Measurement and significance of the coefficient of thermal expansion of concrete in rigid pavement design

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1919, 2005, Pages 38-46

  Mallela, Jagannath ^a   Abbas, Ala ^b   Harman, Tom ^b   Rao, Chetana ^a   Liu, Rongfang ^b   Darter, Michael I ^a  

^a APPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b Federal Highway Administration Virginia Division   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; CONCRETE PAVEMENTS; CRACK INITIATION; DEFORMATION; THERMAL EXPANSION;

COEFFICIENT OF THERMAL EXPANSION (CTE); CURLING STRESSES; JOINT OPENING;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 33144455729     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1919-05     Document Type: Conference Paper

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