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Early Traffic Opening-Capable Continuous Multi-Layer Asphalt Pavement Maintenance Method Using Electric Arc Furnace Slag Aggregate and Emulsified Asphalt (전기로슬래그 혼합골재를 이용한 조기교통개방이 가능한 연속 적층식 상온 아스팔트포장 유지보수 공법)

  • Kim, Wan-Sang;Lee, Suck-Hong;Kwon, Mun-Hyun;Choi, Do-Sun
    • 한국방재학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2007.02a
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    • pp.117-120
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    • 2007
  • The main purpose of this paper is to introduce the early traffic opening-capable continuous multi-layer asphalt pavement maintenance method using electric arc furnace slag aggregate and emulsified asphalt to the actual construction sites. As well known, the previous surface treatment method of emulsified asphalt mixture have various shortcomings such as long work-time, traffic congestions, plastic deformation and poor evenness. Thus, the proposed method has enabled tile early traffic opening by utilizing the optimized emulsified asphalt after consideration of the climate and road conditions in Korea. The application of the electric furnace slag with $6\;{\sim}\;18\;mm$ thickness is helpful to become a environment-friendly construction method. And also, it has been improved enough to accommodate night-time works of mechanized construction activities for wearing course and control course.

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Experimental Construction of Post-Tensioned Concrete Pavement (포스트텐션 콘크리트 포장의 시험시공)

  • Kim, Dong-Ho;Lee, Hyeon-Ho;Bae, Jong-Oh;Kim, Ki-Heun
    • Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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    • 2009.05a
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    • pp.135-136
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    • 2009
  • Experimental Post-Tensioned Concrete Pavement(PTCP) was constructed on October 13, 2008 for the first time in Korea. The length of PTCP main slab is 120m and the slab thickness is 15cm, while the width is 8.2m. From this study, design, analysis, and construction for PTCP are experienced and many data were obtained. The primary results of this study was also summarized.

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Performance Evaluation of perpetual Asphalt Pavements Using an Accelerated Pavement Tester (포장가속시험기를 이용한 장수명 아스팔프포장의 공용성 평가 연구)

  • Song, Seo-Gyu;Lee, Jung-Hun;Lee, Hyun-Jong;Hwang, Eui-Yoon
    • International Journal of Highway Engineering
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    • v.7 no.3 s.25
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    • pp.1-10
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    • 2005
  • In this study, accelerated pavement tester(APT) was performed on long-life asphalt pavements that can save maintenance and user costs by increasing the design life twice longer than conventional asphalt pavements. Basic material testings are first conducted on a high modulus base(HMB) mixture developed in this study. Four different pavement sections including thin and thick conventional and thin and thick HMB courses are constructed to compare the load-carrying capacities and to investigate the fatigue and rutting performances using an accelerated pavement tester. Tensile strain values at the bottom of base courses under the various loading levels are measured. The tensile strain values of the HMB sections are lower than those of the conventional sections. It is observed from the APT performed on the thin pavement sections that no significant cracks are developed up to the 180,000 cycles of a wheel load. In terms of rutting, only 3mm of rutting is developed in the thick HMB section while 5.3mm of rutting is developed in the thick conventional section at the 90,000 cycles of the wheel load. The HMB material developed in this study can be successfully used in the long-life asphalt pavements because of its excellent fatigue and rutting performances. It is estimated from a series of structural analysis that the use of the HMB material instead of the conventional base materials may reduce the asphalt thickness at least 5cm because of its better load-carrying capacity.

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The statistical factors affecting the freezing of the road pavement (도로포장체의 동결에 영향을 미치는 통계적 요인)

  • Kim, Hyun-Ji;Lee, Jea-Young;Kim, Byung-Doo;Cho, Gyu-Tae
    • Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
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    • v.27 no.1
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    • pp.67-74
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    • 2016
  • Due to the character of the climate of Korea, the pavement of a road is Influenced by freezing in winter season and thawing in thawing season. In the last few years, several articles have been devoted to the study to minimize the damage of freezing and thawing action. The purpose of this paper is to identify appropriacy of factors that influence road pavement thickness. We conduct the decision tree analysis on the field data of road pavement. The target variable is 'Frost penetration'. This value was calculated from the temperature data. The input variables are 'Region', 'Type of road pavement', 'Anti-frost layer', 'Month' and 'Air temperature'. The region was divided into 9 regions by freezing index $350{\sim}450^{\circ}C{\cdot}day$, $450{\sim}550^{\circ}C{\cdot}day$, $550{\sim}650^{\circ}C{\cdot}day$. The type of road pavement has three-section such as area of cutting, boundary area of cutting and bankin, lower area of banking. As the result, the variables that influence 'Frost penetration' are Month, followed by anti-frost layer, air temperature and region.

Estimation of Tensile Strain Effect Factor of Layer Interface Considering Lateral Loads of Moving Vehicle (주행차량의 수평하중을 고려한 층 경계면의 인장변형률 영향계수 개발)

  • Seo, Joo Won;Choi, Jun Seong;Kim, Soo Il
    • KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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    • v.26 no.6D
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    • pp.951-960
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    • 2006
  • Structural pavement analysis considering lateral loads of moving vehicle was carried out in order to simulate passing vehicle loads under various interface conditions. To verify of existing multi-layer elastic analysis of layer interface effect parameters, this study compared outputs by using ABAQUS, a three dimensional finite element program and KENLAYER, multi-layer elastic analysis as vertical load was applied to the surface of asphalt pavements. Pavement performance depending on interface conditions was quantitatively evaluated and fundamental study of layer interface effect parameters was performed in this study. As results of the study, if only vertical loads of moving vehicle is applied, subdivision of either fully bonded or fully unbonded is enough to indicate interface effect parameters. On the other hand, when lateral loads are applied with vertical loads, pavement behavior and performance are greatly changed with respect to layer interface conditions. The thinner thickness of the asphalt layer is and the smaller elastic moduli of the asphalt layer is, the more pavement behavior is influenced by interface conditions. In addition, regression analysis equation analytically computing tensile strain which was considered thicknesses and elastic moduli of the asphalt layer and layer interface effect parameters at the bottom of the asphalt layer was presented using database from numerical analyses on national pavement model sections.

Sensitivity Analysis of Load Trunsfer of Jointed Concrete Pavements Using 3-D Finite Element Model (3차원 유한요소 모형를 이용한 줄눈 콘크리트포장 하중전달의 민감도 분석)

  • Sun, Ren-Juan;Lim, Jin-Sun;Jeong, Jin-Hoon
    • International Journal of Highway Engineering
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.145-157
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    • 2008
  • Load transfer efficiency (LTE) reflects the structural performance of doweled and undoweled joints of Jointed Concrete Pavement (JCP). A 3-dimensional (3-D) model of JCP was built using ABAQUS software in this study. Three concrete slabs were placed on bonded sublayers composed of a base and subgrade. Spring elements were used to connect the adjacent slabs at joints. Different spring constants were input to the model to simulate different joint stiffness of the concrete pavement. The LTE of the joint increased with an increase of the spring constant. The effects of material properties and geometric shape on the behavior of JCP were analyzed using different elastic modulus and thickness of the slab and base in the modeling. The results showed the elastic modulus of the subgrade affected the behavior of the slab and LTE more than that of the base and the thickness of the slab and base. The effects of a negative temperature gradient on the behavior of the slab and LTE were more than that of positive and zero temperature gradients. Joints with low stiffness were more sensitive to the temperature gradient of the slab.

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Estimation of The Basic Properties of Two-Lift Concrete Pavement to Apply Korea Condition (이층 포설 콘크리트 포장의 국내 적용을 위한 강섬유 보강 콘크리트 기초 물성평가)

  • Won, Hong-Sang;Ryu, Sung-Woo;Hong, Jong-Yong;Cho, Yoon-Ho
    • International Journal of Highway Engineering
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.47-54
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    • 2010
  • This study had a focus on investigating technical validity of Two-Lift Concrete Pavements which had never been constructed in Korea in order to olve the problem of existing concrete pavements. This study found out the application of Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete (SFRC) which was one of ew techniques. Also, optimal steel fiber contents and pavement thickness were determined. This study also measured compressive strengths, lexural strengths, toughness indexes, tensile strengths and fatigue strengths to estimate the performance of SFRC of according to results of aboratory experiments, slumps and air contents of concrete specimens the standards satisfied and compressive strengths to open traffic. At bending ests, Toughness Index of SFRC increased but flexural strength didn’'t increase as compared with non-steel fiber concretes. And, energy absorption of SFRC was very good and SFRC showed improvement in freezing and thawing resistances. To complete this research, we will evaluate the pplication methods and performance of SFRC at field section.

Practical Use of Vegetated Porous Pavement for the Construction of Grass Parking Lot (잔디주차장 시공을 위한 잔디블록 활용방안)

  • Han, Seung-Ho;Kang, Jin-Hyoung;Choi, Joon-Soo;Yang, Geun-Mo;Yoon, Yong-Han;Ku, Tae-Ik;Kim, Won-Tae
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.18 no.9
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    • pp.1011-1015
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    • 2009
  • The vegetated porous pavement can be installed as an alternative way to replace the traditional pavement, which contributes less to the water circulation system in the urban area. This study aims to an investigation based on the shadow and pressure of the vehicle system, where the turfgrass get grown and the green block get constructed on the grassy parking lot. This study might achieve these conclusions, in the case of use 'green block' makes grass parking lot, plant a kind of 'zenith' and takes sod thickness 40 mm are more efficient for turfgrass growth in the early times. In the case of parking over 8 hours in a day, after 5 weeks turfgrass growth would come into reduce. So over 4 hours parking and after 9 weeks, we need consider to setting up green block in grassy parking lot. The grassy ground would get pressured by the vehicles' load and it would bring into some damage due to the load after 3 weeks. So we should put the grass's growth root point under the designed a top of 'green block' level. When the vehicle amounts and parking density is in a low level, it could be an environmentally friendly product.

Behavior Analysis of Ultra-Thin Whitetopping in Field (얇은 콘크리트 덧씌우기 포장의 거동 평가)

  • Kang, Jang-Hwan;Jang, Jin-Yen;Koo, Han-Mo;Cho, Yoon-Ho
    • International Journal of Highway Engineering
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    • v.6 no.1 s.19
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    • pp.25-36
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    • 2004
  • The total length of paved roads in Korea is 67,265 Km, and among these roads, about 40% of the national highways and 98% of local roads are paved with asphalt concrete. The major distress to asphalt pavement is rutting and fatigue crack. The permanent deformation including rutting accounts for about 75% of this distress. UTW(Ultra-Thin Whitetopping), which is known for its high-quality performance in asphalt pavement with rutting and cracking, seems to reduce maintenance costs significantly if it is used as the maintenance/repair method for domestic asphalt pavement. In the research, static load test was conducted to establish a behavior of Whitetopping under traffic and environmental condition. It showed that the effect of the thickness of the concrete layer and the temperature change was significant. In addition, the tensile strain as the wheel load position was close to interior and edge of concrete slab were increased up to 75% of maximum tensile strain. It showed that joint spacing must be considered in UTW design procedure.

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Establishment of Design Factors and Procedure for Permeable Asphalt Pavements Structural Design (투수성 아스팔트 포장 구조설계를 위한 설계인자 도출 및 설계방법에 관한 연구)

  • Yoo, Hyun Woo;Oh, Jeongho;Jung, Young Wook;Han, Shin In
    • KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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    • v.38 no.1
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    • pp.113-119
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    • 2018
  • An extensive effort is actively being made to implement permeable pavement systems in urban or residential areas of South Korea in order to achieve efficient water circulation system based on low impact development (LID) design concept. This study aims to establish the design factors and procedure for permeable asphalt pavements structural design. Based on the review of previous studies, the 1993 AASHTO design method is found to be adequate for permeable pavements structural design. In this study, the design program based on 1993 AASHTO design procedure in conjunction with domestic roadway design standards was developed to accommodate the characteristics of permeable asphalt pavements. Primary design parameters such as structural layer coefficients of permeable materials were successfully quantified based on literature reviews and parallel analyses. Comparable design thicknesses were obtained between the developed permeable pavement design (PPD) program and Korea pavement research program (KPRP) under different levels of traffic and subgrade load bearing capacity.