Assessment of thaw weakening in pavement stiffness using the spectral analysis of surface waves

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 510-522

  Storme, Maud ^a   Konrad, Jean Marie ^a   Fortier, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Pavement; Recovery; SASW; Seasonal variation; Stiffness; Thawing

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; FREEZING; PAVEMENTS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STIFFNESS; STIFFNESS MATRIX;

DISPERSION CURVES; MECHANISTIC METHODS; THAW WEAKENING;

SURFACE WAVES;

COLD REGION; FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; PAVEMENT; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; STIFFNESS; SURFACE WATER; SURFACE WAVE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 7444253940     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/T03-095     Document Type: Article

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