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Crack Formation in Continuously Reinforced

Pavements
Martin J. Gutzwiller
Joseph Lee Waling
Recommended Citation
Gutzwiller, M. J., and J. L. Waling. Crack Formation in Continuously Reinforced Pavements. Publication
FHWA/IN/JHRP-59/07. Joint Highway Research Project, Indiana Department of Transportation
and Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1959. doi: 10.5703/1288284314390.
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CRACK FORMATION
IN
CONTINUOUSLY REINFORCED PAVEMENTS
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J. L. WALING
THI ... Mlal(:A..N IRON AND STEEL INSTITUTE

COII.lnll ON YELDED WIRE "'UIC REINFORCEMENT RESEARCH
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j / ORDER OF
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HORIZONTAL LOAD AND
~'--,--~ POSITION OF VERTICAL

LOAD CAUSING CRACK
TEMPERATURE DROP
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POSITION OF VERTICAL
LOAD CAUSING CRACK
TEMPERATURE DROP
SIMULATED BY
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LOAD CAUSING CRACK
~TEMPERATURE
DROP
SIMULATED BY
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LOAD CAUSING CRACK
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LOAD CAUSING CRACK
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SIMULATED BY
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SLAB DETAILS
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SIMULATED BY
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SLAB DETAILS
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160 PSI PER INCH
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FORMATION - SLAB 9
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NUMBER IN
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HORIZONTAL LOAD AND
60"
.,~--- POSITION OF VERTIGAL
/56 __________
LOAD
CAUSING CRACK
TEMPERATURE DROP
SIMULATED BY
HORIZONTAL LOAD
SLAB DETAILS
t.
t.
OF 2' LAP
OF WIRE FABRIC
OF 4' LAP
OF WIRE FABRIC
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l~' BELOW MID-DEPTH
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(4 "2, 00000/0)
0450 STEEL
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5'd'
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160 PSI PER INCH

/FEET FROM END
a
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18
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(
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- ORDER
NUMBER IN
OF OCCURRENCE
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6
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K
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30-5 60-660-6
50
603~ POSITION OF VERTICAL
KKK
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60-6
60-2
o 40 50 40
LOAD CAUSING CRACK
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94
U6 ___
116
94
116 26 116
---TEMPERATURE DROP
CRACK FORMATION - SLAB 10
(DEGREES FOHRENHEITI
SIMULATED BY
FIG. 10
HORIZONTAL LOAD
14
13
12
3 17
11
S LAB DETAILS
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t.
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Crack Formation in Continuously Reinforced

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