Corps of Engineers Design of Geosynthetic-Reinforced Unpaved Roads

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1849, 2003, Pages 193-201

  Tingle, Jeb S ^a   Webster, Steve L ^b  

^a US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^b CEERD   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEARING CAPACITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DRAINAGE; FILTRATION; GEOTEXTILES; PAVEMENT OVERLAYS; REINFORCEMENT; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SHEAR STRENGTH; SIZE SEPARATION; SOILS; STIFFNESS; TORSION TESTING;

BIAXIAL GEOGRIDS; CORPS OF ENGINEERS (COE); GEOSYNTHETIC-REINFORCED;

ROAD CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 1842816465     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1849-21     Document Type: Conference Paper

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