COMPACTION REQUIREMENTS FOR FLEXIBLE PAVEMENTS

THE RESULTS ARE PRESENTED OF AN ANALYTICAL STUDY MADE TO DEVELOP CRITERIA FOR DETERMINING THE DEGREE OF COMPACTION REQUIRED AT DIFFERENT DEPTHS IN SOILS BENEATH FLEXIBLE PAVEMENTS TO PREVENT CONSOLIDATION OF THE SOIL UNDER WHEEL LOADS AND CONSEQUENT DEFORMATION OF THE PAVEMENT. DATA OBTAINED FROM OBSERVATIONS OF AIRFIELD PAVEMENTS IN ACTUAL SERVICE AND FROM REPORTS OF ACCELERATED TRAFFIC TESTS ON CAREFULLY CONTROLLED TEST SECTIONS WERE TABULATED, AND FROM THESE TABULATIONS CORRELATIONS WERE DEVELOPED BETWEEN THE COMPACTION EFFORT APPLIED TO FLEXIBLE PAVEMENTS BY AIRCRAFT TRAFFIC AND THE DENSITIES RESULTING FROM THIS COMPACTION EFFORT AT VARIOUS DEPTHS. THE ESTABLISHED CBR RELATIONS WERE USED TO INTEGRATE THE EFFECTS OF WHEEL LOAD, TIRE PRESSURE, ASSEMBLY CONFIGURATION, AND DEPTH BELOW PAVEMENT SURFACE INTO A COMPACTION INDEX, C FOR PURPOSES OF THIS STUDY. CORRELATIONS BETWEEN C AND THE DENSITIES REQUIRED TO PREVENT FURTHER COMPACTION ARE PRESENTED. /AUTHOR/

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • No 289, pp 1-21, 10 FIG, 6 TAB, 25 REF. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Authors:
  • Foster, C R
  • Ahlvin, R G
• Discussers:
  • Abdun-Nur, Edward A
  • Campen, W H
• Conference:
  • 40th Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board
  • Location: Washington DC, United States
  • Date: 1961-1-9 to 1961-1-13
• Publication Date: 1961

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Pagination: 21p
• Monograph Title: Flexible pavement design developments 1961
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Bulletin
  • Issue Number: 289
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accelerated tests; California bearing ratio; Compaction; Consolidation; Density; Depth; Flexible pavements; Pressure; Soils; Test sections; Tires; Wheel loads
• Uncontrolled Terms: Soil consolidation
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Pavements; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00205691
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Sep 3 1994 12:00AM