Characterisation of a lightly stabilised granular material by indirect diametrical tensile testing

International Journal of Pavement Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 445-456

  Gnanendran, Carthigesu Thiagarajah ^a   Piratheepan, Jegatheesan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cementitious binders; Characterisation; Dynamic stiffness modulus; IDT testing; Lightly stabilised granular; Stabilisation

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; BINDERS; CYCLIC LOADS; DYNAMIC LOADS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT TESTING; GRANULAR MATERIALS; MATERIALS TESTING; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; SLAGS; STIFFNESS; TENSILE TESTING; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

CEMENTITIOUS BINDERS; CHARACTERISATION; DYNAMIC STIFFNESS MODULUS; IDT TESTING; LIGHTLY STABILISED GRANULAR; STABILISATION;

LOAD TESTING;

EID: 55149119215     PISSN: 10298436     EISSN: 1477268X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10298430802342732     Document Type: Article

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