS Ecuador Dominican Republic ETC
Precast Concrete Pavement in the US
Precast Concrete Pavement in Indonesia 35 km Built Using this Method
Have to Also Consider Performance!
Design How?
Much Variety in Design Methods DARWin-ME, WinPAS/AASHTO 93 TCPavements cncpave VENCON2.0 Custom Catalog IRC Guide StreetPave, PCA Method IP-07/2004 CHAUSSEE2 FAARFIELD, AirPave, ACI 330, etc. USA, Canada Chile, Guatemala, Peru South Africa Belgium, Netherlands Germany India Australia, Portugal, USA, Canada, Uruguay Brazil Canada USA
AASHTO 93/WinPAS
AASHO Road Test (1958-1960) Included both concrete and asphalt designs Included a wide range of axle loads and pavement crosssections
Subgrade = Clay Soil
AASHO Test Traffic Max Single Axle Max Tandem Axle
Some AASHO Results Average Serviceability of Surviving Sections
AASHTO Design Procedures & Changes 1961-62 AASHO Interim Guide for the Design of Rigid and Flexible Pavements 1972 AASHTO Interim Guide for the Design of Pavement Structures Consolidate + update 1981 Revised Chapter III on Portland Cement Concrete Pavement Design Minor revisions 1986 Guide for the Design of Pavement Structures - Major revisions to subgrade support; added overlays, reliability, LCCA, pavement management 1993 Revised Overlay Design Procedures Addressed deficiencies in 86 overlay design; basis of WinPAS 2010 DARWin-ME TM Mechanistic principles added
1986-93 Concrete Pavement Design Equation Standard Normal Deviate Overall Standard Deviation PSI Depth D Log 4.5-1.5 Log(ESALs) = Z R * s o + 7.35 * Log(D + 1) - 0.06 + 7 1.624 * 10 1 + 8.46 Modulus of Drainage ( D+1) Rupture Coefficient Terminal Serviceability [ 0.75 S' ] c * C d * D - 1.132 +(4.22-0.32p t )*Log EMPIRICAL DESIGN 0.75 215.63 * J * D - 18.42. ( E c / k ) Load Transfer Modulus of Elasticity Change in Serviceability 0 25 Modulus of Subgrade Reaction
WinPAS Makes it Easy
PCA/StreetPave
StreetPave s Origins PCA thickness design methodology for JPCP first published in 1966 used slab stress/fatigue as the sole design criterion for determining thickness updated in 1984 failure by erosion (pumping) edge support
StreetPave s Origins StreetPave released in 2005 by ACPA tailored for streets and roads improvements included: enhanced concrete fatigue model w/reliability component ability to analyze tridem axles in the traffic spectrum new recommendations for dowel bars, joint spacing, subgrade/subbase moduli, etc. side-by-side design comparison to asphalt sections
Fatigue Total Damage Cumulative damage: FD total = FD single + FD tandem + FD tridem where, FD total = total fatigue damage, % FD single = fatigue damage from single axle loads, % FD tandem = fatigue damage from tandem axle loads, % FD tridem = fatigue damage from tridem axle loads, % MECHANISTIC DESIGN but validated
Predicted log (N) Fatigue - Model Comparison 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 Stress ratio, SR StreetPave (R @ 50 percent) StreetPave (R @ 90 percent) PCA
Faulting Total Erosion Cumulative erosion: ED total = ED single + ED tandem + ED tridem where, ED total = total erosion damage, % ED single = erosion damage from single axle loads, % ED tandem = erosion damage from tandem axle loads, % ED tridem = erosion damage from tridem axle loads, % EMPIRICAL DESIGN
StreetPave Design Inputs Design Life Reliability % Slabs Cracked Traffic Volume Load Growth Distribution K-value Subgrade & Subbase(s) Thickness Modulus Edge Support Dowel Bars Concrete Strength Modulus of Elasticity
StreetPave12 Overlays Traffic Subgrade Doweling Etc.
TCPavements
Influence of Slab Geometry on Stresses 4,5m x 1m 2.25 m x 1 m Maximun tensile stress = 24.65 Kg/cm2 Maximun tensile stress = 5.22 Kg/cm2 Principal stresses on the top of the slab, Red is tensile strength Deformation of the slab
Position of the Loads and Dimension of the Slabs AASHTO Design TCP Design
Slabs Sizes and Thickness For Same Top Stress (2.5 MPa) Thickness: 250 mm (10 ) Concrete Slabs 4,5m x 3,6m Thickness: 160 mm (6,3 ) Concrete Slabs 1.8m x 1.8 m
Characteristics of TCP Design Small slabs (1.4 to 2.4) meters long (5ft-8ft) Less curl/warp; smaller crack width Granular base (fines < 8%) 15 cm thick Less pumping/faulting potential Normal or fiber reinforced concrete Geotextile between the subgrade and base, if needed Thin joint cut (<2.5 mm wide) No joints sealing Optimized dowel bar system or no dowels Lateral confinement with curb, shoulder, vertical steel pins or FRC Widened outer lane
TCP Design Cumulative fatigue damage, like StreetPave Islab 2000 runs for stresses; NCHRP 1-37 for fatigue ESALs used for simplicity Environment considered in calculations MECHANISTIC DESIGN but validated
MEPDG/DARWin-ME
Mechanistic-Empirical Design + = Mechanistic Elements Empirical Elements Pavement Performance Prediction
M-E Design Basics Mechanistically: Calculate critical pavement response (i.e., stresses, strains, and deflections) due to: Traffic loading. Environmental conditions. Accumulate damage over time. MECHANISTIC + EMPIRICAL DESIGN Empirically: Relate damage over time to pavement distresses through calibrated models, e.g.: Cracking, Faulting, Roughness in JPCP. Punchouts, Crack Width, Roughness in CRCP. Accumulate damage over time.
INPUTS, INPUTS, INPUTS!!!!
INPUTS, INPUTS, INPUTS!!!!
OUTPUTS, OUTPUTS, OUTPUTS!!!
Agencies Licensing/Evaluating DARWin-ME Software as of 9/8/11 Licensing: 16 DOTs 6 Canadian Provinces Evaluating: 8 DOTs Other Licensee s: FHWA ACPA Cement Assoc of Canada Cemex 8 Consultants City of LA 4 Universities Alaska Hawaii DE
Agencies Licensing/Evaluating DARWin-ME Software as of 4/25/12 Licensing: 29 DOTs 5 Canadian Provinces Evaluating: 4 DOTs Other Licensee s: FHWA ACPA Cement Assoc of Canada Cemex 19 Consultants City of LA 14 Universities APA of IN Maricopa County Alaska Hawaii 5 PAID LICENSES OUTSIDE US & CANADA; Several countries looking at applicability DE
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