Laboratory Analysis for Investigating the Impact of Compaction on the Properties of Pervious Concrete Mixtures for Road Pavements

Abstract:

Pervious concrete is a relatively new material, standards and rigorous specifications for construction and placement are therefore still missing. One the one hand, the main characteristic to achieve is a high permeability to allow meteoric water percolate in the pavement and evaporate from the subgrade. On the other hand, developing pavement cementitious mixtures able to retain high void contents and reach significant mechanical performance entails an in-depth analysis of materials and construction practices. Pervious concrete can indeed be placed using a standard paver as for asphalt mixtures but the compaction stage is usually demanded to the contractor practices: light steel hand-rollers or standard drum rollers are both used without an in-depth knowledge of compaction properties of the cementitious mixture. The present paper aims at investigating the influence of compaction methods on the mechanical performance and void contents of pervious concrete mixtures. Several compaction procedures were tested modifying the compaction energy and the mixture characteristics while preserving high permeability. The main objective was to simulate and identify the effect of commonly adopted in situ compaction techniques - i.e.: tamper compaction as provided by the paver, steel hand-roller compaction, or standard drum roller compaction. Results showed how the compaction energy, water/cement ratios, and the percentage of cement affect the Indirect Tensile Strength and void contents of the mixtures. Further investigations were also conducted in order to comprehensively evaluate how the variation in the percentage of cement and water/cement ratio influenced the stiffness of the material.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 723)
• Pages: 409-419
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.723.409
• Online since: August 2013
• Authors: Alessandra Bonicelli, Maurizio Crispino, Filippo Giustozzi, Melanie Shink
• Keywords: Compaction Properties, Pervious Concrete, Porous Permeable Concrete Pavements, Specimen Preparation

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