Publications from Material and Construction Optimization Project
Material and Construction Optimization for Prevention of Premature Pavement Distress in PCC Pavements (MCO, TPF 5[066]), a major pooled-fund project that ended its five-year run in fall 2007, generated several technology transfer products. (To view pdf files, you may need to download the free Adobe Acrobat Reader.)
Testing Guide for Implementing Concrete Pavement Quality Control Procedures
Opening Screen for the Air-Void Analyzer Hyperdocument
Testing Guide
The Testing Guide for Implementing Concrete Pavement Quality Control Procedures (6 mb pdf; a 508 compliant version will be available soon) helps users execute and interpret the suite of tests developed and vetted during the MCO project.
Test Summaries
These documents supplement the testing guide (508 compliant versions will be available soon).
Concrete Property Suite of Tests
These 3 summaries organize the tests by concrete property and project type to help users select the appropriate test for any situation.
Individual Tests
Workability
- 1-1: Combined Grading 423 kb pdf
- 1-2: Aggregate Moisture Content 191 kb pdf
- 1-3: Concrete Slump 175 kb pdf
- 1-4: Mortar Flow 170 kb pdf
- 1-5: Vibrator Monitoring 181 kb pdf
- 1-6: Cementitious Heat Generation - Coffee Cup 160 kb pdf
- 1-7: Early Stiffening and False Set 162 kb pdf
Strength Development
- 2-1: Water-Cementitious Materials Ratio (Microwave) 121 kb pdf
- 2-2: Heat Signature (Adiabatic Calorimetry Test) 228 kb pdf
- 2-3: Set Time 341 kb pdf
- 2-4: Flexural Strength and Compressive Strength (Three and Seven Day) 141 kb pdf
Air Entrainment
- 3-1: Unit Weight 117 kb pdf
- 3-2: Air Content (Plastic Concrete, Pressure Method) 158 kb pdf
- 3-3: Air-Void Analyzer (AVA) 214 kb pdf
- 3-4: Air Content (Hardened Concrete) 166 kb pdf
Permeability
- 4-1: Rapid Chloride Ion Penetration 138 kb pdf
- 4-2: Permeable Voids (Boil Test) 170 kb pdf
Shrinkage
- 5-1: Coeffi cient of Thermal Expansion 129 kb pdf
- 5-2: HIPERPAV 164 kb pdf
Other
- 6-1: Concrete Maturity 233 kb pdf
- 6-2: Material Incompatibilities 115 kb pdf
AVA Hyperdocument
The Air-Void Analyzer Hyperdocument (AVA Hyperdoc) is a multimedia training document that walks technicians through air-void analyzer (AVA) testing. It offers video clips, photos, and illustrations that lead users from setting up the equipment to interpreting AVA test results.
The AVA Hyperdoc is available on DVD from the CP Tech Center. Contact Denise Wagner (515-294-5798, dfwagner@iastate.edu) to request a copy.
Coffee Cup Test Procedure Video
This instructional video demonstrates the “coffee cup test,” or cementitious heat generation test. The rather simple test helps contractors monitor the uniformity of their cementitious materials.
This video is available on DVD from the CP Tech Center. Contact Denise Wagner (515-294-5798, dfwagner@iastate.edu) to request a copy.
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