Performance of Concrete Overlays on Illinois Interstates, 1967 through 2016

2018 ◽  
Vol 2672 (40) ◽  
pp. 282-290
Author(s):  
Laura B. Heckel ◽  
Charles J. Wienrank
Keyword(s):  
Concrete Pavements ◽  
Department Of Transportation ◽  
Performance History ◽  
Concrete Overlays ◽  
Evaluation Of Performance ◽  
The Future ◽  
History Of ◽  
Interstate System ◽  
Bonded Concrete Overlay ◽  
Analysis Of Performance

The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) has been constructing concrete overlays of existing concrete pavements on the Interstate system for nearly 50 years. The construction of two bonded concrete overlays and eight unbonded concrete overlays have been documented to date. IDOT has also constructed one thin unbonded concrete overlay. An evaluation of performance history of the eleven pavement sections was undertaken. The following conclusions can be drawn from the evaluation of the concrete overlays in Illinois: 1) bonded concrete overlay performance on the Interstate system varied widely, and should only be used in the future judiciously, with engineering judgment; 2) unbonded concrete overlays performed consistently well, with all observed pavements exceeding or expected to exceed their design lives and design traffic factors; and 3) the thin unbonded overlay was too new to conduct a meaningful analysis of performance.

Light, Shadow, Screendance

2016 ◽  
pp. 204-224
Author(s):  
Selby Wynn Schwartz
Keyword(s):  
Motion Picture ◽  
Early History ◽  
Hybrid Performance ◽  
Performance History ◽  
Dance Theater ◽  
Early Motion ◽  
The Future ◽  
History Of ◽  
Lumiere Brothers ◽  
Definition Of

As screendance has evolved, its foremost theorists have been remarkably generous in welcoming works that flicker in the space between stage and screen, where they cast strange shadows and illuminate uncanny forms. Catherine Galasso’s Bring on the Lumière! is an interactive hybrid performance work that stretches the definition of screendance in directions indicated by scholars like Noël Carroll and Douglas Rosenberg. Galasso calls her piece “a multimedia dance-theater-light installation about the Lumière brothers, French founders of cinema.” But it also reclaims the early history of cinema for dance. The piece foregrounds the physicality of early motion-picture performance history, including ombramanie shadow movement technologies and the laboring bodies of the Lumière brothers’ first film, La sortie des usines Lumière à Lyon, shown at the Lumières’ Cinématographe, and suggests if we can understand what celluloid meant for corporeality perhaps we can deepen our sense of what “recorporealization” might mean for screendance in the future.

scholarly journals Performance of Concrete Overlays in Iowa

2018 ◽  
Vol 199 ◽  
pp. 08001
Author(s):  
Peter Taylor ◽  
Jerod Gross ◽  
Dan King ◽  
Yu-An Chen ◽  
Halil Ceylan
Keyword(s):  
Cost Effective ◽  
State University ◽  
Department Of Transportation ◽  
Iowa State University ◽  
Joint Spacing ◽  
Pavement Condition ◽  
Concrete Overlays ◽  
Transverse Cracking ◽  
History Of ◽  
Over Time

It has often been claimed that concrete overlays are a cost effective, low maintenance preservation tool used to extend pavement life. However, there has been relatively little data to confirm this. The State of Iowa has a long history of using concrete overlays as a means of extending the life of all types of roadways and as such provides an interesting opportunity to examine their performance over time. The work described in this paper summarizes the activities and findings of a study conducted for the Iowa Highway Research Board. Existing databases operated by the Department of Transportation and Iowa State University were analyzed to assess the performance of overlays. Pavement condition data such as IRI, transverse cracking, longitudinal cracking, D-cracking, spalled joints and faulting were compared with design details of the overlays such as bond type, thickness and joint spacing. The data indicate that in general overlay performance is very good in that about 90% of 3100 km of overlays are still in acceptable condition at ages up to 35 years. The paper discusses the details behind this finding.

A Dynamic Systems Approach to Personality

2001 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 172-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lawrence A. Pervin
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Systems ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Biological Processes ◽  
Recent Advances ◽  
Dynamic View ◽  
The Future ◽  
History Of

David Magnusson has been the most articulate spokesperson for a holistic, systems approach to personality. This paper considers three concepts relevant to a dynamic systems approach to personality: dynamics, systems, and levels. Some of the history of a dynamic view is traced, leading to an emphasis on the need for stressing the interplay among goals. Concepts such as multidetermination, equipotentiality, and equifinality are shown to be important aspects of a systems approach. Finally, attention is drawn to the question of levels of description, analysis, and explanation in a theory of personality. The importance of the issue is emphasized in relation to recent advances in our understanding of biological processes. Integrating such advances into a theory of personality while avoiding the danger of reductionism is a challenge for the future.

A Reflection on Crucial Periods in 50 Years of Social Psychology (in Germany)

2019 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Katja Corcoran ◽  
Michael Häfner ◽  
Mathias Kauff ◽  
Stefan Stürmer
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Early Development ◽  
West Germany ◽  
East And West Germany ◽  
The Future ◽  
History Of ◽  
East And West

Abstract. In this article, we reflect on 50 years of the journal Social Psychology. We interviewed colleagues who have witnessed the history of the journal. Based on these interviews, we identified three crucial periods in Social Psychology’s history, that are (a) the early development and further professionalization of the journal, (b) the reunification of East and West Germany, and (c) the internationalization of the journal and its transformation from the Zeitschrift für Sozialpsychologie to Social Psychology. We end our reflection with a discussion of changes that occurred during these periods and their implication for the future of our field.

The future of the history of psychology in Argentina and Brazil.

2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 229-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hugo Klappenbach ◽  
Ana Maria Jacó-Vilela
Keyword(s):  
History Of Psychology ◽  
The Future ◽  
History Of

Karl Marx’s Legacy: The Historical Overview

2007 ◽  
pp. 87-103
Author(s):  
R. Nureev
Keyword(s):  
Marxist Theory ◽  
Neoclassical Economic ◽  
Historical Overview ◽  
Economic Theories ◽  
The Future ◽  
History Of ◽  
Western Marxism

The article is devoted to the history of reception and interpretation of the ideas of Marx and Engels. The author considers the reasons for divergence between Marxist and neoclassical economic theories. He also analyzes the ways of vulgarization of Marx’s theory and the making of Marxist voluntarism. It is shown that the works of Marx and Engels had a certain potential for their over-simplified interpretations. The article also considers academic ("Western") Marxism and evaluates the prospects of Marxist theory in the future.

Post-Soviet economy development: From the past to the future

2017 ◽  
pp. 5-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Yasin
Keyword(s):  
Present Situation ◽  
Soviet Economy ◽  
Market Reforms ◽  
Democratic Development ◽  
The Past ◽  
Current Period ◽  
The Future ◽  
History Of ◽  
Working Out ◽  
A Current

The article is devoted to major events in the history of the post-Soviet economy, their influence on forming and development of modern Russia. The author considers stages of restructuring, market reforms, transformational crisis, and recovery growth (1999-2011), as well as a current period which started in2011 and is experiencing serious problems. The present situation is analyzed, four possible scenarios are put forward for Russia: “inertia”, “mobilization”, “decisive leap”, “gradual democratic development”. More than 30 experts were questioned in the process of working out the scenarios.

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