A philosophy for a performance specification for road foundations

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Transport

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 143-151

  Rogers, C D F ^a   Fleming, P R ^b   Frost, M W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Foundations; Roads and highways

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; LOADING; PAVEMENTS; SPECIFICATIONS; STIFFNESS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

PERFORMANCE-BASED SPECIFICATIONS; PHILOSOPHY; RECOMMENDATIONS;

FOUNDATIONS;

CRITICAL LOAD; FOUNDATION; IN SITU TEST; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; ROAD CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 4644256371     PISSN: 0965092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/tran.2004.157.3.143     Document Type: Article

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