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Experimental Study on Steel-Wire-Mesh Reinforced Flexible Pavements
G. Narendra Goud, C. Hariprasad,
Published in American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
2016
Volume: 2016-January
   
Issue: 272 GSP
Pages: 287 - 296
Abstract
Use of reinforcement in flexible pavements is gaining its popularity worldwide. Many studies are available in the literature on performance improvement of pavements using high-strength geogrid reinforcement. Various other types of reinforcements have made their way in the market. One such reinforcement type is hexagonal shaped steel-wire-mesh reinforcement with double twisted wires that has shown promising results in resisting rutting and fatigue cracking of flexible pavements. In this study, unpaved pavement structure overlying medium-stiff subgrades is considered. Large-size test chamber of dimensions equal to 1m x 1m x 1m is used to assess the performance of pavement structure under static loading. The load is applied through a 150 mm-diameter plate using a hydraulic actuator. The subgrade soil with a relative density equal to 70% is prepared by controlling the compacted density. A total of five test sections are considered-(a) unreinforced control section, (b) three geogrid-reinforced sections with different dr/B ratios (equal to 0.3, 0.45, and 0.6), where dr is the depth of reinforcement and B is the diameter of loading plate, and (c) one steel-wire-mesh reinforced section with reinforcement placed at optimum reinforcement depth ratio, dr/B. Load improvement factors are proposed to quantify the improvement in the behaviour of reinforced pavement structure over unreinforced pavement structure.
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JournalData powered by TypesetGeotechnical Special Publication
PublisherData powered by TypesetAmerican Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
ISSN08950563