IRC 057: Recommended Practice for Sealing of Joints in Concrete Pavements (Second Revision)

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by  Indian Roads Congress

IRC:57-2018
RECOMMENDED PRACTICE FOR
SEALING OF JOINTS IN
CONCRETE PAVEMENTS
(Second Revision)
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IRC:57-2018
First Published : August, 1974
Reprinted : September, 2002
Reprinted : April, 2005
First Revision : October, 2006
Reprinted : December, 2008
Reprinted : March, 2010
Reprinted : May, 2015
Second Revision : November, 2018
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CONTENTS
S.No. Description Page No.
Personnel of the Highways Specifications and Standards Committee i-ii
1. Introduction 1
2. Scope 2
3. General 2
4. Shape of the Joint Sealing Groove 3
5. Type of Joints 4
6. Sealing Details 10
7. Preformed Seals 18
8. Resealing Old Joints 19
References 20
Annexure – I: Sample calculation for width of joint 21

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PERSONNEL OF THE HIGHWAYS SPECIFICATIONS
AND STANDARDS COMMITTEE
(As on 24.10.2017)
Kumar, Manoj Director General (Road Development) & Special Secretary to Govt. of
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(Convenor) India, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, New Delhi
Singh, B.N. Addl. Director General, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways,
2
(Co-Convenor) New Delhi
Verma, Dr. S.K. Chief Engineer (R) S,R & T, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways,
3
(Member Secretary) New Delhi
Members
4 Bamezai, Prof. (Dr.) Gita R&D, Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi
5 Basar, Toli Chief Engineer, PWD, Arunachal Pradesh
6 Bhanot, Balraj Chairman, TED, Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi
7 Bongirwar, P.L. Secretary (Retd.), PWD Maharashtra
DG(RD) & AS (Retd.), Ministry of Road Transport and Highways,
8 Gupta, D.P.
New Delhi
9 Jain, Prof. (Dr.) S.S. Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
10 Jain, R.K. Chief Engineer (Retd.), PWD Haryana
Chief Executive, L.R. Kadiyali & Associates, New Delhi
11 Kadiyali, Dr. L.R.
(Expired on 18.02.2016)
12 Lal, Bhure Chairman, Environment Pollution Control Authority, Delhi
Engineer-in-Chief, Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority,
13 Lal, Chaman
Haryana
14 Narain, Sunita DG, Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi
15 Nashikkar, J.T. Secretary (Retd.), PWD Maharashtra
16 Pandey, R.K. Member (Projects), National Highways Authority of India, New Delhi
17 Parida, Prof. (Dr.) M. Dean, SRIC, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
18 Pateriya, Dr. I.K. Director (Tech), National Rural Roads Development Agency, New Delhi
19 Pawar, Ajit Secretary (Retd.), PWD Maharashtra
20 Porwal, Dr. S.S. (VSM) ADG (Retd.), Border Roads Organisation, New Delhi
21 Raju, Dr. G.V.S. Engineer-in-Chief (Retd.), Roads & Building, Andhra Pradesh
22 Rawat, M.S. Executive Director, AECOM India Pvt. Ltd.
23 Sarangi, D. CGM, National Highways Authority of India, New Delhi
24 Sharma, M.P. Chief Engineer, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, New Delhi
DG(RD) & SS (Retd.), Ministry of Road Transport and Highways,
25 Sharma, S.C.
New Delhi
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26 Sheokand, Balbir Singh Executive Engineer, PWD Haryana
DG(RD) & SS (Retd.), Ministry of Road Transport and Highways,
27 Singh, Nirmaljit
New Delhi
28 Singh, Pawan Kumar GM, 3M India Ltd.
DG(RD) & SS (Retd.), Ministry of Road Transport and Highways,
29 Sinha, A.V.
New Delhi
30 Tawade, D.O. Member (T), National Highways Authority of India, New Delhi
The Director,
31 Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi
(Chandra, Dr. Satish)
The Director General,
32 Border Roads Organisation, New Delhi
(Shrivastava, Lt. Gen. S.K.)
The Director General,
33 Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers, New Delhi
(Mathur, Vishnu)
The Engineer-in-Chief,
34 Military Engineer Services, New Delhi
(Sharma, Lt. Gen. Suresh)
35 Tickoo, Bimal Secretary (T), PWD Jammu
36 Tiwari, Prof. (Dr.) Geetam Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi
Superintending Engineer, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways,
37 Varshney, Sharad
New Delhi
38 Verma, G.L. MD, Engg and Planning Consultants Ltd., New Delhi
Corresponding Members
1 Baluja, Dr. Rohit President, Institute of Road Traffic Education, New Delhi
2 Bhowmik, Sunil Engineer-in-Chief (Retd.), Tripura
DG(RD) & SS (Retd.), Ministry of Road Transport and Highways,
3 Kandasamy, C
New Delhi
The Director,
4 (Patil, Capt. (Dr.) Rajendra B. Central Institute of Road Transport, Pune
Saner)
Ex-Officio Members
President, (Pradhan, N.K.), Engineer-in-Chief cum Secretary, Works Department,
1
Indian Roads Congress Odisha
Director General (Road
2 Development) & Special (Kumar, Manoj), Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, New Delhi
Secretary to Govt. of India
Secretary General,
3 Nirmal, Sanjay Kumar
Indian Roads Congress
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RECOMMENDED PRACTICE FOR SEALING OF
JOINTS IN CONCRETE PAVEMENTS
1 INTRODUCTION
IRC:57, “Recommended Practice for Sealing of Joints in Concrete Pavements” was first
published in the year 1974. It was revised in the year 2006. Due to considerable changes
in the technology for road construction, a need was felt to further update this document
and accordingly the task of revision of this document was assigned to Rigid Pavements
Committee (H-3). The revised draft was prepared by the subgroup comprising Shri R.K. Jain,
Col. (Retd.) V.K. Ganju, Shri M.C. Venkatesha and Shri Satander Kumar. Other than the H-3
Committee members, valuable inputs were received from the officers of S&R Zone of the
Ministry. The draft was deliberated in several meetings of H-3 Committee and was finalized in
its meeting held on 9th September, 2017. The revised draft was placed before the Highways
Specifications and Standards Committee (HSS) in its meeting held on 24th October, 2017.
The HSS Committee approved the draft subject to the consideration of the observations
of members. The draft document after carrying out the modifications was considered and
approved by the Executive Committee of IRC in its meeting held on 2nd November, 2017 for
placing before the Council of IRC. The Council in its meeting held on 3rd November, 2017 at
Bengaluru considered and approved the document for printing.
The composition of H-3 Committee is as given below:
Jain, R.K. …… Convenor
Arora, V.V. …… Co-Convenor
Ganju, Col. (Retd.) V.K. …… Member-Secretary
Members
Avtar, Ram Reddy, S.S.
Bongirwar, P.L. Sengupta, J.B.
Gajria, Maj. Gen. (Retd.) K.T. Sharma, M.P.
Gupta, Prof. (Dr.) P.K. Sheokand, B.S.
Indoria, R.P. Srivastava, R.K.
Jain, L.K. Tare, Prof. (Dr.) Vandana
Joshi, Brig. Girish Thakar, Vikas
Kumar, Binod Thombare, Vishal
Kumar, Raman Tipnis, Col. (Retd.) Manoj
Madaan, Rajesh Trivedi, Anil
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Maiti, Dr. S.C. Venkatesha, M.C.
Nayak, Sanjay Rep. of UltraTech Cement Ltd.
(Jain, A.K. upto 17.08.2016
Ramana, Dr. G.V.
thereafter Ramachandra, Dr. V.)
Corresponding Members
Justo, Prof. (Dr.) C.E.G. Ramchandani, S.M.
Pandey, Prof. (Dr.) B.B. Veeraragavan, Prof. (Dr.) A.
Ex-Officio Members
President, (Pradhan, N.K.), Engineer-in-Chief
Indian Roads Congress cum Secretary, Works Department,
Odisha
Director General (Kumar, Manoj), Ministry of Road
(Road Development) & Special Transport & Highways
Secretary to Govt. of India
Secretary General, Nirmal, Sanjay Kumar
Indian Roads Congress
2 SCOPE
The document prescribes about the practices of forming joints in a concrete pavement and
sealing them either using field-moulded sealants or pre-formed compression seals. The
technique of resealing of failed old joints has also been given in the document.
3 GENERAL
3.1 Cement concrete pavements (roads, streets, airport apron, taxi-ways and
runways, etc) are subjected to volumetric changes (expansion and contraction) caused
by changes in their moisture content and/or temperature which leads to initial drying,
shrinkage and irreversible creep. These changes cause movements of slabs. If contraction
movements are excessively restrained, they will result in cracking of the pavement. On
the other hand, the restraint of expansion movements may result in development of
compressive stresses that are borne by abutting faces of the slab. Transverse joints are
provided to accommodate these movements and thereby prevent development of distress
in the pavement. Longitudinal joints are provided to relieve stresses due to wrapping
and dividing the pavement into convenient lanes. Joints are also required to facilitate
construction.
3.2 Details of different types of joints in concrete pavements are outlined in IRC:15,
“Code of Practice for Construction of Jointed Plain Concrete Pavements”. The present
standard is intended to augment the provisions contained in IRC:15.
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