Bonded Concrete Overlay of Asphalt (BCOA) are being investigated for rehabilitation of asphalt pavements in California’s dry climate as part of a cooperative project led by the University of California Pavement Research Center for California Department of Transportation. Heavy Vehicle Simulator (HVS) is going to be used to evaluate future performance and develop a design and construction guide for Caltrans. This paper consists in a design of an Accelerated Pavement Testing (APT) test track for analyzing the performance of the BCOA structures under the use of a HVS. Besides it summarizes the findings from previous BCOA experiences, the results from the concrete mix designs and initial modeling. Second, a detailed design, construction and instrumentation plan is presented for the 15 sections that have been built in the test track. Construction of the test track already occurred, therefore a brief summary of important facts and initial responses of the instrumented sections are shown at the end.
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Publication date:
January 1, 2016
Publication type:
Conference Paper
Citation:
Paniagua, J., Paniagua, F., Mateos, A., Harvey, J., & Wu, R. (2016). Design, Instrumentation and Construction of Bonded Concrete Overlays for Accelerated Pavement Testing. In J. P. Aguiar-Moya, A. Vargas-Nordcbeck, F. Leiva-Villacorta, & L. G. Loría-Salazar (Eds.), The Roles of Accelerated Pavement Testing in Pavement Sustainability (pp. 717–734). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42797-3_47