Portland Cement Association Concrete Pavement Design

Produce thickness design curves for portland cement concrete pavements.

Portland cement association concrete pavement design.

The country s first concrete street built in bellefontaine ohio in 1891 is still in service today. 200 massachusetts ave nw suite 200. 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. Concrete pavements have been a mainstay of america s infrastructure for more than 50 years.

Moreover these long lasting pavements are not confined to one region of north america nor to a specific type of environment or climate. 5420 old orchard road. 200 massachusetts ave nw suite 200. The magazine is also available to all in flipbook format or to iphone ipad users through the itunes store.

This design method determines the thickness for both plain and reinforced concrete pavements. Concrete pavement progress cpp is the official magazine of the american concrete pavement association. 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.