ACCELERATED TRAFFIC TEST AT LANGLEY FIELD, VIRGINIA
AN ACCELERATED TRAFFIC TEST WAS CONDUCTED ON A SPECIALLY CONSTRUCTED FLEXIBLE PAVEMENT TEST TRACK TO STUDY THE BEHAVIOR OF BASE AND PAVEMENTS OF VARIOUS THICKNESSES PLACED ON A LOW PLASTIC SUBGRADE WHEN SUBJECTED TO WHEEL LOADS OF 20,000 AND 50,000 LB, AND TO OBTAIN DATA NECESSARY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF DESIGN CURVES FOR THE CALIFORNIA METHOD OF DESIGN OF FLEXIBLE PAVEMENT. THE HYDROSTATIC EXCESS PRESSURE IN THE SUBGRADE PORE WATER (QUICK CONDITION) GREATLY AFFECTED THE BEHAVIOR OF THE TEST SECTION, CAUSING SPRINGING OF THE PAVEMENT AT 20,000 LBS. AND TOTAL FAILURE AT 50,000 LBS. THESE RESULTS EMPHASIZE THE NEED FOR SUBGRADE COMPACTION OR AMPLE THICKNESS OF BASE OVER SATURATED, FAIRLY LOW DENSITY, FINE SANDS AND SILTS THAT MAY BECOME QUICK DURING AIRPLANE TRAFFIC. /AUTHOR/
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Supplemental Notes:
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Authors:
- Leslie, D D
- Haines, R M
- Publication Date: 1945
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Monograph Title: Proceedings of the Twenty-Fourth Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board (Unassembled)
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Serial:
- Highway Research Board Proceedings
- Volume: 24
- Publisher: Highway Research Board
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Accelerated tests; Base course (Pavements); Compaction; Failure; Flexible pavements; Hydrostatic pressure; Pore water pressures; Subgrade (Pavements); Wheel loads
- Old TRIS Terms: Bases; Hydrostatic excess; Plastic subgrade; Quick condition
- Subject Areas: Highways; Pavements;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00207288
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: Sep 13 1971 12:00AM