Download or read book Truck/pavement/economic Modeling and In-situ Field Test Data Analysis Applications written by Shad M. Sargand and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A jointed concrete pavement on I-490 near Rochester, NY, was reconstructed using three different dowel bar spacings in eastbound test sections. Two sections in the westbound direction were instrumented to monitor environmental strain, deflections, and pavement temperatures. Monitoring of the westbound sections was conducted at the time of construction, after 28 days of curing, and at various intervals over the next two years. The instrumentation included deep and shallow linear variable differential transducers (LVDTs) to measure displacements in the center and the corners of the slabs, thermocouples at four depths near the center and at one corner of the slab, and vibrating wire strain gages with built-in thermistors in the center and the left wheel path. Air temperature data were also gathered during monitoring periods. Data were taken from the instruments at the time of construction, and at 37 days (after curing), 12 months, 16 months, and 28 months after construction. In addition to instrumentation readings taken over an approximately 24-hour period, each visit included slab shape measurements made with a Dipstick®, and deflections measured with a falling weight deflectometer (FWD) on the westbound sections. The final data collection visit, in October 2004, also included FWD testing and profilometer measurements on the eastbound sections. In measuring the pavement response, the FWD and LVDT data both indicated some loss of support that varied in response to changing temperature conditions. Of the three dowel bar arrangements, the E2 arrangement that used bars with the smallest cross-section and the narrowest spacing had the best load transfer efficiency.