Falling weight deflectometer for estimating subgrade elastic moduli

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 100-107

  Rahim, Ashraf ^a   George, K P ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Falling bodies; Nondestructive tests; Pavement design; Subgrades; Weight

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; ELASTIC MODULI; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; SOIL SURVEYS;

FALLING WEIGHT DEFLECTOMETER; SUBGRADE SOIL;

PAVEMENTS;

PAVEMENT;

EID: 0037249148     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-947X(2003)129:1(100)     Document Type: Article

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