WHY DO OUR CONCRETE PAVEMENTS STILL FAIL?

Abstract

Despite an unprecedented growth in our knowledge and analytical ability, concrete pavements continue to fail more often than we would like. This paper examines a variety of failures encountered by the author in order to try to draw some overall conclusions on why we continue to have such failures. By understanding the types of situations that lead to failure in practice, we may identify how to avoid their reoccurrence in the future.