"Underlying" causes for settlement of bridge approach pavement systems

Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 273-282

  White, David J ^a   Mekkawy, Mohamed M ^a   Sritharan, Sri ^a   Suleiman, Muhannad T ^a  

^a Iowa State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Backfills; Bridge abutments; Drainage; Erosion; Pavements

Indexed keywords

BACKFILL MATERIALS; FIELD STUDY; SETTLEMENT PROBLEMS;

BRIDGES; COMPACTION; DRAINAGE; EROSION; WATER FILTRATION;

PAVEMENTS;

EID: 34547143717     PISSN: 08873828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0887-3828(2007)21:4(273)     Document Type: Article

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