Accelerated pavement testing of geocell-reinforced unpaved roads over weak subgrade

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2204, 2011, Pages 67-75

  Pokharel, Sanat ^a   Han, Jie ^a   Manandhar, Chandra ^b   Yang, Xiaoming ^a   Leshchinsky, Dov ^c   Halahmi, Izhar ^d   Parsons, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b Kansas State University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^d NONE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; LIME; REINFORCEMENT; STRESS CONCENTRATION; WHEELS;

ACCELERATED PAVEMENT TESTING; BASE COURSE; FILL MATERIALS; GEOCELL REINFORCEMENT; GEOCELLS; PERFORMANCE; RECYCLED ASPHALT PAVEMENT; STRESSES DISTRIBUTION; UNPAVED ROADS; WEAK SUBGRADES;

ALLOYS;

EID: 79960832747     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2204-09     Document Type: Article

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