Rigid pavement design using steel fibers for the Tinta Population Center– Oyon – Lima , 2024

Abstract

This research aims to design a rigid pavement with increased strength in order to reduce pavement thickness, so that material costs can be reduced, with more resistant pavements the traffic service is improved in the province of Oyón in Peru, by designing a new hydraulic concrete pavement with a metallic additive (steel fibers) to address cracking problems and increase the life of the current pavement. This experimental study will compare the performance of the existing pavement with the proposed design by adding steel fibers with percentages of 1%, 2%, 3% and 4%. As a result, a better performance was obtained with 3% of steel fibers in the mix having a strength of 397 kg/cm2 while the original design only has a strength of 268 kg/cm2 which led to a 25% (20 cm to 15 cm) reduction of its thickness from the original pavement.