Design of highway embankments using tire chips

Journal of Geotechnical Engineering

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 295-304

  Bosscher, Peter J ^b   Edil, Tuncer B ^a,b   Kuraoka, Senro ^a,c  

^a ASCE ^*

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT WEIGHT FILL MATERIALS; SCRAP TIRES;

HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; TIRES;

EMBANKMENTS;

EMBANKMENT; RECYCLING; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; TYRE;

EID: 0031126607     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(1997)123:4(295)     Document Type: Article

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