PCC Pavement and Materials Research Laboratory
- Fatih Bektas, doctoral student, researches the effect of the fineness of ordinary portland cement on the accelerated mortar bar test used for predicting alkali-silica reactivity.
The Portland Cement Concrete Pavement and Materials Research Laboratory (PCC Lab) is funded by the Iowa Concrete Paving Association (ICPA) and Iowa State University.
The PCC Lab, housed in 138 Town Engineering, provides graduate students with opportunities to study and conduct research related to PCC pavements and supports the State of Iowa’s national leadership role in PCC pavement research innovations.
This lab brings together key components of Iowa State’s National Concrete Pavement Technology Center (CP Tech Center)—education, research, and industry needs. Research focuses on current issues in chemistry, processing microstructure, mechanical property, and durability of PCC materials.
The PCC Lab has four major components:
- concrete processing/manufacturing
- mechanical testing of hardened concrete
- fresh concrete property measurement
- durability-related experiments
With the addition of the PCC Lab, Iowa State will have one of the few, or possibly the only, university laboratory with an entire PCC research system under one roof.
Contact
For more information on the PCC Lab, contact Kejin Wang, CCEE assistant professor, kejinw
iastate.edu, 515-294-2140.
Department of Civil, Construction, & Environmental Engineering, 394 Town Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011
Phone: (515) 294-2140; Fax: (515) 294-8216
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