Published jointly by the Federal Highway Administration and the National Concrete Bridge Council
John J. Myers and Ramon L. Carrasquillo, The University of Texas at Austin Temperature development during concrete hydration and curing conditions 180dramatically impact both mechanical and material pro p e rties of high strength/high performance concretes. During the fabrication of
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Question:What is match curing and can I use it to determine specified release strengths and design strengths? Answer:Match curing is a system in which a standard concrete cylinder–usually 4×8 in. (102×203 mm)–is cured at the same temperature as that measured
Basile G. Rabbat, Portland Cement Association, Suneel N. Vanikar, Federal Highway Administration As part of the implementation of the Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP) High Performance Concrete (HPC) products, several states have started to use HPC for bridge construction. Applications
Mary Lou Ralls, Texas Department of Transportation Louetta Road Overpass near Houston, Texas, is one of the first projects in the Federal Highway Administration ( F H WA) national high performance concrete (HPC) bridge implementation program. The overpass, which consists
Kenneth R. Wykle, Federal Highway Administrator In recent years, the number of State departmentsof transportation (DOTs) using highperformance concrete (HPC) to build or rebuildbridges has been steadily increasing. HPC usesthe same basic materials as conventional concretebut the proportions are engineered