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Comparison of Saturated and Unsaturated Water Flows through Pavement Systems

  • Lim, Yu-Jin;Hue, Nguyen Tien
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Hazard Mitigation
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    • v.9 no.3
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    • pp.9-17
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    • 2009
  • Most of the current drainage criteria have been developed on the basis of experimental field results and theoretical analyses of infiltration under saturated conditions. The objective of this study is to extend the understanding of pavement drainage systems by considering unsaturated condition in the sublayers. Analyses of unsaturated flows through pavements was performed by running finite element program(SEEP/W) with a range of pavement materials and drainage parameters. Meanwhile, the widely used DRIP program developed by FHWA is based on assumption of saturated condition of pavements. Differences between saturated and unsaturated condition in the sublayers of the pavements are verified. It is verified that for unsaturated conditions time to drain would take longer time compared to saturated condition.

A Development of the Trapped Water Drainage System to Prevent the Deterioration of Deck Slab and Pavement (교면포장 및 바닥판 손상방지를 위한 내부침투수 처리시스템 개발)

  • Lee, Sang-Dal;Lee, Sang-Soon;Shin, Jae-In;Seo, Sang-Gul
    • Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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    • v.6 no.1
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    • pp.233-239
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    • 2002
  • Reinforced concrete deck slabs are directly affected by traffic loads and they are also susceptible to weather-related problems, such as cracking, reinforcement corrosion, spatting, scaling, delamination, leakage, efflorescence and so on. Some of these defects are caused by water which seeps through pavements and trapped between pavements and deck slabs. For durability of reinforced concrete deck slabs and pavements, it is very important to protect deck slabs and drain the trapped water out. To develop the trapped water drainage system, the following studies have been performed in Korea Highway Cooperation: related researches a re reviewed; for six bridges, deck slabs are thoroughly investigated; new system to effectively drain the trapped water out is proposed; the proposed system is installed and evaluated. The proposed system is proved to be effective to drain the trapped water out and is expected to increase the durability of reinforced concrete deck slabs.

Finishing methods and compressive strength-void ratio relationships of in-situ porous concrete pavement

  • Hatanaka, Shigemitsu;Mishima, Naoki;Nakagawa, Takeshi;Morihana, Hirotomo;Chindaprasirt, Prinya
    • Computers and Concrete
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.231-240
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    • 2012
  • In this paper, the effect of finishing methods on the relationships between compressive strength, permeability and void ratio of porous concrete (POC) or pervious concrete is discussed, using core specimens taken from actually constructed POC pavement. To attain reliable performance in the construction work, a newly designed finisher for POC is developed, and the performances as well as methods for controlling void ratio are examined. The POC pavements were finished with three finishing methods viz., no finishing, finishing with standard compactor and finishing with prototype compactor. The results show that the prototype POC finisher is efficient in controlling the void ratio and the quality of POC pavements. The relationships between compressive strength as well as permeability and void ratio of the in-situ POC pavements finished by the prototype machine were obtained. They are slightly different from the laboratory test results owing mainly to the mold effect and the differences in compaction modes.

Energy Ratio Factor and Phase Angle Based Fatigue Prediction Model for Flexible Pavements

  • Kim, Nak-Seok
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Hazard Mitigation
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.75-80
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    • 2011
  • The main objective of this research is to develop fatigue prediction model for flexible pavements using energy ratio factor and phase angle. The two parameters are considered as fundamental properties of time and temperature dependent viscoelastic asphalt concrete materials. The energy ratio factor is defined as the ratio of the pseudo-total cumulative dissipated energy to the cumulative dissipated energy to failure during the test. The phase angle between the stress and strain ware signals stems from the intrinsic the dependent asphalt mixture behavior. The phase angle was computed and the relationship between the initial mixture stiffness and the initial phase angle is presented. As a result, fatigue prediction model for flexible pavements was proposed using intrinsic properties of viscoelastic asphalt concrete materials.

A Sustainable Concrete for Airfield Rigid Pavements (공항 활주로 포장용 친환경 콘크리트의 활용 방법)

  • Salas-Montoya, Andres;Chung, Chul-Woo
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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    • 2021.05a
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    • pp.23-24
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    • 2021
  • The use of recycled concrete aggregates (RCA) as a substitute for natural aggregates in new concrete produces both economic and environmental advantages. Most of the RCA applications for pavements have been primarily applied to support layers for roads and airfields. This paper summarizes a work completed at the University of Illinois in partnership with the O'Hare Modernization Program to examine the effect of coarse and fine RCA on the concrete's fresh and hardened properties for airfield rigid pavement applications. Ten different RCA concrete mixtures were prepared with the incorporation of different percentages of RCA fines as well as replacement of cement with high volume percentages of supplementary cementitious materials such as Class C fly ash and ground granulated blast furnace slag to improve the workability and long-term properties of RCA concrete. All the mixes on this stage included 100% recycled coarse aggregates and the Two-Stage Mixing Approach was used as a mixing procedure. Based on the results obtained in the research, mixes with high percentages of recycled fine and coarse aggregates could be used for construction of airfield concrete pavements in conjunction with supplementary cementitious materials

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A Study on the Structural Design of Permeable Asphalt Pavement (투수성 아스팔트포장 구조설계방법에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Soo-Hyung;Yoo, In-Kyoon;Kim, Je-Won
    • International Journal of Highway Engineering
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    • v.13 no.3
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    • pp.39-49
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    • 2011
  • The porous pavement system is widely considered very effective in urban street because of its various benefits on safety and environment, but the pavement thickness design system has not been established yet. In porous pavement system. rainwater penetrates to the subgrade through porous pavements layers. Porous pavements are expected to reduce or alleviate the problems caused by impermeable pavement layer such as flood damage due to heavy rain in the city, drainage load, disorder in ecosystem, and heat island. However, its structural design methods in traffic roads has not been made mainly because of not being able to consider adequately the effect of rainwater on subgrade strength. In this study, structural design method of porous pavements is suggested after considering the subgrade weakness due to rainwater and numerical mechanical analysis. It is noted that elastic modulus of subgrade is reduced by 20% as subgrade moisture content is increased by 2% at optimum moisture content in the literature review. As a result of both finite element analysis and strength loss of subgrade by the existing design method, it is necessary to increase subbase thickness about 30cm in porous pavements compared with the existing traffic road pavement system. It is similar to premium thickness of structural design of porous pavements in Japan.

Worries and Reality Regarding Porous Asphalt Pavements: Structural Integrity, Flood Mitigation and Non-Point Pollution Reduction (투수성 아스팔트 포장에 대한 우려와 실제: 구조적 적합성, 홍수 완화 그리고 비점오염 저감)

  • Yoo, Inkyoon;Lee, Suhyung;Han, Daeseok;Lee, Sanghyuk
    • Ecology and Resilient Infrastructure
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    • v.3 no.4
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    • pp.272-278
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    • 2016
  • Porous pavements are recommended as a Low-Impact Development (LID) method which is a strategy to develop a water cycle as close to a natural state as possible, and to solve the urban impervious surface problems. Porous pavements can yield a solution if it provides a more permeable surface with extra space to contain extra water from building roofs. But there are few applications in Korea because of a lack of recognition and experience. Highway engineers are mainly concerned about the infiltration of water into pavement structures. They worry about the weakening of the asphalt mixture and subgrade, and freezing during the winter season due to the infiltration of water. Meanwhile, hydrological experts doubt the effects of the amount of water to control during the flooding season, and environmental experts prefer a non-point pollution treatment system established beside highway. In this study, from reviewing the history and the body of literature about porous pavements, conclusions regarding the most advanced technologies were made. First, traditional thickness designs can be used for porous pavement, no extra distresses was found by weakening and freezing during the winter season. Second, hydrological design can be made by controlling the thickness of the pavement and the outlet of water. Third, the treatment efficiency of non-point pollution of porous pavements is not worse than any other method. Importantly, it's a more eco-friendly solution because of its lower requirement for de-icing agents.

The Performance Analysis of Diamond Grinding for Existing Concrete Pavement (기존 콘크리트 포장의 성능 향상을 위한 다이아몬드 그라인딩 공법의 초기 공용성 평가)

  • Jung Jong-Duck;Ryu Sung-Woo;Han Seung-Hwan;Cho Yoon-Ho
    • International Journal of Highway Engineering
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    • v.8 no.3 s.29
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    • pp.77-88
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    • 2006
  • The maintenance / repair of concrete pavements has become an issue as a result of increasing of concrete pavements' service year. Asphalt overlay is applied to the concrete pavements after partial repairs on all occasions. This thesis discusses the application standard, evenness, skid resistance, noise, economical efficiency, extension of life span, etc. of diamond grinding, a method of maintenance about concrete pavements. Based on this, it was applied to the field and measured the performance. It was measured the longitudinal evenness of before and after the construction through measurement equipment. and surveyed the skid resistance the each lane classified using the SN standard value. In case of noise, it is selected the kind of vehicle, velocity, then measured the noise between control and constructed site. In addition, it is evaluated the average texture depth. As a result of the analysis, longitudinal evenness is improved about $6{\sim}40%$, skid resistance is improved 66% at first section,37% at second section. Noise is reduced 3.4dB average, and average texture depth is 79% deeper than control section. Therefore, it can be concluded that diamond grinding is suitable as maintenance / repair method of concrete pavements.

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