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Title:

FIELD EXPERIMENTS IN SUBGRADE DRAINAGE AND TREATMENT

Accession Number:

00235743

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Abstract:

MORE THAN 42,500 FEET OF POROUS OR TREATED SUBBASES BENEATH PAVED ROADS AND APPROXIMATELY 25,700 FEET OF UNTREATED PAVED ROADS ARE COMPARED. SOME 20 DIFFERENT MATERIALS AND NEARLY 50 DIFFERENT COMBINATIONS AND METHODS WERE USED. FOUR EXPERIMENTAL PROJECTS BENEATH CONCRETE PAVEMENTS AND SIX PROJECTS WITH TRAFFIC BOUND ROADS ARE REPORTED. THE COMPARISONS ARE ON THE BASIS OF CRACK RATIOS. FOR PAVEMENTS WITH NO CENTER JOINT, SLAG SUBBASE YIELDED NO LONGITUDINAL CRACKS; SAND GAVE A LONGITUDINAL CRACK RATIO OF 0.095; GRAVEL, 0.20; A CEMENT-CLAY MIXTURE, 0.29; WHILE UPON THE UNTREATED SECTIONS THE AVERAGE RATIO WAS 0.60. /AUTHOR/

Supplemental Notes:

Vol 11, Pt 1, PP 178-198, 2 FIG, 13 TAB. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.

Monograph Accession #:

01490418

Authors:

Eno, F H

Editors:

Crum, Roy W

Discussers:

Morris, M

Publication Date:

1932

Serial:

Highway Research Board Proceedings

Volume: 11
Publisher: Highway Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

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Subject Areas:

Geotechnology; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Jun 1 1971 12:00AM

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