Rare at the time, strategy is now commonplace to reduce freeway cracking
Around 25 years ago, Caltrans was doing an experiment on the 405 Freeway in Irvine. Workers embedded metal strips in the ...
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Concrete Pavement Engineering
Another area of focus is the performance of dowel bars in jointed plain concrete pavements (JPCP). Dowel bars are critical for improving joint performance and overall pavement integrity.
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Reduce Random Cracking with Plate Dowels
American Concrete Institute. 2. Ernest Schrader, "A Solution to Cracking and Stresses Caused by Dowels and Tie Bars," Concrete International, July 1991, pp. 40 -45. 3. Wayne Walker and Jerry ...
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ACPA Invests in Research, Outreach & Partnerships to Support Gains In Concrete Sustainability
Last week at World of Concrete, the American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA) delivered an assessment of where paving and infrastructure investment currently stands, the challenges state highway ...
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Commander III with IDBI Attachment
The Commander III four-track concrete slipform paver now offers ... It enables the paver to insert transverse joint dowel bars in pavements up to 16 ft. wide. It is powered by its own Caterpillar ...