HEAVY WEIGHT DEFLECTOMETER RESULTS FROM AN UNSURFACED ROAD CONTAINING RUBBER LAYERS

Currently the State of Maine is investigating the use of scrap rubber tire chips as a fill layer beneath both paved and unsurfaced roads. As part of this investigation an unsurfaced road test site was constructed in the town of Richmond in August 1992. The investigation included five construction designs incorporating scrap tire rubber layers. Two control sections consist of an existing unmodified road and a reconstructed section without scrap tire rubber. This paper discusses the objectives of the test, the development of a test plan, the results of analysis, and conclusions and reocmmendations.

• Corporate Authors:

  Minnesota Department of Transportation

  395 John Ireland Boulevard
  St Paul, MN  United States  55155
• Authors:
  • Eaton, R A
  • Ashcraft, J
• Conference:
  • 4th International Conference, Bearing Capacity of Roads and Airfields
  • Location: Minneapolis, MN
  • Date: 1994-8-17 to 1994-8-21
• Publication Date: 1994

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 1263-1272
• Serial:
  • Volume: 2

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction; Data analysis; Deflectometers; Design; Development; Mathematical analysis; Rubber; Studies; Tests; Unpaved roads; Weight
• Uncontrolled Terms: Heavy; Unsurfaced road
• Geographic Terms: Maine
• Old TRIS Terms: Investigations; Layers; Scrap rubber tire chips
• Subject Areas: Construction; Design; Highways; Pavements; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00730565
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Feb 3 1997 12:00AM