Longitudinal cracking of a bicycle trail due to drying shrinkage

Expansive Clay Soils and Vegetative Influence on Shallow Foundations

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 132-157

  Nevels Jr , James B ^a  

^a Materials Division   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPHALT PAVEMENTS; BORING; CONCRETE AGGREGATES; CONCRETE PAVEMENTS; CRACK INITIATION; EVAPORATION; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; MOISTURE; RAIN; SHRINKAGE; SOIL TESTING; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ASPHALT CONCRETE; BASE COURSE TEST; BICYCLE TRAILS; FILTER PAPER METHOD SOIL SUCTION TESTING; HAND AUGER; SOIL MOISTURE DEFICITS; STANDARD PENETRATION BORINGS; SURFACE UNDULATION; THORNTHWAITE MOISTURE INDEX;

SOIL MECHANICS;

EID: 0035773818     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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