Joint Load Transfer of Construction Cycle 2 and Construction Cycle 6 Concrete Airfield Pavements at the National Airport Pavement Test Facility

Completion Date: 2013

Funding Agency: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

Abstract: The overall goal of this project is to develop a methodology for estimating joint load transfer efficiency using data from the National Airport Pavement Test Facility (NAPTF).

Link to Publications: 

• Cunliffe, C., Mehta, Y, Cleary, D., Ali, A. and Redles, T “Impact of Dynamic Loading on Backcalculated Stiffness of Rigid Airfield Pavements” International Journal of Pavement Engineering Vol. 1, 2016, issue 6.pp.489-502, 2015
• Cunliffe, C., Mehta, Y. and Cleary, D. “A Study to Determine the Impact of Cracking on Load Transfer Efficiency of Rigid Airfield Pavements”. ASTM Journal of Testing and Evaluation, 2013
• Joshi, A., Mehta, Y., Cleary, D., *Cunliffe, C., and *Henry, S “Load Transfer Efficiency of Rigid Airfield Pavements: Relationship to Design Thickness and Temperature Curling” Journal of Transportation Research Record No. 2300, pp. 68-74, 2012.
• Joshi, A., Mehta, Y., and Cleary, D. “Effects of Pavement Damping and Aircraft Speed on Stress-Based Load Transfer Efficiency: Three-Dimensional Finite Element Analysis”, Journal of Transportation Research Record No. 2300, pp. 75-82, 2012.
• Blotta, F., Mehta, Y. and Cleary, D. Mechanical Responses of Dowel Joints Using 3D Finite Element Analysis for Different Airplane Configurations.  Proceedings of the Airfield & Highway Pavement Conference, 2015.
• Redles, T., Ali, A., Mehta, Y., and Cleary, D.  “An Approach to Estimate Fatigue Endurance Limits of Flexible Airfield Pavements Using National Airport Pavement Test Facility,” Proceedings of the 2015 Annual Transportation Research Board Meeting, National Research Council, Washington DC. January 2015.
• Cunliffe, C., Mehta, Y. Blotta, F. and Cleary, D “Measurement of Stress Based Load Transfer Efficiency Using Single Gage Under Moving Multi-axle Carriages at the National Airport Pavement Test Facility”.  Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference of Bearing Capacity of Roads Railways and Airfield, June 25-27, 2013.
• Cunliffe, C., Joshi, A., Mehta, Y., Blotta, F. and Cleary, D “Impact Of Temperature Curling, Loading, And Structure On Critical Edge Stresses And Stress-Based Load Transfer Efficiency Of Rigid Airfield Pavement” Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference of Bearing Capacity of Roads Railways and Airfield, June 25-27 2013.
• Mehta, Y. Joshi, A. and Cleary, D. “Evaluate the Impact of Concrete and Base Material Properties, and Joint Stiffness on Load Transfer Efficiency of Rigid Airfield Pavements.” Proceedings of the UKIERI Concrete Congress Innovations in Concrete Construction, Jalandhar, India, March 5-8, 2013.
• Cunliffe, C., Mehta, Y. and Cleary, D.  “A Study to Determine the Impact of Cracking on Load Transfer Efficiency of Rigid Airfield Pavements”.  Proceedings of the Transportation Research Board, January 2013
• Blotta, F., Mehta, Y., Cleary, D., Cunliffe, C, and Joshi, A., “Evaluating the Performance of Doweled and Isolation Joints at the National Airport Pavement Testing Facility”.  Proceedings of the Transportation Research Board, January 2013