EXPERIMENTAL DETERMINATION OF THE MODULUS OF ELASTICITY OF PAVEMENTS

DETERMINAZIONE SQERIMENTALE DEL MODULO DI ELASTICTA DELLE SOVRASTRUTTURE STRADALI

Pavement design methods can be essentially divided into two groups: (A) methods aimed at determining the total pavement thickness in terms of design loads and their distribution, and of the characteristics of the subgrade soils; and (B) methods such as those of Brumister, Mac Leod, Quaranta and Biroulia, which, by analysis of the separate layers in terms of the properties of the materials, determine the thickness of the separate layers, or the total pavement thickness. This article deals with the second group and shows that the Biroulia method seems to have achieved the closest correlation between theoretic and practical results. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Societa Autostrade

  Via Antonio Nibby 10
  00161 Rome,   Italy 
• Authors:
  • Gaindolfo, G
• Publication Date: 1975-12

Language

• Italian

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 47-8
• Serial:
  • AUTOSTRADE
  • Volume: 17
  • Issue Number: 12

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Building materials; Design; Modulus of elasticity; Pavement design; Pavements; Properties of materials; Subgrade materials; Thickness
• Uncontrolled Terms: Design criteria; Pavement thickness
• ITRD Terms: 4555: Material (constr); 5919: Modulus of elasticity; 3055: Pavement design; 5925: Properties; 5933: Thickness
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Materials; Pavements; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00137744
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 13 1977 12:00AM