Concrete Society Technical Report 66 Spreadsheet

The Concrete Society Technical Report 66 deals with the design of external pavements for highway or similar loadings. For this reason Concrete Society Technical Report 66 follows the guidelines laid down in the UK concrete road design manual TRL 87. This differs from the Concrete Society Technical Report 34 which deals with internal pavements subjected to static loads rather than dynamic wheel loads.

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Concrete Society Technical Report 66

Included in the Concrete Society Technical Report 66 is a simplified method of applying the TRL 87 design model for highway loading on concrete pavements. Though jointed concrete roads are not generally used for highways in the UK anymore, the simplified TR66 method is still extensively used for the design of industrial concrete roads and pavements subjected to highway type loadings.

The TR66 method simplifies a number of the TRL 87 input parameters;

Equivalent Foundation Modulus – This is the most difficult of the TRL 87 parameters to determine. TR66 simplifies this input by relating it to a relationship of subgrade CBR and two commonly specified sub-base types. Subgrade CBR is the most common measure of the subgrade support for concrete pavements so this is easy to obtain from onsite testing. Then either 150mm Type 1 Sub-Base or 150mm Hydraulically Bound Material (HBM) Sub-Base is added. TR66 recommends a calculation which converts these parameters to an equivalent foundation modulus value for use in the TRL 87 model.
The mean concrete cube compressive strength values are assumed for three common pavement quality concrete strength specifications (C28/35, C32/40 and C40/50).
Concrete pavements are assumed to be unreinforced unless 300mm2 of reinforcement is present per metre width in the bottom of the slab.

Concrete Society Technical Report 66 - Design Tables

TR 66 then compiled a set of standard design tables calculated using the TRL 87 model and the above assumptions which the designer can simply pick a concrete thickness based on subgrade strength, sub-base type, edge loading conditions, concrete grade and reinforcement and traffic loading. These design tables assume that the joints are dowelled which is recommended. If the joints are to be left undowelled it is recommended that 40mm is added to the tabulated values.

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