Abstract: Gravel aggregates have been used extensively in the Houston District for continuously reinforced concrete (CRC) pavements construction for many years. However, some of these pavements have been subject to early-age ...

Abstract: The primary purpose for sealing joints in rigid pavement—besides limiting incompressible material—is to prevent or reduce the amount of water infiltrating into the pavement structure. The presence of moisture in a pavement ...

Abstract: The temperature profiles in a hydrating concrete slab are produced by a two-dimensional finite-element method software tool,

Abstract: During the hydration of Portland cement concrete, free water reacts with the compounds of unhydrated cement to form the hydrated phases that make up concrete. The chemical reaction results in a reduction in the amount of ...

Abstract: This paper addresses a user-friendly test method to measure as-received aggregate coefficient of thermal expansion (CoTE) using dilatometery. A dilatometer can accommodate materials of different size, shape, and density ...

Abstract: A concrete slab was constructed at Texas A&M University to investigate environmental effects in terms of temperature and moisture effects on the behavior of jointed plain concrete pavements. The slab behavior was delineated ...

Abstract: A concrete pavement curls to a concave configuration when it is subjected to a negative temperature gradient, which results when the temperature at its bottom surface is higher than at its top surface. A gap may occur ...

Abstract: Studies since the early 1990s have been conducted in Texas to gain a better understanding of mechanisms, material properties, and construction practices related to early-age delamination in continuously reinforced concrete ...

Abstract: The effectiveness of several Class C and Class F fly ashes in controlling expansion due to alkali silica reactivity (ASR) was investigated based on a modified ASTM C 1260 test method. Three different strengths of NaOH ...