Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways and Airfields

1464 Pages·2009·44.04 MB·English

by  Erol Tutumluer (ed.)

BEARING CAPACITY OF ROADS, RAILWAYS AND AIRFIELDS
© 2009 Taylor & Francis Group, London, UK
PROCEEDINGS OF THE 8TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE BEARING
CAPACITY OF ROADS, RAILWAYS AND AIRFIELDS, CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS, USA,
JUNE 29–JULY 2, 2009
Bearing Capacity of Roads,
Railways and Airfields
Editors
Erol Tutumluer & Imad L. Al-Qadi
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
VOLUME I & II

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Table of contents
Preface XV
E. Tutumluer & I.L. Al-Qadi
Organization XVII
VOLUME I
Keynote presentations
Recent and landmark improvements in performance characterization
of unbound aggregate bases and subbases and sublayers comprised
of Chemically Stabilized Materials (CSMs) 3
D.N. Little
The performance of rail track incorporating the effects of ballast breakage,
confining pressure and geosynthetic reinforcement 5
B. Indraratna, S. Nimbalkar & D. Christie
Airport pavement design for the 21st century 25
S.K. Agrawal
Subgrade soils
Improving subgrade strength and pavement performance by chemical
treating subgrade soils 29
N. Bandara & M.J. Grazioli
Study of dry sludge stabilization from Water Treatment Plant (WTP)
in Taiaçupeba to use as compacted soil in earthwork ditches 37
R.M. Fortes, J.V. Merighi, D.R. Pauli, M.A.L. Barros, M.H. de Carvalho,
N.C. Menetti, Á.S. Barbosa, F.V. Ribeiro & B.B. Bento
Alternatives to heavy test rolling for cohesive subgrade assessment 45

D.J. White, P.K.R. Vennapusa, H.H. Gieselman, L. Johanson & J. Siekmeier
A comparative subgrade evaluation using CBR, vane shear, light weight
deflectometer, and resilient modulus tests 57
N. Garg, A. Larkin & H. Brar
Stabilization of clays using liquid enzymes 65
Y. Yilmaz, A.G. Gungor & C. Avsar
The effect of moisture hysteresis on resilient modulus of subgrade soils 71
C. Khoury & N. Khoury
Dynamic properties of a full weathering granite subgrade and other
pavement materials studied by model tests 79
J. Zou, Z. Li & X. Cao
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The use of geofiber and synthetic fluid for stabilizing marginal soils 89
K. Hazirbaba & B. Connor
Subgrade modification—practitioner’s experience 97
T. McCleary
“Baku Bayil Yard Site” soil improvement geotechnical works 107
E. Guler, A. Gure & E. Cetin
Resilient characteristics of bottom ash 117
H.H. Titi, A.R. Coenen & M.B. Elias
Precision triaxial equipment for the evaluation of the elastic behavior of soils 125
N. Araújo & A. Gomes Correia
Granular materials
A performance study of different curing materials applied to soil-Portland
cement base course cure 137
R.M. Fortes & J.V. Merighi
Pavement base unbound granular materials gradation optimization 145
J.P. Bilodeau, G. Doré & P. Pierre
Influence of the macroscopic cohesion on the 3D FE modeling of a flexible
pavement rut depth 155
F. Allou, C. Petit, C. Chazallon & P. Hornych
Effect of grading and moisture on the deformation properties of unbound
granular aggregates 167
L.U. Mathisen
IDOT test loop: Evaluating the field performance of various dense graded aggregates 179
G. Heckel
Analytical evaluation of unbound granular layers in regard to permanent deformation 187
L.A.T. Brito, A.R. Dawson & P.J. Kolisoja
Processed Portuguese steel slag—A new geomaterial 197
A. Gomes Correia, S.M. Reis Ferreira, A.J. Roque & A. Cavalheiro
Resilient modulus of hydraulically bound road base materials with high
volume waste dust 205
H. Al Nageim & P. Visulios
Characterizing natural and recycled granular materials for (sub)base layers
of roads by cyclic triaxial testing 215
C. Grégoire, B. Dethy, J. Detry & A. Gomes Correia
Resilient modulus of unbound base material containing extra waste
Stancombe limestone dust 225
B. Saghafi & H. Al Nageim
Characterizing aggregate permanent deformation behavior based on types
and amounts of fines 237
D. Mishra, E. Tutumluer, J. Kern & A. Butt
Asphalt mixtures
Use of polymer modified binders to reduce rutting in Nordic asphalt pavements 249
B.O. Lerfald, J. Aurstad & N.S. Uthus
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Contribution of asphalt mix components to permanent deformation resistance 259
P.M. Muraya, A.A.A. Molenaar & M.F.C. van de Ven
A new rutting evaluation indicator for asphalt mixtures 269
K. Su, L. Sun, Y. Hachiya & R. Maekawa
Evaluation of different predictive dynamic modulus models of asphalt
mixtures used in Argentina 275
F.O. Martínez & S.M. Angelone
Development of wear resistant pavements using polymer modified binders 285
R.G. Saba, L.J. Bakløkk, J. Aksnes & B.O. Lerfald
Permanent deformation evaluation of Idaho Superpave mixes using
the gyratory stability 295
F. Bayomy, A. Abu Abdo & M.J. Santi
Prediction of the dynamic modulus of Superpave mixes 305
A. Abu Abdo, F. Bayomy, R. Nielsen, T. Weaver, S.J. Jung & M.J. Santi
Laboratory evaluation of warm mix asphalt using Sasobit® 315
S.W. Goh, Y. Liu & Z. You
Dynamic modulus prediction of asphalt concrete using three tensile tests 321
S. Adhikari & Z. You
Assessing low temperature properties of asphalt materials by means of static
testing techniques 327
M. Wistuba, K. Mollenhauer & K. Metzker
Ageing of stone mastic asphalt and evaluation of cracking resistance 339
S. Büchler, K. Mollenhauer, M. Wistuba & P. Renken
Fatigue resistance of hot mix asphalt at low temperatures—Is there a way to reduce
the test efforts? 349
K. Mollenhauer & M. Wistuba
Hot mix asphalt produced from marble waste 359
C. Gurer, H. Akbulut & A. Yildiz
Discrete element analysis of aggregate variability, blending, and fracture
in asphalt mixture 367
E. Masad, E. Mahmoud & S. Nazarian
Multidirectional behavior of bituminous mixture 377
P. Clec’h, C. Sauzéat & H. Di Benedetto

Design of pavements containing foamed bitumen recycled layers 387
M. Losa, R. Bacci, A. Terrosi Axerio & P. Leandri
Long-term study on asphalt mixture segregation in Connecticut: Preliminary
results on use of MTV 397
D.J. Nener-Plante & A. Zofka
In-situ measurement techniques and developments
Development of the UK highways agency traffic speed deflectometer 409
B. Ferne, P. Langdale, N. Round & R. Fairclough
Implementation of a network-level falling weight deflectometer survey
of Virginia’s interstate system 419
B.K. Diefenderfer, T. Chowdhury & R.A. Shekharan
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Application of FBG strain sensors in the measurement of three-directional
strains within asphalt pavement 427
D. Zejiao, T. Yiqiu, C. Fengchen & L. Hao
3D visualization model of road surface 435
X. Li, S. Ma & X. Hou
Three years of high speed deflectograph measurements of the Danish state
road network 443
S. Baltzer
A method for benefiting pavement quality assurance measures related
to roughness condition surveys 451
C. Plati & A. Loizos
Structural roadway assessment with frequency response function 459
J.-M. Simonin, D. Lièvre & J.-C. Dargenton
Deflection measurement: The need of a continuous and full view approach 467
J.-M. Simonin, L.-M. Cottineau, V. Muzet, C. Heinkele & Y. Guillard
Modeling & methods of functional testing
Laboratory characterization of half-warm mix asphalts with high recycling rate
by means of the factorial experiment design approach 479
F. Olard, E. Beduneau, D. Bonneau, S. Dupriet & N. Seignez
Viability of the use of construction and demolition debris in hot mix asphalt 487
I. Pérez, M. Toledano & J. Gallego
Thermal stresses of asphalt pavement with temperature-dependent
modulus of elasticity 495
Y. Zhong & L.Geng
Rigid pavement reinforcement: Modeling of structural behavior 503
P. Domingos, M.L. Antunes & J.M.C. Neves
Development and testing of low noise pavements in Norway 513
J. Aksnes, R.G. Saba & T. Berge
Roughness progression models by regression and artificial neural
network techniques 521
E. Taddesse & H. Mork
Joint modeling for JPCP: Successes and pending problems 531

E.H. Guo
Mechanistic modelling of potential interlayer slip at base sub-base level 543
E. Horak, J.W. Maina, S.E. Emery & B. Walker
PFC2D simulation research on vibrating compaction test of soil and rock
aggregate mixture 551
X. Jia, H. Chai, Z. Yan & Y. Zheng
Axi-symmetric analyses of vertically inhomogeneous elastic multilayered systems 561
J.W. Maina, Y. Ozawa & K. Matsui
Models to estimate k subgrade reaction modulus values based on deflection
basin parameters 571
C.Y. Suzuki, C.R.G. Santos, S. Ferri, F.M. Lopes, R.T.G. Cruz & A.M. Azevedo
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Application of gray theory in settlement forecast of rock-fill
highway embankment 581
X. Wang, W. Qin, M.C. Wang & Z. Wang
FEM analysis of the bearing plate deflection tests on rubblized concrete pavement 589
Y. Liu, Y. Sheng & L. Wang
Data mining applied to compaction of geomaterials 597
R. Marques, A. Gomes Correia & P. Cortez
Finite element analyses of pavement materials at or near failure: A constant
bulk modulus approach 607
C. Gonzalez & S. Jersey
Use of 3-dimensional discrete element model to examine aggregate layer
particle movement due to load wander 619
P.R. Donovan, E. Tutumluer & H. Huang
Backcalculation analyses of deflection measurements
Backcalculation of the stiffnesses of cement treated base courses using
artificial intelligence 633
M. Miradi, A.A.A. Molenaar, M.F.C. van de Ven & S. Molenaar
Bearing capacity assessment of recycled asphalt pavements 643
V. Papavasiliou & A. Loizos
Dynamic analysis of non-destructive tests 653
W.T. van Bijsterveld & R.L. Álvarez Loranca
Automated pavement thickness evaluation for FWD backcalculation 661
K.R. Maser, L.A. McGrath, B.C. Miller, H. Ceylan & G. Sanati
Analysis of FWD data and characterization of airfield pavement materials
in New Mexico 669
M.U. Ahmed, R. Bisht & R.A. Tarefder
SOFTSYS for backcalculation of full-depth asphalt pavement layer moduli 679
O. Pekcan, E. Tutumluer & J. Ghaboussi
Deterministic-empirical backcalculation of LWD deflection basins 689
R.N. Stubstad, H.C. Korsgaard, K. Olsen & J.P. Pedersen
New and/or innovative techniques in compaction & construction

Long-term in-situ measurements of concrete culverts with high fills 697
J. Vaslestad, G.Y. Yesuf & T.H. Johansen
Research and applications of new pavement structure based on large stone
porous asphalt mixture 707
B. Yufeng, W. Songgen & G. Huber
Fiber-reinforced concrete pavement design and material requirements 717
A. Bordelon & J.R. Roesler
Using falling weight deflectometer data for new construction interactive design 729
C.A. Lenngren
Appraisal of density-based field compaction control test validity 739
J. Sadrekarimi & S. Seyyedi
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Continuous compaction control: Preliminary data from a Delaware case study 745
F.S. Tehrani & C.L. Meehan
Geostatistical analysis of roller-integrated continuous compaction control data 755
N. Facas, M. Mooney & R. Furrer
VOLUME II
Structural evaluation & performance prediction
Evaluation of effectiveness of FWD use for assessment of pavement interlayer bond 769
D. Sybilski, T. Mechowski & P. Harasim
The use of impact-stiffness modulus outputs from FWD measurements
to determine PCN in Israel 777
M. Livneh
Temperature correction of falling weight deflectometer measurements 789
E. Straube & D. Jansen
Nature resources and functional road design criteria 799
C.A. Lenngren & R. Fredriksson
Lightweight deflectometers for quality assurance in road construction 809
P.R. Fleming, M.W. Frost & J.P. Lambert
The use of surfacing service life as a parameter in pavement strengthening design 819
G. Refsdal, R. Johansen & G. Berntsen
Going beyond elastic response while evaluating falling weight deflectometer data 829
C.A. Lenngren
Pavement contribution to truck rolling resistance 839
C.A. Lenngren
Structural assessment of the English strategic road network—latest developments 849
B. Ferne, R. Sinhal & R. Fairclough
Practical use of light weight deflectometer for pavement design 859
S. Baltzer, C. Hejlesen, H.C. Korsgaard & P.E. Jakobsen
Structural evaluation of rubblized concrete pavements in Iowa 869
H. Ceylan, K. Gopalakrishnan & S. Kim
Structural evaluation of Full-Depth Reclamation in Virginia 879

A.K. Apeagyei & B.K. Diefenderfer
Structural design systems for new construction & rehabilitation
A probabilistic approach to flexible aircraft pavement thickness determination 889
G.W. White
Comparison of design thickness between the 1993 AASHTO Guide
and MEPDG for full depth reclamation pavement 897
Y. Ji & T.E. Nantung
Dynamic response of rigid pavements under moving traffic loads
with variable velocities 907
Y. Zhong & L. Geng
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Design of pavement rehabilitation to reduce the reflective cracking
in pavements with cement stabilized bases 915
E. Padilla
Verification of mechanistic-empirical pavement design guide for the
state of New Jersey 921
N. Siraj, Y.A. Mehta, K.M. Muriel & R.W. Sauber
Mechanistic evaluation of second generation preservation overlays 931
D.A. Morian, S. Sadasivam, S.M. Stoffels, G. Chehab & T. Kumar
A robust approach for the evaluation of airport pavement bearing capacity 941
Y.H. Lee, Y.B. Liu, J.D. Lin & H.W. Ker
Influence of unbound materials on flexible pavement performance: A comparison
of the AASHTO and MEPDG methods 951
C.W. Schwartz
Bearing capacity designs for challenging conditions & load effects
The premature failure of slab pavements on heavily trafficked industrial sites 963
C. Van Geem & O. De Myttenaere
The discussion on the “b” value of the axle load conversion in China 973
X. Wang & L. Zhang
Load bearing analysis of EPS-block geofoam embankments 981
D. Arellano & T.D. Stark
A review of the influence of chalk on pavement performance in
the South East of England, UK 991
M. Zohrabi
Design methodology based on strength and its application to full
weathering granite used in highway subgrade 1001
Z. Li & C. Dong
Sustainable reconstruction of highways with in-situ reclamation
of materials stabilized for heavier loads 1011
H. Wen & T.B. Edil
Estimating bearing capacity for opportune landing sites 1019
R. Affleck, L. Barna, S. Shoop & C. Ryerson
Shear strength properties of naturally occurring bituminous sands 1029
J. Anochie-Boateng & E. Tutumluer
Effects of bearing capacity and load transfer efficiency of jointed concrete
pavements on reflective cracking in hot-mix asphalt overlays 1039
J. Baek & I.L. Al-Qadi
Bearing capacity designs for climatic conditions
Use of Ground Penetrating Radar for detection of salt concentration
on Norwegian winter roads 1053
A. Lalagüe, I. Hoff, E. Eide & A. Svanekil
Seasonal coefficients for the pavement roads in Polish climate conditions 1063
M. Graczyk
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