Deflection Reading Accuracy and Layer Thickness Accuracy in Backcalculation of Pavement Layer Moduli

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn STP 1026, Issue , 1989, Pages 229-244

  Irwin, L H ^a   Yang, W S ^b   Stubstad, R N ^c  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Dynatest Consulting Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Backcalculation; Deflection measurement errors; Elastic moduli; Falling weight deflectometer; FWD; Layer thickness; NDT; Nondestructive testing of pavements; Pavement engineering

Indexed keywords

DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); ELASTIC MODULI; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PAVEMENTS; RANDOM ERRORS;

BACKCALCULATED MODULI; BACKCALCULATIONS; DEFLECTION ERRORS; DEFLECTION MEASUREMENT; DEFLECTION MEASUREMENT ERROR; FALLING WEIGHT DEFLECTOMETERS; FWD; LAYER THICKNESS; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING OF PAVEMENTS; PAVEMENT ENGINEERING;

MEASUREMENT ERRORS;

EID: 85081892502     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1520/STP19810S     Document Type: Conference Paper

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