..., installation of geotextiles, and soil compaction procedure, and then implemented. Seven unpaved road sections were successively tested under vertical cyclic loading (plate load tests) and two under traffic loading (using a Simulator Accelerator of Traffic or SAT ) in a large experimental box (1.8 m in width...

...S. N. Moghaddas Tafreshi; H. R. Rezaeinejad; H. Alizadeh Balf; B. C. O’Kelly; A. Faramarzi Foundations bearing on uncompacted coarse-grained soil deposits (e.g. aeolian fine sands) can experience excessive settlements under monotonic and cyclic loading conditions. Straightforward strategies...

.... The increment of tensile strain due to the cyclic load was larger for lower geogrid layers than for upper geogrid layers. 07 10 2020 11 06 2021 © 2021 Thomas Telford Ltd 2021 Geosynthetics Confined-reinforced earth Geogrid length Differential settlement Cyclic load Damage...

... and covered with an anti-vibration mat to limit vibration propagation. The test consisted of using a plate 300 mm in diameter to apply a cyclic load to the surface of an unpaved road supported by a soft subgrade. The maximum load applied to the surface of the road base was 40 000 N, which is equal...