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Title: Modulus-Based Construction Specification for Compaction of Earthwork and Unbound Aggregate
Accession Number: 01553041
Record Type: Monograph
Blurb URL: Availability: Transportation Research Board Business Office 500 Fifth Street, NW Find a library where document is available Abstract: This digest summarizes key findings of research conducted in National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Project 10-84, “Modulus-Based Construction Specification for Compaction of Earthwork and Unbound Aggregate.” The objective of NCHRP Project 10-84 was to develop a modulus-based construction specification for acceptance of compacted geomaterials with the following features: 1) The specification should be based on field measurement of modulus and moisture content; 2) Acceptance criteria should be correlated with design moduli; 3) The specification should be compatible with a variety of compacted geomaterials; 4) The specification should consider the principles of unsaturated soil mechanics; and 5) Available models and testing technologies should be incorporated in the specification. The appendix of this digest presents the proposed specification for modulus-based acceptance, titled “Proposed Standard Specification for Modulus-Based Quality Management of Earthwork and Unbound Aggregates.”
Report/Paper Numbers: NCHRP Project 10-84
Language: English
Pagination: 18p
Publication Date: 2015-1
Serial: ISBN: 9780309308144
Media Type: Print
Features: Appendices; Figures
TRT Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Subject Areas: Construction; Geotechnology; Highways; Materials; I42: Soil Mechanics; I43: Rock Mechanics; I51: Earthworks and Soil Drainage
Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
Created Date: Feb 5 2015 7:47AM
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