Portland Cement Association Concrete Pavement Design

Moreover these long lasting pavements are not confined to one region of north america nor to a specific type of environment or climate.

Portland cement association concrete pavement design.

The program was created for city county and consultant engineers academia or anyone. 200 massachusetts ave nw suite 200. Concrete pavement progress cpp is the official magazine of the american concrete pavement association. 5420 old orchard road.

In its printed format the magazine is circulated exclusively to 2 000 members and vips. Portland cement association publication thickness design for concrete h gh way and street pavements and the personal computer software manual for pcapaw5. By definition plain pavements are constructed without any reinforcing. Research has indicated that a general conic equation can be used to satisfactorily estimate the work as calculated by the chevron n layered program at the bottom of the portland cement concrete slab under an 18 kip single axleload.

Produce thickness design curves for portland cement concrete pavements. 200 massachusetts ave nw suite 200. The country s first concrete street built in bellefontaine ohio in 1891 is still in service today. This design method determines the thickness for both plain and reinforced concrete pavements.