PAVEMENT EVALUATION USING THE PLATE BEARING TEST

SEVERAL METHODS OF USING THE PLATE BEARING APPARATUS HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATED, THE RESULTS OF WHICH YIELD INFORMATION USEFUL IN PAVEMENT DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND PERFORMANCE STUDIES. USING ELASTIC PAVEMENT ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES, THE MODULI OF ELASTICITY OF SOME COMMON PAVEMENT MATERIALS HAVE BEEN EVALUATED. RESULTS INDICATE THAT PLATE TESTS MAY BE USEFUL DENSITY CONTROL TESTS WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY GIVING VALUES OF THE MODULI OF ELASTICITY. SOME REPETITIVE TESTS WERE CARRIED OUT AND TYPICAL RESULTS ARE PRESENTED. A NON-DESTRUCTIVE TEST TO OBTAIN INFORMATION ON SUBGRADE CONDITIONS WAS CARRIED OUT USING THREE DIFFERENT SIZE PLATES IN TESTS ON THE SURFACE COURSE. GRAPHS ARE PRESENTED SHOWING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN MODULUS OF ELASTICITY, MOISTURE CONTENT AND DENSITY. /AUTHOR/

• Corporate Authors:

  ARRB

  Melbourne, Victoria  Australia 
• Authors:
  • Cochrane, B R
  • Styles, J R
• Publication Date: 1968

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Density; Evaluation; Modulus of elasticity; Moisture content; Nondestructive tests; Pavement design; Pavement performance; Pavements; Plate bearing test; Subgrade (Pavements)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00207195
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Paper No 447
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Oct 26 1970 12:00AM