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https://hdl.handle.net/11681/12709| Title: | Advanced construction procedures : confined bases for airport pavements |
| Authors: | United States. Federal Aviation Administration North Carolina State University. Department of Civil Engineering Potter, John C. Lambe, Philip C. |
| Keywords: | Airfields Airfield pavement Pavements Confined base Elastic layer analysis Pavement design Sand grids Soils Soil confinement system Runways Subgrades |
| Publisher: | Geotechnical Laboratory (U.S.) Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.) |
| Series/Report no.: | Technical report (U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station) ; GL-87-3. |
| Description: | Technical Report Abstract: Airports for light aircraft must often be built in areas where base course material is inadequate or economically unavailable . Sand grids may pr ovide an economical solution in these cases. Previous work with sand grids has identified optimum grid-cell geometry based on ultimate bearing capacity. Past observations also suggest the nature of sand-grid behavior for small stresses and strains. From these, a model was formulated for analyzing the performance of sand grids in pavement systems and spot-checked using field data from a full-scale, accelerated-traffic sand-grid test section. |
| Rights: | Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11681/12709 |
| Appears in Collections: | Technical Report |
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| TR-GL-87-3.pdf | 14.19 MB | Adobe PDF |  View/Open |