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    • Life-cycle cost analysis of SMA pavements and SMA application guidelines 

      Titus-Glover, Leslie; Von Quintus, Harold L.; Smith, Kelly L.; Stanley, M.; Rao, S. (Wisconsin Highway Research Program, 2006-08)
      The objective of this research project was to provide a comparative cost analysis of pavements constructed using stone matrix asphalt (SMA) mixtures versus those built with Wisconsin Department of Transportation's (WisDOT?s) ...
    • Marquette interchange perpetual pavement instrumentation project : phase I final report 

      Crovetti, James A.; Hornyak, Nicholas J.; Schabelski, Jay P.; Newman, David E. (Wisconsin Highway Research Program, 2007-09)
      This report provides details on the design, installation and monitoring of a pavement instrumentation system for the analysis of load-induced stresses and strains within a perpetual hot mix asphalt (HMA) pavement system. ...
    • Marquette interchange perpetual pavement instrumentation project : phase II final report 

      Crovetti, James A.; Hornyak, Nicholas J. (Wisconsin Highway Research Program, 2008-06)
      This report presents findings from the second phase of the Marquette Interchange instrumentation project and focuses on the maintenance of data recordation systems, development of computer programs to analyze data, and ...
    • Minimum pavement lift thickness for Superpave mixtures 

      Paye, Barry; Bahia, Hussain (Wisconsin Highway Research Program, 2001-12)
      The purpose of this study was to look at the effect of lift thickness as it relates to the density of Superpave Hot Mix Asphalts. The study consisted of two phases: (1) a laboratory study and (2) a field study. In the ...
    • Monitoring and evaluation of fly ash stabilization stabilized subgrade constructed by the WisDOT 

      Martono, Wilfung; Hatipoglu, Bulent; Li, Lin; Tastan, Onur; Benson, Craig H.; Edil, Tuncer (Wisconsin Highway Research Program, 2010-06)
      This report describes the monitoring and evaluation of a field site where Class C fly ash was used to stabilize the subgrade during construction of a rigid pavement in a portion of USH 12 near Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin. ...
    • Monitoring and load distribution study for the land bridge 

      Schultz, Cory E.; Ghorbanpoor, Al; Feile, Eric P. (Wisconsin Highway Research Program, 2010-09)
      A monitoring program and a live load distribution study were conducted for the Land Bridge, located on State Highway 131 between Ontario and LaFarge in southwest Wisconsin. The bridge is a 275-ft long curved double trapezoidal ...
    • Non-destructive testing of Wisconsin highway bridges 

      Ghorbanpoor, Al; Benish, Neal (Wisconsin Highway Research Program, 2003-03)
      The management of in-service bridges throughout the United States is an important task. An effective assessment of the condition of these bridges is an essential requirement for this task. Nondestructive evaluation can be ...
    • Non-nuclear density testing devices and systems to evaluate in-place asphalt pavement density 

      Von Quintus, Harold L.; Schmitt, Robert; Rao, Chetana (Wisconsin Highway Research Program, 2006-05)
      A field evaluation of portable non-nuclear density gauges was conducted to determine their effectiveness and practicality for quality control and acceptance of asphalt pavement construction. Three portable non-nuclear gauge ...
    • Performance assessment of Wisconsin's whitetopping and ultra-thin whitetopping projects 

      Wen, Haifang; Martono, Wilfung; Li, Xiaojun (Wisconsin Highway Research Program, 2010-03)
      Whitetopping (WT) overlay is a concrete overlay on the prepared existing hot mix asphalt (HMA) pavement to improve both the structural and functional capability. It?s a relatively new rehabilitation technology for deteriorated ...
    • Performance evaluation of open graded base course with doweled and non-doweled transverse joints on USH 18/151, STH 29, and USH 151 

      Owusu-Ababio, Samuel; Schmitt, Robert; Crovetti, James A. (Wisconsin Highway Research Program, 2010-09)
      The objectives of this study were to investigate the performance of 20-year old doweled/non-doweled and dense-graded/permeable base test sections on three concrete pavement segments in Wisconsin: USH 18/151 in Iowa and ...
    • Performance of shoulders adjacent to concrete pavements: final report to the Wisconsin Highway Research Program 

      Owusu-Ababio, Samuel; Schmitt, Robert (Wisconsin Highway Research Program, 2003-07)
      The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) maintenance staff in both the Districts and Central Office discussed the less-than-optimum performance of the current asphalt shoulder design and standard being constructed ...
    • Portland cement concrete pavements over rubblized PCC 

      Crovetti, James A. (Wisconsin Highway Research Program, 2008-03)
      This report has presented findings of research conducted to determine the viability of constructing Portland cement concrete pavements over rubblized PCC. Rubblization of aged PCC pavements is a common technique for in-place ...
    • Rapid bridge construction technology, precast elements for substructures 

      Okumus, Pinar; Oliva, Michael; Unlu, Demirhan (Wisconsin Highway Research Program, 2011-06)
      The goal of this research was to propose an alternate system of precast bridge substructures which can substitute for conventional cast in place systems in Wisconsin to achieve accelerated construction. Three types of ...
    • Rapid strengthening of reinforced concrete bridges 

      Oliva, Michael; Bank, Lawrence C.; Borowicz, David T.; Arora, Dushyant (Wisconsin Highway Research Program, 2003-10)
      An innovative technique for repairing reinforced concrete beams (or slabs) by attaching FRP (fiber reinforced polymer) strengthening strips to the underside of the beam using powder actuated fasteners and mechanical anchors ...
    • Reducing shrinkage cracking of structural concrete through the use of admixtures 

      Chun, Yoon-moon; Naik, Tarun R.; Kraus, Rudolph N. (Wisconsin Highway Research Program, 2006-03)
      Shrinkage-reducing admixtures (SRAs) from three manufacturers (SRA-1, Eucon SRA from Euclid; SRA-2, Eclipse Plus from Grace; and SRA-3, Tetraguard AS20 from Degussa) were evaluated in Wisconsin Department of Transportation ...
    • Rehabilitation techniques for concrete bridges 

      Tabatabai, Habib; Ghorbanpoor, Al; Turnquist-Nass, Amy (Wisconsin Highway Research Program, 2005-03)
      This research project addresses rehabilitation techniques for reinforced and prestressed concrete bridges, focusing primarily on corrosion of prestressed concrete beam-ends. An extensive literature database on repair of ...
    • Research and development of the application of the Federal Highway Administration's HIPERPAV model to Wisconsin 

      Titi, Hani; Ruiz, J. Mauricio; Resendez, Yadhira A.; Dick, Jason C.; Rasmussen, Robert O.; Mattern, Steven (Wisconsin Highway Research Program, 2006-04)
      This report summarizes the work involved in customizing the HIgh PERformance PAVing (HIPERPAV)? software for the state of Wisconsin. Under this research project, HIPERPAV was customized to use the same terminology and ...
    • Specification and design of fiber reinforced bridge deck forms for use on wide flange t-girders 

      Russell, Jeffrey; Bentur, Amon; Malla, Ajaya P.; Oliva, Michael; Shapira, Aviad; Bank, Lawrence C. (Wisconsin Highway Research Program, 2007-10)
      Wide-flanged concrete girders are increasingly being used for highway bridges in Wisconsin. These girders are closely spaced and have very small clear gaps between the girder flanges making conventional plywood formwork ...
    • Structural analysis of sign bridge structures and luminaire supports 

      Ginal, Scott; Foley, Christopher; Peronto, John; Fournelle, Raymond (Wisconsin Highway Research Program, 2004-03)
      The Wisconsin Department of Transportation has experienced failures of a high-mast luminaire (HML) support structure and a full-span overhead sign support structure. Furthermore, cracking has been found in many sign support ...
    • Test method to determine aggregate/asphalt adhesion properties and potential moisture damage 

      Wen, Haifang; Kanitpong, Kunnawee; Bahia, Hussain; Hanz, Andrew (Wisconsin Highway Research Program, 2007-05)
      The aim of this research project was to improve current practice by investigating different test methods to quantify moisture damage in an effort to serve the short and long term needs of the agency and industry. In the ...