Factors affecting the pumping of fines at the subgrade subbase interface of highway pavements: A laboratory study

Geosynthetics International

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 221-259

  Alobaidi, I ^a   Hoare, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cyclic Deformation; Cyclic Stress; ELT (equivalent loss of thickness); Fines; Geocomposite; Geotextile; Highway; Pavement; Permanent Deformation; Pumping; Separator; Subbase; Subgrade; Triaxial Pumping; Unit Cell

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042006674     PISSN: 10726349     EISSN: 17517613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/gein.1.0010     Document Type: Article

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