Resilient Modulus Testing for Pavement Components

Resilient Modulus Testing for Pavement Components
Author: Mary Stroup-Gardiner
Publisher: ASTM International
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2003
Genre: Pavements
ISBN: 0803134614

"Resilient modulus indicates the stiffness of a soil under controlled confinement conditions and repeated loading. The test is intended to simulate the stress conditions that occur in the base and subgrade of a pavement system. Resilient modulus has been adopted by the U.S. federal highway administration as the primary performance parameter for pavement design. We thank those who prepared these papers, the reviewers who provided anonymous peer reviews, and those who participated in the symposium. We hope this STP encourages more work to improve the testing standard and the value of the Resilient Modulus test."

Sustainable Solutions for Railways and Transportation Engineering

Sustainable Solutions for Railways and Transportation Engineering
Author: Sherif El-Badawy
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 171
Release: 2018-10-27
Genre: Science
ISBN: 303001911X

This volume brings together scientific experts in different areas that contribute to the railway track and transportation engineering challenges, evaluate the state-of-the-art, identify the shortcomings and opportunities for research and promote the interaction with the industry. In particular, scientific topics that are addressed in this volume include railway ballasted track degradation/settlement problems and stabilization/reinforcement technologies, switches and crossings and related derailments causes, train-induced vibrations and mitigation measures, operations, management and performance of ground transportation, and traffic congestion and safety procedures. The volume is based on the best contributions to the 2nd GeoMEast International Congress and Exhibition on Sustainable Civil Infrastructures, Egypt 2018 – The official international congress of the Soil-Structure Interaction Group in Egypt (SSIGE).

Alternative Test Method for Resilient Modulus of Fine-Grained Subgrades

Alternative Test Method for Resilient Modulus of Fine-Grained Subgrades
Author: EC. Drumm
Publisher:
Total Pages: 14
Release: 1996
Genre: Subgrades
ISBN:

The mechanistic design of flexible pavement systems requires the specification of mechanical properties for asphaltic concrete, base course, and soil subgrade. The stiffness of the soil subgrade is represented by the resilient modulus, Mr, which is determined in the laboratory from cyclic triaxial tests and is usually a function of the level of applied stress. For a typical pavement project where numerous soils are encountered, cyclic triaxial testing to determine Mr for each subgrade soil may be too complex and time consuming to be applicable on a production basis. Therefore, alternative methods for the determination or estimation of Mr are appropriate and are in fact suggested in the 1993 AASHTO Guide for Design of Pavement Structures (AASHTO Guide 1993).