SOIL TESTS FOR DESIGN OF RUNWAY PAVEMENTS

A REVIEW IS MADE OF THE SOIL TESTS EMPLOYED BY THE U. S. ENGINEER DEPARTMENT AND THE AVIATION ENGINEERS FOR THE DESIGN OF FLEXIBLE AND RIGID RUNWAY PAVEMENTS. FIELD BEARING TESTS AND THEIR APPLICATION TO BOTH FLEXIBLE AND RIGID PAVEMENT DESIGN AND THE USE OF THE CALIFORNIA BEARING RATIO TEST FOR FLEXIBLE PAVEMENT DESIGN WERE INVESTIGATED. THERE WILL SELDOM BE TIME TO CONDUCT ALL THE REQUIRED LABORATORY AND FIELD TESTS BEFORE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF RUNWAY PAVEMENTS. THEREFORE THIS EVALUATION HAS BEEN SEDT UP ON THE BASIS OF FIELD AND SIMPLE LABORATORY TESTS FOR QUICK CLASSIFICATION OF THE SOILS.

• Record URL:
  https://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrbproceedings/22/22-006.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 22, pp 144-184, FIGS, TABS. 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:
  • Middlebrooks, T A
  • Bertram, G E
  • Campen, W H
  • Smith, J R
  • Goldbeck, A T
• Publication Date: 1943

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Monograph Title: Proceedings of the Twenty-Second Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board Held at Hotel Statler, St. Louis, Missouri December 1-4, 1942
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Proceedings
  • Volume: 22
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airport runways; California bearing ratio; Field tests; Flexible pavements; Laboratory tests; Paving; Rigid pavements; Soil tests; Soil types
• Uncontrolled Terms: Soil classification
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00229975
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jun 29 1971 12:00AM