Guide to the design of concrete overlays using existing methodologies
Subtitle: FHWA project DTFH61-06-H-00011 (work plan 13)
By: by Helga N. Torres, the Transtec Group, Inc. ; Jeff Roesler, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ; Robert Otto Rasmussen, the Transtec Group, Inc. ; Dale Harrington, Snyder and Associates, Inc. ; contributing technical author: Julie M. Vandenbossche, University of Pittsburgh ; editorial staff: Sabrina Shields-Cook, managing editor ; Peter Hunsinger, copyeditor ; Wendy Stribe, graphic designer
Contributors: Roesler, Jeff, author; Rasmussen, Robert Otto, author; Harrington, Dale (Dale S.), author; Vandenbossche, Julie Marie, author; Shields-Cook, Sabrina, editor; Hunsinger, Peter, editor; Stribe, Wendy, book designer; Iowa State University. Institute for Transportation; United States. Federal Highway Administration
Publisher: Iowa State University Institute for Transportation
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Ames, Iowa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 55
Subjects: Concrete Pavements; Overlays; Pavements; Maintenance and repair
Description: The Guide to the Design of Concrete Overlays using existing methodologies is a product of the National Concrete Pavement Technology Center at Iowa State University's Institute for Transportation. The guide provides decision makers and practitioners with straightforward, simple guidance for the design off concrete overlays using existing methodologies. The guide focuses on four commonly used methods: The method described i the 1993 American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Guide for Design of Pavement Structures, 4th edition; The method described in the AASHTO Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide, Interim Edition: a Manual of Practice; The American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA) modified method for bonded concrete overlays of asphalt pavements; The Colorado Department of Transportation method for bonded concrete overlays of asphalt pavements. The guide discusses specific design assumptions, deficiencies, and strengths inherent in each method, as well as step-by-step design examples for typical pavement sections. This guide is intended to be used in conjunction with the corresponding design procedures' documentation/references, such as the 1993 AASHTO Guide for Design of Pavement Structures and/or computer software for the AASHTO Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide and ACPA methods.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 54-55).

"The National Concrete Pavement Technology Center (CP Tech Center) and the authors wish to thank the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) for sponsoring this project ..."--P. iv. DTFH61-06-H-00011