AASHTO NTPEP AND SPECIFICATION M-288 FOR GEOTEXTILES

The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials' National Transportation Product Evaluation Program (AASHTO-NTPEP) is aimed at assisting transportation agencies develop or find new methodologies for furthering project designs and obtaining information for use in these methodologies. AASHTO-NTPEP is a national testing program for various types of highway materials used by transportation agencies. This article describes the Geotextile sub-program of the AASHTO-NTPEP, focusing on background, specifics, and benefits, and also discusses AASHTO specification M-288 for geotextiles.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Industrial Fabrics Association International

  345 Cedar Building, Suite 450
  St Paul, MN  United States  55101-1088
• Authors:
  • Suits, L D
• Publication Date: 2001-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Tables;
• Pagination: p. 20-25
• Serial:
  • Geotechnical Fabrics Report
  • Volume: 19
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: Industrial Fabrics Association International
  • ISSN: 0882-4983

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Environmental engineering; Geosynthetics; Geotextiles; Highway design; Highway engineering; Highway transportation; Road construction; Road materials
• Identifier Terms: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
• Subject Areas: Design; Environment; Geotechnology; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00813493
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 10 2001 12:00AM