Current ICT Project
Investigators:
  Prof. Jeffery R. Roesler (Primary)
Project Title:
  Evaluation and Implementation of Improved CRCP And JPCP Design
Start Date: 9/1/2005
End Date: 12/31/2008
Summary of Project:
  With the recent release of the Mechanistic-Empirical (M-E) Pavement Design Guide (DG2002), many states are evaluating its applicability against their existing design methods. IDOT already has an existing jointed plain concrete pavement (JPCP) design based on M-E principles, but does not have a M-E based continuously reinforced concrete pavement (CRCP) design procedure. This project will review DG2002, other current research findings, and develop new design algorithms in the area of traffic, climate, concrete fatigue, built-in curling, and crack width prediction for both JPCP and CRCP.
Objective of Project:
  The objectives of the study are to refine the JPCP design method based on new findings from the past 15 years and to develop and implement a CRCP design process that IDOT can use for routine design.
Expected Outcome:
  The expected outcomes of this research effort are a new mechanistic-empirical continuously reinforced concrete pavement design guide and an updated jointed plain concrete pavement design guide for IDOT.
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Last Updated: 11/18/2009