INVESTIGATIONS INTO ROAD BUILDING PRACTICE IN THE TROPICS. A STUDY OF THE COMPACTION OF EARTHWORKS AT THE NEW INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FOR KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA

AS PART OF A STUDY OF ASPECTS OF NORMAL ROAD-BUILDING PRACTICE IN TROPICAL COUNTRIES THE LEVELS OF COMPACTION ACHIEVED ON EARTHWORKS AT THE NEW INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT KUALA LUMPUR, MAYAYSIA, WERE INVESTIGATED. THE STUDY SHOWS THAT GIVEN EFFICIENT SITE MANAGEMENT, WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON THE MINIMIZING OF THE EFFECTS OF ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS, HIGH STATES OF COMPACTION CAN BE CONSISTENTLY OBTAINED IN A WET TROPICAL CLIMATE ON RESIDUAL SANDY CLAY SOILS. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • No Lr115, 21 PP
• Corporate Authors:

  MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT, LONDON (UK)

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• Authors:
  • Bulman, J N
• Publication Date: 1967

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Rrl Reports, Road Research Lab /UK/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Compaction; Earthwork; Residual soils; Road construction; Sandy clays; Tropics; Weather
• Uncontrolled Terms: Site investigation
• Subject Areas: Construction; Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00214815
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 6 1994 12:00AM