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Prediction of subgrade resilient modulus for flexible pavement design Ozel, M and Mohajerani, A 2011, 'Prediction of subgrade resilient modulus for flexible pavement design', Scientific Research and Essays, vol. 6, no. 21, pp. 4567-4576. Document type: Journal Article Collection: Journal Articles Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size n2006029681.pdf Published Version application/pdf 454.14KB Title Prediction of subgrade resilient modulus for flexible pavement design Author(s) Ozel, M Mohajerani, A Year 2011 Journal name Scientific Research and Essays Volume number 6 Issue number 21 Start page 4567 End page 4576 Total pages 10 Publisher Academic Journals Abstract Resilient modulus of subgrade soils is an important input in mechanistic pavement design. The primary objective of this work is to investigate the resilient modulus of four typical Victorian fine-grained subgrade soils under traffic-like repeated loading and to suggest empirical predictive models incorporating physical properties and/or strength of the soils along with the stress state. A repeated load triaxial testing procedure was developed, which is capable of collecting resilient and permanent deformation data from the same specimen. Stress levels for testing were defined as percentages of the confined and/or unconfined soil static strengths. Stress dependency of resilient modulus was studied through the models (such as bilinear model, power model, deviatoris stress model and octahedral stress model) found in the literature and other possible combinations of deviator, confining and octahedral stresses. A semi-logarithmic model was proposed for the prediction of resilient modulus of the fine-grained subgrade soils. Calibration of model constants by soil properties was investigated. An altervative prediction model was also developed based on unconfined compressive strength and deviator stress. Resilient modulus values were back calculated using both the semi-logarithmic model and the model based on unconfined compressive strength and deviator stress. Predicted values were compared with the measured values. Predictive capability of the proposed models were proven for use in flexible pavement design. Subject Transport Engineering Civil Engineering not elsewhere classified Civil Geotechnical Engineering Keyword(s) Resilient modulus fine-grained subgrade soils repeated loading flexible pavement design Copyright notice © 2011 Academic Journals ISSN 19922248 Related Links Link Description https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/5f18/017853f9a2de4c84e93747ce5ab4dd8ada0a.pdf Link to Published Version   Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 13 Jan 2012, 08:59:43 EST Thu, 20 Sep 2012, 15:44:28 EST Tue, 05 Jun 2018, 09:03:45 EST Tue, 05 Jun 2018, 09:22:04 EST Tue, 20 Nov 2018, 12:33:51 EST Filtered Full Citation counts: Cited 1 times in Scopus Article | Citations Access Statistics: 163 Abstract Views, 24 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 13 Jan 2012, 08:28:00 EST by Catalyst Administrator