CRCP
Research:
Continual Improvement of Continuously Reinforced Pavement
Test Pavement Photos
This
gallery shows the test pavement construction and instrumentation,
and the mechanical testing device that will perform the accelerated testing.
Accelerated Pavement Testing Program
An accelerated testing program, primarily funded by IDOT and conducted by the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, is being undertaken to develop an optimized CRCP design that can withstand heavy loading throughout its extended design life.
The objectives of the accelerated testing program are to determine:
- The required design steel content percentage to achieve the desired crack width and spacing
- The required slab thickness of the pavement section
- The ideal depth of steel from the pavement surface
- The effect of uniformly induced crack spacing on performance
- The necessity of using two layers of reinforcing steel
