Tire shreds as lightweight fill for embankments and retaining walls

Geotechnical Special Publication

Volumn , Issue 79, 1998, Pages 51-65

  Humphrey, Dana N ^a   Whetten, Nathan ^b   Weaver, James ^b   Recker, Kenneth ^b   Cosgrove, Tricia A ^c  

^a University of Maine   (United States)

^b HALEY AND ALDRICH INC   (United States)

^c Bowser Morner   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUTMENTS (BRIDGE); EMBANKMENTS; FILLERS; RETAINING WALLS; TIRES;

LIGHTWEIGHT FILLS; TIRE SHREDS;

LIGHT WEIGHT BUILDING MATERIALS;

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS; CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; EMBANKMENT; FILL; RECYCLING; RETAINING WALL; TIRE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0032471392     PISSN: 08950563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (8)

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2. th Edition, McGraw-Hill, New York.
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4. Humphrey, D.N. (1996), "Investigation of Exothermic Reaction in Tire Shred Fill Located on SR 100 in Ilwaco, Washington," report to Federal Highway Administration, Washington, D.C., 61 pp.
5. Humphrey, D.N., Cosgrove, T., Whetten, N.L., and Hebert, R. (1997a), "Tire Chips Reduce lateral Earth Pressure Against the Walls of a Rigid Frame Bridge," Maine Section ASCE Technical Seminar, Portland, Maine, 11 pp.
6. Humphrey, D.N., Katz, L.E., and Blumenthal, M. (1997a), "Water Quality Effects of Tire Chip Fills Placed Above the Groundwater Table," Testing Soil Mixed with Waste or Recycled Materials, ASTM STP 1275, M.A. Wasemiller and K.B. Hoddinott, Eds., American Society for Testing and Materials, pp. 299-313.
7. Tweedie, J.J., Humphrey, D.N., and Sandford, T.C. (1998b), "Tire Shreds as Lightweight Backfill for Retaining Walls - Phase II," a report to New England Transportation Consortium by Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, 314 pp.
8. Tweedie, J.J., Humphrey, D.N., and Sandford, T.C. (1998b), "Full Scale Field Trials of Tire Chips as Lightweight Retaining Wall Backfill, At-Rest Conditions", Transportation Research Record, Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C.