Research
and Technological Advances in Continuously Reinforced Concrete Pavement
Improving pavement performance is a complex and ongoing challenge. Research on the performance of CRCP has resulted in vast improvements in our understanding of CRCP performance and in our confidence in CRCP design.
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CP
Roadmap
By combining more than 250 research problem statements
into 12
fully integrated, sequential, and cohesive tracks of research, the
CP
Road Map will lead to specific products that will dramatically affect
the way that concrete pavements are designed and constructed. The innovative
track structure and cross-track integration will at once help the research
teams focus on their designated tasks and effectively share information
where tasks overlap.
Turner-Fairbank
Highway Research Center (FHWA)
The home of the Federal Highway Administration's Office of Research,
Development, and Technology, the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center
(TFHRC) is a federally owned and operated research facility in McLean,
Virginia. Ongoing research spans six categories: human-centered systems;
materials technology; operations & intelligent transportation systems
(ITS); pavements; safety; and structures.
The TFHRC Web site contains an extensive section on pavement research, including software, publications, and several pavement-research programs that focus on the structural design, material mix, and construction specifications:
Transportation
Research Board
Jointly administered by the National Academy of Sciences, the National
Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine, the mission
of the Transportation Research Board — one of six major divisions
of the National Research Council — is to promote innovation and
progress in transportation through research. The TRB fulfills this
mission through the work of its standing committees and task forces
addressing all modes and aspects of transportation; publication and
dissemination of reports and peer-reviewed technical papers on research
findings; and through the management of cooperative research and other
research programs.
Innovative
Pavement Research Foundation
Chartered in 1997, the Innovative Pavement Research Foundation (IPRF)
is a cooperative endeavor of the American Concrete Pavement Association,
the Portland Cement Association, and the National Ready Mixed Concrete
Pavement Association. In addition to sponsoring applied research, technology
transfer and implementation, and public education for concrete pavements,
the IPRF maintains an active Web site with the latest on recent publications,
current reports, and ongoing research projects.
American
Concrete Pavement Association
Representing concrete pavement contractors, cement companies, equipment
and material manufacturers and suppliers, the mission of American Concrete
Pavement Association (ACPA) is to make Portland cement concrete the
material of choice for airport, highway, industrial, local road pavements.
The ACPA Web site contains several useful sections:
Portland
Cement Association
In addition to serving as a clearinghouse for technical information
on cement and concrete from sources worldwide, the Portland Cement
Association sponsors research directed at extending the boundaries
of technical knowledge in the field. Specific areas of research include:
