PMSS Project Details

Project ID:	FHWA-PROJ-09-0020
Project Name:	Greatly Increased Use of Fly Ash in Hydraulic Cement Concrete for Pavement Layers and Transportation Structures
Status:	Active
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):	Environmental Streamlining/Stewardship Infrastructure Research and Technology Strategic Plan and Roadmap
Project Description:	The research will examine: (1) material compatibility; (2) prediction methods for property development; (3) temperature and strength development management; (4) internal and external curing; (5) reducing early-age cracking; and (6) improving freezing/scaling durability. Carefully controlled large-scale test sections will be prepared to evaluate the proposed solutions from each phase. This large-scale testing will be unique due to the ability to carefully establish and monitor the environment in which the High Volume Fly Ash concrete is placed while monitoring and testing these structures. The proposal also suggests the use of a short course that will be made available by means of streaming video or DVD for use in classrooms and continuing education courses.
Laboratories:	Concrete Laboratory Chemistry Laboratory
Start Date:	July 9, 2009
End Date:	December 31, 2012
Funding Amount:	$525,000.00
FHWA Program Name:	Exploratory Advanced Research
Goals:	The key project objective is to improve understanding of infrastructure materials, specifically how to use higher fly ash amounts in concrete and obtain the performance needed for long-lasting concrete highway pavements and structures.
Project Type:	Offsite
Background Information:	Response to Exploratory Advanced Research Program Broad Agency Announcement in the highway infrastructure focus area.
Test Methodology:	Various Laboratory Research Techniques
Other Information:	Data not yet available
Partners:	Data not yet available
More Information URL(s):	http://www.nrmca.org/research_engineering/Documents/Lab_fly_ashFinal_report.pdf -- http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/advancedresearch/pubs/10051/index.cfm -- http://amonline.trb.org/167hbd/167hbd/1 -- http://webpages.mcgill.ca/staff/Group3/aboyd1/web/Conferences/AMW%20XI/Presentations/Meininger%20Rev.pdf --
Fieldtest:	Data not yet available
Expected Benefits:	Provide guidance and technology to be able to use more fly ash in concrete and reduce the need to landfill fly ash.
Deliverables:	1. Name: Presentations and Reports Product Type(s): Research report, Techbrief Description: The product consists of presentations on the Performance of High Volume Fly Ash Concrete. Audiences: Researchers, Federal Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center staff, State highway agencies Secondary Audiences: Design engineers 2. Name: Test Methods Product Type(s): Research report, Techbrief, Draft standard, specifications, or guidelines Description: The product is a report on the research and descriptions of new test methods. Audiences: Researchers, State highway agencies, Federal Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center staff Secondary Audiences: 3. Name: Technology Transfer Workshop Product Type(s): Research report Description: Webinar broadcast in September as part of the ACM/Fly Ash Workshop held at TFHRC. The broadcast has been recorded. Audiences: Researchers, Concrete industry, State highway agencies, Federal Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center staff Secondary Audiences:
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Project Findings:	Data not yet available
FHWA Topics:	Roads and Bridges--Pavement and Materials Roads and Bridges--Structures
TRT Terms:	Fly Ash Hydraulic Cement Pavements Structures Infrastructure Research Concrete Highways
FHWA Disciplines:	Pavement and Materials Structures Environment
Subject Areas:	Materials Design Energy