Accelerated pavement testing of unpaved roads with geocell-reinforced sand bases

Geotextiles and Geomembranes

Volumn 32, Issue , 2012, Pages 95-103

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

^a LOUISIANA TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Kansas   (United States)

^c Paradox Access Solutions Inc   (Canada)

^d Navajo Nation Environmental Protection Agency   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^f PRS Mediterranean Ltd   (Israel)

^g KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerated pavement testing; Geocell; Geosynthetic reinforced base; Rutting; Unpaved road

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED PAVEMENT TESTING; GEOCELLS; GEOSYNTHETIC-REINFORCED BASE; RUTTING; UNPAVED ROADS;

DEFORMATION; PAVEMENTS; SAND; STRAIN GAGES; WHEELS;

AGGREGATES;

AGGREGATE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DEFORMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GEOSYNTHETICS; LOADING TEST; PAVEMENT; POLYMER; REINFORCEMENT; ROAD; SAND;

EID: 84857451570     PISSN: 02661144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geotexmem.2011.10.004     Document Type: Article

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