Full scale highway load test of flexible pavement systems with Geogrid reinforced base courses

Geosynthetics International

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 537-549

  Collin, J G ^a   Kinney, T C ^b   Fu, X ^b  

^a The Collin Group Ltd   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Base reinforcement; Deformation; Geogrid; Traffic benefit ratio; Wheel load

Indexed keywords

GEOTEXTILES; LOAD TESTING; REINFORCEMENT;

GEOTEXTILES REINFORCEMENTS; STIFF BIAXIAL GEOGRID; TRAFFIC BENEFIT RATIO (TBR);

PAVEMENTS;

GEOGRID; GEOSYNTHETICS; LOADING TEST; PAVEMENT DESIGN;

EID: 0030466838     PISSN: 10726349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/gein.3.0074     Document Type: Article

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