Document
Date Created
2013
Publisher
Minnesota Department of Transportation
Format
Description
The report describes the construction and design of composite pavements as a viable design strategy to use an asphalt concrete (AC) wearing course as the insulating material and a Portland cement concrete (PCC) structural layer as the load-carrying material. These pavements are intended for areas with heavy trucks and problem soils to increase the service life and minimize maintenance. The project focused specifically on thermally insulated concrete pavements (TICPs) (that is, composite thin AC overlays of new or structurally sound existing PCC pavements) and developed design and construction guidelines for TICPs. Specific research objectives include determining behavior of the layers of the TICP system, understanding life-cycle costs and the feasibility of TICPs, and incorporating the results into design and construction guidelines. Both construction and design guidelines are considered in light of the construction and performance of TICP test sections at the Minnesota Road Research project (MnROAD).
Collection Name
Series
Report Number
2013-02
File Type
Object File Name
201302.pdf
Rights Statement
Physical Location
MnDOT Library
Persistent Link
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14153/mndot.2914

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