?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fd-scholarship-dev.library.pitt.edu%2F21036%2F&rft.title=Environmental+Response+of+Composite+Pavements&rft.creator=Geary%2C+Matthew&rft.description=A+composite+pavement+is+a+pavement+structure+with+at+least+two+dissimilar+layers.+These+pavements+are+typically+constructed+using+hot-mix+asphalt+(HMA)%2C+Portland+cement+concrete%2C+or+both.+Typically%2C+composite+pavements+are+created+when+a+new+pavement+layer+is+placed+atop+an+older+pavement+layer.+This+research+however+focuses+on+the+relatively+less+common+composite+pavements+built+as+new+construction+and+includes+new+concrete+pavements+with+an+HMA+overlay+and+composite+concrete+pavements+placed+%E2%80%9Cwet+on+wet.%E2%80%9D%0D%0AWhile+these+types+of+composite+pavements+have+been+constructed+in+Europe+for+years%2C+the+American+experience+has+been+limited.+Significant+barriers+to+the+common+adoption+of+new+construction+composite+pavement+exist.+These+barriers+include+the+lack+of+a+formal+design+procedure%2C+construction+experience%2C+and+performance+and+cost+data+supporting+the+benefits+of+composite+pavements+constructed+in+this+manner.%0D%0AAs+a+means+to+overcome+these+limitations%2C+the+Second+Strategic+Highway+Research+Program+(SHRP2)+undertook+project+R21+entitled+%E2%80%9CComposite+Pavement+Systems%E2%80%9D+to+investigate+the+implementation+of+composite+pavements+as+new+construction+in+the+United+States.+Part+of+R21+involved+the+construction+of+three+heavily+instrumented+composite+pavements+sections+at+the+MnROAD+National+Research+and+Technology+Center+(MnROAD).%0D%0ATwo+major+assessments+were+performed+in+this+thesis+as+part+of+meeting+some+of+the+goals+of+the+R21+project.+One+assessment+consisted+of+evaluating+the+environmental+data+obtained+from+the+instrumented+composite+pavement+slabs+at+MnROAD.+The+second+assessment+consisted+of+a+stress+sensitivity+analysis+performed+using+the+pavement+finite+element+software+ISLAB.+Together+the+results+of+these+analyses+were+used+to+comment+on+the+factors+influencing+the+environmental+conditions+and+stresses+that+develop+in+composite+pavements.+Suggestions+were+then+made+for+the+design+and+construction+of+long+lived+composite+pavements.&rft.date=2014-06-16&rft.type=University+of+Pittsburgh+ETD&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fd-scholarship-dev.library.pitt.edu%2F21036%2F1%2FGearyM_ETDPitt2014.pdf&rft.identifier=++Geary%2C+Matthew++(2014)+Environmental+Response+of+Composite+Pavements.++Master's+Thesis%2C+University+of+Pittsburgh.++++(Unpublished)++