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Fundamentals of Jointing for Volume
Change in Concrete

CM 425
Concrete Technology

Fundamentals of
Jointing for Volume
Change in Concrete

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Volume Changes in Concrete


ƒ Concrete is at its greatest volume when it is
freshly placed.
ƒ As the concrete cures and hardens, water is
consumed in the chemical reaction that occurs
between the water and portland cement.
ƒ Excess water is also evaporated from the
concrete as heat is liberated in this chemical
reaction.
ƒ This chemical hardening and water loss causes
a relatively large initial reduction in volume of
the concrete mass, known as shrinkage.
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Volume Changes in Concrete

ƒ One-third of the average shrinkage


occurs during the first month and
most of the remaining shrinkage
occurs by the end of one year.

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Volume Changes in Concrete


ƒ Concrete, like most other building materials, will
change in volume a definable amount due to
moisture and temperature changes.
ƒ Concrete will expand with a rise in temperature or
a gain in moisture and will contract with a fall in
temperature or a loss of moisture.
ƒ This means that whether concrete will expand or
contract depends upon the temperature and
moisture condition at the time.
ƒ Opposite conditions tend to counteract each other
and similar conditions compound each other.
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ƒ If concrete was unrestrained -meaning that
it was free to move in any direction without
resistance to changes in volume- there
would be no stress in the concrete.
ƒ However, concrete in use is rarely in a total
unrestrained condition.
ƒ Therefore, once the volume change stresses
become greater than the tensile strength of
the concrete, the concrete cracks.

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Jointing in Concrete
ƒ Most cracking in concrete can be controlled by
joints that reduce stress to manageable limits.
ƒ The three types of joints are:
ƒ Contraction (or control) joints
ƒ Used to subdivide large sections into smaller units.
ƒ Isolation (sometimes called expansion) joints
ƒ Used to isolate sections of unusual shape or to
separate slabs from fixed objects.
ƒ Construction joints
ƒ Used to provide transition between one day’s work
and the next
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Contraction Joints
ƒ Contraction joints are necessary to
control natural cracking from stresses
caused by concrete shrinkage, thermal
contraction, and moisture or thermal
gradients within the concrete.
ƒ Typically, transverse contraction joints
are cut at a right angle to the
pavement centerline and edges.

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Contraction Joints in Slab on Grade


ƒ Both longitudinal and transverse contraction
joints are required in most situations.
ƒ The theory behind proper jointing is to
provide a weakened section that forces the
concrete to crack at predetermined locations.

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Contraction Joints in Slab on Grade


ƒ The depth of the joint must be at least one-
fourth the slab thickness in order to provide
a sufficiently weakened section to control
cracking.

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Contraction Joints in Slab on Grade


ƒ A general rule-of-thumb is that the
spacing in feet should not exceed two to
three times the slab thickness in inches.
ƒ For example, a 5-inch slab will be jointed
at 10 to 15 feet intervals in both
directions.
ƒ Plain pavements with short joint spacings
designed to control cracking are usually
limited to spacings of 15 to 20 feet.
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Contraction Joints in Slab on Grade


ƒ Pavement lane widths must be limited to 12 to
13 feet in order to control longitudinal cracking.
ƒ Longitudinal joints are usually tied together with
deformed tie bars to keep the lanes from
separating at these joints.

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Contraction Joints in Slab on Grade


ƒ Pavements with heavy truck traffic will
also require load transfer dowels to
prevent differential movements of
adjacent panels.

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Contraction Joints in Slab on Grade


ƒ Highway pavements with welded wire
fabric placed two-inches from the slab
surface have joints spaced up to 40 feet
apart.
ƒ Joints in floors of buildings to control early
shrinkage stresses vary from about ten
feet to thirty feet depending on floor
thickness, size of aggregate and slump of
the concrete.
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Contraction Joints in Buildings


ƒ Joints should be no more than twenty feet apart in
exterior walls with frequent openings.
ƒ In walls without openings, the joint spacing should
never exceed twenty-five feet to be most
effective.
ƒ Joints should be placed within ten to fifteen feet of
a corner, if possible.
ƒ Where small openings are more than twenty feet
apart at the first-story level, there should be a
joint in line with each jamb below the openings.
ƒ Above the first-story, a single joint at the
centerline of each opening will usually be
adequate.
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Isolation (or Expansion) Joints


ƒ They permit both horizontal and vertical
differential movements at a joining parts of the
structure, such as:
ƒ Around the perimeter of a floor on ground
ƒ Around columns
ƒ Around machine foundations
ƒ The objective is to separate the slab from the
more rigid parts of the structure.
ƒ Care must be taken during the construction of
isolation joints to assure that the joint passes
completely through the structure in order to
provide complete isolation. A joint that provides
only partial isolation will not function properly.
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Isolation Joint
ƒ The material could be as thin as ¼ inch
or less, but ½ inch materials are
commonly used.

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Construction Joint
ƒ A true construction joint should bond
new concrete to existing concrete and
prevent movement. Deformed tie-bars
are often used in construction joints to
restrict movements.
ƒ Since extra care is needed to make a
true construction joint, they are
usually designed and built to function
as contraction joints, and therefore
may purposely be made unbonded.
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Construction Joint
ƒ Construction joints join concrete that is paved at different
times.
ƒ Transverse construction joints are necessary at the end of
a paving segment.
ƒ Longitudinal construction joints join lanes that are paved
at different times, or join through-lanes to curb and gutter.

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