Chapter:

Design-of-Highway-Pavements

Find spacing for contraction joint to be included in an RCC slab in rigid pavement having following details.
Permissible tensile stress in reinforcement, SS = 1200 kg/cm2
Slab width, b = 4 m
Thickness of slab, h = 25 cm
Area of reinforcement, A = 9.35 m2
Coefficient of friction, f = 0.15
Unit weight of concrete, W = 2400 kg/m3