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Title: Contingency airfield and road construction using geosynthetic fiber stabilization of sands
Authors: United States. Air Force Civil Engineer Support Agency
U.S. Air Force Wright Laboratory
Webster, Steve L.
Santoni, Rosa L.
Keywords: Contingency pavements
Expedient surfacings
Fiber reinforcement
Sand-fiber stabilization
Soil stabilization
Geosynthetics
Emergency airstrips
Airfields
Military roads
Military operations
Construction
Design
Publisher: Geotechnical Laboratory (U.S.)
Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.)
Series/Report no.: Technical report GL ; 97-4.
Description: Technical Report
Abstract: This report describes laboratory and field tests conducted using a new fiber stabilization technique for sands . Laboratory unconfined compression tests using 2-in.-long monofilament polypropylene fibers to stabilize a poorly graded (SP) sand showed an optimum fiber content of 1 percent (by weight). Field test sections were constructed and traffic tested using simulated C-130 aircraft traffic (30,000-lb tire load at 100-psi tire pressure) and military truck traffic (5-ton military cargo truck loaded to a gross weight of 41 ,600 lb). Test results showed that sand-fiber stabilization over a sand subgrade supported over 1,000 passes of a C-130 tire load with less than 2 in. of rutting. The top 4 in. of the sand-fiber layer was lightly stabilized with Road Oyl to provide a wearing surface. Based on limited truck traffic tests, an 8-in.-thick sand-fiber layer, surfaced with a spray application of Road Oyl, would support substantial amounts of military truck traffic.
Rights: Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/11681/12814
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