Concrete Strength Required to Open to Traffic

Project Details
STATE

MN

SOURCE

TRID

START DATE

06/21/13

END DATE

12/31/15

RESEARCHERS

Lev Khazonovich, University of Minnesota

SPONSORS

Minnesota DOT

KEYWORDS

Compressive strength, Concrete curing, Concrete pavements, Field tests, Laboratory tests, Load tests, Nondestructive tests (NDT), Pavement design, Pavement distress, Recommendations

Project description

Develop innovative mechanistic-based procedures for monitoring concrete early age development and evaluate the effect of early traffic opening on long-term damage accumulation. The procedure will utilize recent developments in nondestructive testing to optimize traffic opening timing without jeopardizing pavement longevity.
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