Field and Lab Evaluation of Compacted Concrete Pavement Mixtures

Roesler, Jeffery; Ouellet, Jordan; Sakulneya, Apidej; Castro Pérez, Jesús; Bhardwaj, Richa

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Title

Field and Lab Evaluation of Compacted Concrete Pavement Mixtures

Author(s)

• Roesler, Jeffery
• Ouellet, Jordan
• Sakulneya, Apidej
• Castro Pérez, Jesús
• Bhardwaj, Richa

Issue Date

2025-10

Keyword(s)

• Roller-Compacted Concrete
• Compacted Concrete Pavement
• RCC Design
• Performance-Based Volumetric Design of RCC

Date of Ingest

2025-10-10T10:01:15-05:00

Abstract

This research evaluated compacted concrete pavement (CCP) constructed on a local road in Jerseyville, Illinois, and developed a future CCP mix based on a recently proposed roller-compacted concrete (RCC) mix design process using a gyratory compactor. The Jerseyville evaluation provided valuable insights into the batching, hauling, paving, compacting, finishing, and sawing of a pilot CCP project. Specifically, the effects of aggregate packing and fines content on mixture behavior revealed potential areas for improvement in compaction efficiency and strength performance. Furthermore, managing specific construction activities like type and minimum weight of roller compactors, maximum haul time, and moisture management of the CCP can positively impact the field compactability. Lab batching of the Jerseyville constituents using the field batch proportions showed that increasing the voids filled with paste (VFP) could significantly reduce the compaction effort required. A proposed CCP mixture was developed for future use at the Illinois Certification and Research Track (ICART) facility using local Trenton aggregates and a performance-based volumetric design methodology. The four mixtures cast and tested showed that a VFP of 112% with the three-aggregate blend provided the best balance across six key performance categories (paveability, compactability, stability, finishability, strength, sustainability), leading to its recommendation as a suitable starting point for the field CCP mixture.

Publisher

Illinois Center for Transportation/Illinois Department of Transportation

Has Part

ISSN: 0197-9191

Series/Report Name or Number

FHWA-ICT-25-010

Type of Resource

text

Genre of Resource

technical report

Language

eng

DOI

https://doi.org/10.36501/0197-9191/25-010

Sponsor(s)/Grant Number(s)

IDOT-R27-SP72

Copyright and License Information

No restrictions. This document is available through the National Technical Information Service, Springfield, VA 22161.

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