Wisconsin Department of Transportation Rigid pavements

Rigid pavements

Research to advance and promote effective materials, design, construction and maintenance for concrete pavements. Investigates Portland Cement Concrete, aggregates, base courses, drainage, implementation of MEPDG and more.

Please visit the Wisconsin Digital Archives or contact staff at research@dot.wi.gov for research published before FFY 2014.

Research in progress

Project ID	Project information	Completion date (expected)
0092-22-03	Timely and Uniform Application of Curing Materials Principal Investigator: John Kevern, University of Missouri - Kansas City WisDOT Contact: Mark Finnell (mark.finnell@dot.wi.gov) Request for Proposal	10/2023
0092-22-02	Field Investigation of Dowel and Tie Bar Placement Principal Investigator: Shreenath Rao, Applied Research Associates, Inc. WisDOT Contact: Leslie Ashauer (leslie.ashauer@dot.wi.gov) Request for Proposal	10/2023
0092-21-03	Evaluating the Impact of Anti-Icing Solutions on Concrete Durability Principal Investigator: Danny Xiao, University of Wisconsin - Platteville WisDOT Contact: Myungook Kang (myungook.kang@dot.wi.gov) Request for Proposal	10/2023
0092-17-07	Evaluation of Current WI Mixes Using Performance Engineered Mixture (PEM) Testing Protocols Principal Investigator: Signe Reichelt, Behnke Materials Engineering, L.L.C. WisDOT Contact: Myungook Kang (myungook.kang@dot.wi.gov) Request for Proposal Interim report	07/2022

Completed research

Project ID	Project information	Completion date
0092-20-02	Evaluation of Concrete Pavement Buckling in Wisconsin Final Report Research Brief	02/2022
0092-19-03	Evaluation of Roadway Concrete Barriers and Materials Final report Research brief	07/2021
0092-18-01	Evaluation of Penetrating Sealers Applied to Saw Cut Faces in Concrete Pavement Joints Final report Research brief	03/2020
0092-18-02	Non-Cementitious Repair Materials Final report Research brief	06/2019
0092-14-05	Comparison of Fresh Concrete Air Content Test Methods & Analysis of Hardened Air Content in Wisconsin Pavements Final report Research brief	02/2019
0092-16-01	Joint Sawing Practices and Effects on Durability Final report Supplemental report Research brief	08/2018
0092-17-03	Evaluation of the Effects of Deicers on Concrete Durability Final report research Brief	06/2018
0092-15-08	Better Concrete Mixes for Rapid Repair in Wisconsin Final report Research brief	04/2017
0092-15-10	Class F Fly Ash Assessment for Use in Concrete Pavement Final report	06/2016
0092-13-04	Laboratory Study of Optimized Concrete Pavement Mixtures Final report Research brief	08/2015
0092-11-05	Laboratory Study of High Performance Curing Compounds for Concrete Pavements Final report Research brief	03/2015
0092-14-04	Performance and Design of Bridge Approach Panels in Wisconsin Final report Research brief	02/2015
0092-12-04	Laboratory Study for Comparison of Class C Versus Class F Fly Ash for Concrete Pavement Final report Research brief	04/2014