PMSS Project Details

Project ID:	FHWA-PROJ-08-0003
Project Name:	High-Performance, Stress-Relaxing Cementitious Composites for Crack-Free Pavements and Transportation Structures
Status:	Completed
Contact:	Last Name: Meininger First Name: Richard C (Rick) Telephone: 202-493-3191 E-mail: richard.meininger@dot.gov
Organization:	Federal Highway Administration - Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC)
Office:	Office of Infrastructure Research and Development
Team:	Pavement Materials Team
Roadmap/Focus area(s):	Infrastructure Research and Technology Strategic Plan and Roadmap
Project Description:	The project proposes to use nanotechnology to introduce engineered inclusions in cement to relieve tensile stresses and thereby reduce cracking in concrete.
Laboratories:	Concrete Laboratory
Start Date:	February 20, 2008
End Date:	March 31, 2011
Funding Amount:	$85,584.00
FHWA Program Name:	Exploratory Advanced Research
Goals:	The key project objective is to increase understanding of and ability to improve properties of infrastructure materials.
Project Type:	Offsite
Background Information:	This project is a response to the Exploratory Advanced Research Program broad agency announcement in the highway infrastructure focus area.
Test Methodology:	Data not yet available
Other Information:	Data not yet available
Partners:	Federal Highway Administration: Office of Research, Development, and Technology - Office of Infrastructure Research and Development; Role(s): Technical, Advisory
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Fieldtest:	Data not yet available
Expected Benefits:	Data not yet available
Deliverables:	1. Name: Report and presentations. Product Type(s): Research report, Techbrief, Article Description: The product includes a report and presentations, a TechBrief, and technical notes given to the Federal Highway Administration and papers presented at technical conferences on materials science. Audiences: Researchers, Bridge design professionals, State highway agencies, Federal Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center staff Secondary Audiences: 2. Name: Final report. Product Type(s): Research report Description: The product is a final written report. Audiences: Researchers, State highway agencies, Federal Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center staff Secondary Audiences: Nanoresearchers 3. Name: Software to quantify the distribution of a material in a mixture. Product Type(s): Research report, Software Description: Software was developed and provided to Federal Highway Administration that provides a method to quantify and describe the degree of distribution of fibers in cement paste, mortar, concrete, or any other material. Audiences: Academics, Concrete industry, Federal Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center staff, Researchers Secondary Audiences: , Nanoresearchers Publication URL(s): Journal of Nanomaterials Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 371927, 8 pages doi:10.1155/2012/371927 Research Article Challenges and Benefits of Utilizing Carbon Nanofilaments in Cementitious Materials Ardavan Yazdanbakhsh, Zachary Grasley, Bryan Tyson, and Rashid Abu Al-Rub Zachry Department of Civil Engineering, Texas A and M University, CE/TTI 503-C, 3136 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843-3136, USA
Related URL(s):	-- http://www.hindawi.com/journals/jnm/2012/371927/ -- Journal of Nanomaterials Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 371927, 8 pages doi:10.1155/2012/371927 Research Article Challenges and Benefits of Utilizing Carbon Nanofilaments in Cementitious Materials Ardavan Yazdanbakhsh, Zachary Grasley, Bryan Tyson, and Rashid Abu Al-Rub Zachry Department of Civil Engineering, Texas A and M University, CE/TTI 503-C, 3136 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843-3136, USA
Project Findings:	Data not yet available
FHWA Topics:	Roads and Bridges--Design Roads and Bridges--Pavement and Materials Roads and Bridges--Structures Research/Technologies--FHWA Research and Technology Research/Technologies--Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC)
TRT Terms:	Cracking Infrastructure Materials Cement Research Pavements Highways
FHWA Disciplines:	Pavement and Materials
Subject Areas:	Bridges and other structures Pavements