Loss in serviceability of pavements due to expansive clay subgrades

Environmental and Engineering Geoscience

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 277-294

  Al Homoud, Azm S ^a   Al Suleiman, Turki I ^b  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Deterioration; Expansive Clay; Pavement Condition Index; Pavement Subgrade Soil; Regression Models; Soil Mechanics; Soil Properties; Statistical Analysis

Indexed keywords

EXPANSION; PAVEMENT; SUBGRADE;

JORDAN, IRBID;

EID: 0030724587     PISSN: 10787275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gseegeosci.iii.2.277     Document Type: Article

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