Full-scale field trials of tire shreds as lightweight retaining wall backfill under at-rest conditions

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1619, 1998, Pages 64-71

  Tweedie, Jeffrey J ^a   Humphrey, Dana N ^b   Sandford, Thomas C ^b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION   (United States)

^b University of Maine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; FRICTION; RETAINING WALLS; SHEAR STRESS; STRESS ANALYSIS; TIRES;

RETAINING WALL BACKFILLS; TIRE SHREDS;

LIGHT WEIGHT BUILDING MATERIALS;

EID: 0032153973     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1619-08     Document Type: Article

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