PMSS Project Details

Project ID:	FHWA-PROJ-12-0001
Project Name:	Development of Concrete Paving Mixture Design for Long-Term Performance
Status:	Proposed
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:	Concrete specimens with simulated joints will be cast and exposed to deicing salts, heating and cooling, wetting and drying, and freezing and thawing to determine the parameters and properties of concrete that resists deterioration, and to evaluate the path(s) of the deterioration to learn the critical factors leading to durability.
Laboratories:	Chemistry Laboratory Concrete Laboratory Aggregate and Petrographic Laboratory
Start Date:	January 1, 2012
End Date:	September 30, 2013
Funding Amount:	$0.00
FHWA Program Name:	Innovative Pavement Research and Deployment
Goals:	The key project objectives are to understand the concrete deterioration mechanism near existing concrete pavement joints and cracks, and to develop test(s) to use that mechanism to develop performance indicators and specifications.
Project Type:	Onsite
Background Information:	Data not yet available
Test Methodology:	Concrete specimens with simulated joints will be cast and exposed to deicing salts, heating and cooling, wetting and drying, and freezing and thawing.
Other Information:	Data not yet available
Partners:	Data not yet available
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Fieldtest:	Data not yet available
Expected Benefits:	The expected benefit is longer concrete pavement performance because deterioration often starts at joints and cracks.
Deliverables:	Name: Research report. Product Type(s): Research report, Draft standard, specifications, or guidelines Description: The deliverable is a report providing the detailed methods and findings. Audiences: Concrete industry, City and county agencies, Federal Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center staff, Long-term pavement performance stakeholders, Other highway agencies, Pavement designers, Pavement engineers, Researchers, State departments of transportation, State highway agencies Secondary Audiences: Portland cement concrete pavement (PCCP) contractors, Concrete producers, Aggregate producers
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Project Findings:	Data not yet available
FHWA Topics:	Research/Technologies--FHWA Research and Technology Research/Technologies--Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC)
TRT Terms:	Concrete Durability Tests Infrastructure Research Pavements Materials Deterioration
FHWA Disciplines:	Pavement and Materials Design Construction and Project Management
Subject Areas:	Highways Materials Pavements