Cyclic triaxial tests on clay subgrades for analytical pavement design

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 378-386

  Frost, Matthew W ^a   Fleming, Paul R ^b   Rogers, Christopher D F ^c  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deformation; Pavement design; Repeated loads; Stiffness; Subgrades; Triaxial tests

Indexed keywords

CLAY; DEFORMATION; ELASTIC MODULI; FOUNDATIONS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

CYCLIC TRIAXIAL TESTS; PAVEMENT DESIGN;

PAVEMENTS;

DEFORMATION; FOUNDATION; PAVEMENT; STRAIN; SUBGRADE;

EID: 2442574929     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-947X(2004)130:3(378)     Document Type: Article

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