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Title: RELATING LABORATORY AND FIELD MODULI OF TEXAS BASE MATERIALS
Accession Number: 00757480
Record Type: Component
Record URL: Availability: Transportation Research Board Business Office 500 Fifth Street, NW Find a library where document is available Abstract: Resilient modulus of base is an important parameter in the AASHTO pavement design method. However, the manner to determine this parameter is not well defined. Recent efforts in combining the resilient moduli from laboratory testing with those obtained in the field using nondestructive testing devices are presented. Laboratory tests were carried out in two stages. In the first stage, virgin materials from the quarry compacted to optimum moisture content were tested. In the second stage, similar base materials were retrieved from in-service roads. Specimens were prepared and tested at the corresponding field densities and moisture contents. Nondestructive tests were performed with the Falling Weight Deflectometer and the Seismic Pavement Analyzer. Based on tests on 10 different base materials from different parts of Texas, it was concluded that it may be difficult to directly compare moduli from laboratory and field tests; however, they can be combined for effective pavement design.
Supplemental Notes: This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1639, Recent Pavement Research Issues.
Language: English
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Authors: Nazarian, SRojas, JPezo, RYuan, DAbdallah, IScullion, TPagination: p. 1-11
Publication Date: 1998
Serial: ISBN: 0309065119
Features: Figures
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; References
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; Tables
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TRT Terms: Geographic Terms: Old TRIS Terms: Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Pavements; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways; I23: Properties of Road Surfaces
Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
Created Date: Dec 7 1998 12:00AM
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