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Estimating Stiffness of Subgrade and Unbound Materials for Pavement Design
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Accession Number:

01116589

Record Type:

Monograph

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Abstract:

The new Mechanistic Empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG) and other existing pavement design guides use resilient modulus as the primary input parameter when characterizing stiffness of subsoils and unbound bases. Resilient modulus of soils is typically determined either by using laboratory tests or field tests. This report was prepared to describe the significance of the resilient modulus property, various methods of determining this property of subsoils and unbound bases, and the application of this parameter in the MEPDG. The report will be of interest to design, geotechnical and materials engineers and technicians. Information collected in this synthesis was based on a comprehensive literature review, surveys of pavement design, materials and geotechnical engineers from state departments of transportation (DOTs), and selected interviews. Information collected also included research reports from studies conducted by several state DOTs.

Report/Paper Numbers:

Project 20-5 (Topic 38-09)

Language:

English

Authors:

Puppala, Anand J

Pagination:

137p

Publication Date:

2008

Serial:

NCHRP Synthesis of Highway Practice

Issue Number: 382
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0547-5570

ISBN:

9780309098113

Media Type:

Print

Features:

Appendices (4) ; Figures; References; Tables

Subject Areas:

Geotechnology; Highways; Pavements; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways; I42: Soil Mechanics

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Dec 18 2008 2:33PM