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Final report on road test one-MD : effect of controlled truck axle loadings on concrete pavement.

Tests were conducted on a 1.1-mi. section of portland- cement-concrete pavement near La Plata, Maryland, to determine the relative effects of four different axle loads on a concrete pavement. The loads employed were 18,000 lb. and 22,400 lb. on single axles, and 32,000 lb. and 44,800 lb. on tandem a...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Highway Research Board
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Highway Research Board, 1952.
Series:Special report (National Research Council (U.S.). Highway Research Board) ; 4.
Publication (National Research Council (U.S.)) ; no. 227.
Subjects:
Pavements, Concrete > Testing.
Pavements > Live loads.
Revêtements en béton > Essais.
Chaussées > Charges dynamiques.
Axle loads.
Portland cement concrete.
Soils.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • General summary of project
  • Traffic test procedures and results
  • Analysis of soil data
  • Analysis of structural effect of heavy-vehicle loads
  • Appendix: Basic data.