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Title:

CONSTRUCTION OF VERTICAL MOISTURE BARRIERS TO REDUCE EXPANSIVE SOIL SUBGRADE MOVEMENT

Accession Number:

00763296

Record Type:

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/0309065240

Abstract:

Throughout the world, expansive soils are known to cause damage to light structures, such as residential dwellings, road pavements, and airfields. In Australia, moderate to highly expansive soils cover more than half the state of Victoria and produce significant maintenance problems to the state's road network. Vertical moisture barriers have been used successfully in many cases across the United States to control movements generated from expansive soil subgrades. Field trials using moisture barriers have also been conducted successfully in Victoria, Australia. However, due to their expense, the treatment of using vertical moisture barriers has usually only been reserved for major highways. A review of current vertical moisture barrier construction methods in the United States is made, and a new construction method developed in Victoria that provides an effective and economical barrier is reported. This method will enable the application of vertical moisture barriers to be more attractive for sealed low-volume roads. A successful field trial of this construction method has been carried out at Dooen, in northwest Victoria, and has since been applied to several other projects in Victoria and South Australia.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1652, Seventh International Conference on Low-Volume Roads, May 23-26, 1999, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Volume 2.

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

EVANS, R P
McManus, K J

Pagination:

p. 108-112

Publication Date:

1999

Serial:

Transportation Research Record

Issue Number: 1652
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0361-1981

Conference:

Seventh International Conference on Low-Volume Roads

Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Date: 1999-5-23 to 1999-5-26
Sponsors: US Forest Service; Federal Highway Administration; US Bureau of Indian Affairs; Louisiana State University; World Road Association; Department of International Development-UK; Louisiana Transportation Research Center; Louisiana DOT

ISBN:

0309065240

Features:

Figures (3) ; Photos (2) ; References (15)

Geographic Terms:

Victoria

Subject Areas:

Construction; Design; Geotechnology; Highways; Pavements; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways; I42: Soil Mechanics; I51: Earthworks and Soil Drainage

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

May 26 1999 12:00AM