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Dr. Danny X. Xiao, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE

University of Wisconsin Platteville

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RE: Maintaining joints in concrete pavements

Posted By Danny X. Xiao 03-02-2017 10:58 AM
Found In Egroup: Horizontal/Subsurface Infrastructure & Transportation \ view thread
Thanks Nathan for offering the successful experience at Memphis Airport. I would like offer a lesson at Green Bay Austin Straubel Airport. You can see this on Google Map. The taxiway between the two runways has slab size of 40 ft by 25 ft. Clearly most of the slabs cracked in the middle. Lessons learned: ...

RE: Maintaining joints in concrete pavements

Posted By Danny X. Xiao 02-28-2017 09:35 AM
Found In Egroup: Horizontal/Subsurface Infrastructure & Transportation \ view thread
I agree with the desire to increase slab size. There is no doubt that joints are the weak spot in rigid pavements; the less the better. In addition, edge loading leads to the largest stress and corner loading leads to the largest deflection; so we would prefer the widebody tires to load on the center ...