Effect of soil properties on pavement failures along the F209 highway at Ado-Ekiti, south-western Nigeria

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 14, Issue 6-7, 2000, Pages 311-315

  Jegede, G ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FAILURE ANALYSIS; MOISTURE; PAVEMENTS; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

HIGHWAY PAVEMENTS; SOIL MOISTURE;

HIGHWAY SYSTEMS;

EID: 0343725790     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-0618(00)00033-7     Document Type: Article

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