Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1—INTRODUCTION, p. 2
CHAPTER 2—NOTATION AND DEFINITIONS, p. 2
2.1—Notation, p. 2
2.2—Definitions, p. 2
CHAPTER 3—KEY ELEMENTS, p. 2
3.1—Performance comparison of RCC to conventional concrete pavement, p. 2
3.2—Materials and structural performance properties, p. 3
3.3—Performance differences between RCC and conventional concrete pavement, p. 4
3.4—Benefits of RCC, p. 7
3.5—Potential limitations, p. 7
CHAPTER 4—COMMON USES, p. 8
4.1—Ports, intermodal facilities, and heavy industrial facilities, p. 8
4.2—Light industrial areas, p. 9
4.3—Airport service areas, p. 9
4.4—Arterial streets, p. 9
4.5—Local streets, p. 10
4.6—Widening and shoulders, p. 11
4.7—Multilayer pavement systems for high-speed uses, p. 11
4.8—Logging facilities, composting areas, and storage yards, p. 11
CHAPTER 5—PROPERTIES AND MATERIALS, p. 12
5.1—Roller-compacted concrete engineering properties, p. 12
5.2—RCC materials selection, p. 14
CHAPTER 6—MIXTURE PROPORTIONING, p. 17
6.1—Mixture proportioning methodologies, p. 17
6.2—Materials considerations in RCC mixture proportioning, p. 17
6.3—Methods for mixture proportioning, p. 18
CHAPTER 7—STRUCTURAL DESIGN, p. 21
7.1—Basis for design, p. 21
7.2—Subgrade, subbase, and base design, p. 22
7.3—Design procedures, p. 22
7.4—PavementDesigner (2018), p. 22
7.5—PCASE software (USACE procedure), p. 25
7.6—ACI design procedures, p. 26
7.7—Jointing, p. 30
CHAPTER 8—PRODUCTION, p. 31
8.1—Handling and storage, p. 31
8.2—Roller-compacted concrete mixing plants, p. 32
8.3—Batching and monitoring, p. 34
8.4—Production levels, p. 35
CHAPTER 9—CONSTRUCTION, p. 35
9.1—Subgrade, subbase, and base course preparation, p. 35
9.2—Transporting RCC, p. 35
9.3—Trial construction using test strips, p. 36
9.4—Placement, p. 36
9.5—Compaction, p. 38
9.6—Troubleshooting, p. 44
10.1—General, p. 47
10.2—Preconstruction inspection and testing, p. 48
10.3—Construction inspection and testing, p. 48
10.4—Post-construction inspection and testing, p. 50
CHAPTER 10—INSPECTION AND TESTING, p. 47
CHAPTER 11—SUSTAINABILITY, p. 50
11.1—Sustainability considerations, p. 50
11.2—RCC as a sustainable pavement system, p. 50
11.3—Life cycle analysis, p. 52
CHAPTER 12��REFERENCES, p. 52
Authored references, p. 53
APPENDIX—MIXTURE PROPORTIONING BASED ON SOIL COMPACTION, p. 55
A.1—Analogy method, p. 55