CONSTRUCTION, INSTRUMENTATION, AND TESTING OF FAST-SETTING HYDRAULIC CEMENT CONCRETE IN PALMDALE, CALIFORNIA

This report documents a project which is examining the use of fast- setting hydraulic cement concrete (FSHCC) for pavement rehabilitation. The project includes the installation of internal and external pavement instrumentation, construction material sampling and testing full-scale accelerated pavement testing on the field-constructed FSHCC pavements using the Caltrans Heavy Vehicle Simulator No. 2 (HVS2), and monitoring of the loaded and unloaded test sections in terms of dynamic and environmental loading. The project work also includes a laboratory component to validate the field HVS results, and computer modeling and analysis. This report details the FSHCC field construction, instrumentation, and strength testing of the field HVS test site on State Route 14 near Palmdale, California.