Precast Concrete Raft Units

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. A review of precast concrete pavements and rafts

   • R. S. Rollings

   Pages 1-17

3. Analytical procedures for concrete pavements

   • A. M. Ioannides

   Pages 18-36

4. The design of precast concrete raft-type pavements

   • J. W. Bull

   Pages 37-50

5. The behaviour of precast concrete raft pavements under fatigue loading with special reference to their use in port areas

   • H. Al-Khalid

   Pages 51-100

6. Performance improvement of precast, reinforced and prestressed concrete raft units (beam and slab) under impulsive loading

   • M. Fujii, A. Miyamoto

   Pages 101-131

7. The behaviour of plain undowelled raft-type concrete pavement

   • M. Poblete

   Pages 132-149

8. Rapid pavement repair using precast concrete rafts

   • L. J. Kennedy

   Pages 150-171

9. A review of the analysis, design, manufacture and use of precast concrete raft pavement units

   • J. W. Bull

   Pages 172-178

10. Back Matter

    Pages 179-193

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The use of precast concrete is a well-established construction technique for beams, floors, panels, piles, walls and other structural elements. The advan­ tages of precasting include excellent quality control, economical large scale production, improved construction productivity (especially in adverse weather conditions) and immediate structure availability. These advantages have been recognized for precast concrete raft pavement units (raft units) since their introduction in the 1930s. In the last ten years there has been a considerable increase in the use ofraft units, especially in their range of applications, their analysis and their design. However, the description of these developments has been published in academicjournals and conference proceedings which are not readily available to practising raft unit pavement design engineers. Pavement design engineers are underincreasingpressure to produce raft unit designs that are inexpensive, long lasting and able to allow reorganization to accommodate changing use and uncertainty offuture loading requirements. This is the first book devoted to raft unit pavements, and will become a standard work of reference.

• finite element method
• materials
• stress
• structural analysis
• uncertainty

• Department of Civil Engineering, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

  John W. Bull

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