PRESSUREMETER TESTING FOR ROAD DESIGN

Within the various procedures for acceptance of road structures, their further testing and their monitoring, especially for their base courses the assessment of the soil E-modulus is not easy, either for the subgrade or for the treated or non treated intermediate layers. In this paper the authors propose to determine an E-modulus for each layer in-situ with a pressuremeter test using a Menard minipressuremeter and a cyclic loop procedure. Results are compared with E-modulus obtained from other testing procedures such as the deflection test with the Benkelman beam, the Curviameter or plate loading test. These tests were performed on 2 carriageways where base course treatment was carried out and air-strip subgrade, (A) For the covering abstract see IRRD 883133.

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  AA Balkema

  P.O. Box 1675
  Rotterdam,   Netherlands  BR-3000
• Authors:
  • DERRADJI, A
  • Jouve, P
  • Gambin, M
• Publication Date: 1996

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 331-5
• Serial:
  • FLEXIBLE PAVEMENTS. PROCEEDINGS OF THE EUROPEAN SYMPOSIUM EUROFLEX 1993 HELD IN LISBON, PORTUGAL, 20-22 SEPTEMBER 1993
  • Publisher: AA Balkema

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Instruments for measuring loads or pressure; Modulus of elasticity; Pavement design; Pressiometric probes; Subgrade (Pavements)
• Uncontrolled Terms: Pressiometer
• ITRD Terms: 8525: Conference; 5919: Modulus of elasticity; 3055: Pavement design; 6128: Pressiometer; 2950: Subgrade
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00729625
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 90-5410-523-2
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Dec 26 1996 12:00AM