Reclaimed asphalt pavement and recycled concrete aggregate blends in pavement subbases: Laboratory and field evaluation

Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 349-357

  Arulrajah, A ^a   Piratheepan, J ^a   Disfani, M M ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Geotechnical; Pavement; Reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP); Recycled concrete aggregate (RCA); Subbase

Indexed keywords

FIELD PERFORMANCE; GEOTECHNICAL; RECLAIMED ASPHALT PAVEMENTS; RECYCLED CONCRETE AGGREGATES; REPEATED LOAD TRIAXIAL; SUBBASE; SUBBASE MATERIALS; SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION;

BLENDING; CARBON FOOTPRINT; PAVEMENTS; PORTLAND CEMENT; RECYCLING; ROADS AND STREETS;

CONCRETES;

AGGREGATE; ASPHALT; BASE COURSE; CONCRETE; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; PAVEMENT; TRIAXIAL TEST;

EID: 84892882367     PISSN: 08991561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)MT.1943-5533.0000850     Document Type: Article

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