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 contact staff at research@dot.wi.gov for research published before FFY 2014.

Research in progress

Project ID	Project information	Completion date (expected)
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	10/2022
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	4/2022
0092-20-02	Evaluation of Concrete Pavement Buckling in Wisconsin Principal Investigator: Shreenath Rao, Applied Research Associates, Inc. WisDOT Contact: Myungook Kang (myungook.kang@dot.wi.gov) Request for Proposal	10/2021
0092-19-03	Roadway Concrete Barrier Design and Performance – Material Durability Issue Principal Investigators: Pavana Prabhakar, University of Wisconsin - Madison WisDOT Contact: Myungook Kang (myungook.kang@dot.wi.gov) Request for Proposal	03/2021

Completed research

Project ID	Project information	Completion date
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