Reduced rutting in unbound granular pavement layers through improved grading design

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Transport

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 40-49

  Brown, S F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRADING DESIGN; LOAD TRIAXIAL TEST; RUTTING; UNBOUND GRANULAR PAVEMENT LAYERS; WHEEL TRACKING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; ELASTIC MODULI; GRADING; LOAD TESTING; PAVEMENTS; SHEAR STRESS;

GRANULAR MATERIALS;

EID: 0030086306     PISSN: 0965092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/itran.1996.28142     Document Type: Article

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